Gary S. Gutow, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Fellowship
Retina Associates and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School
Heed Ophthalmic Fellowship
Boston, MA

Residency
Chief Resident
Ophthalmology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Internship
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY

Medical School
M.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Undergraduate Education
English Major - Accepted to Medical School after 3 years of undergraduate education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Professional Affiliations
Nashville Academy of Ophthalmology
Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Tennessee Medical Association
American Medical Association
Schepens International Retina Society
American Society of Retinal Specialists 

Dr. Gary S. Gutow received his undergraduate and medical school training at the University of Michigan.  Dr. Gutow then served in the Department of Ophthalmology at Letterman General Hospital and in Korea during his two years as a United States Air Force captain.  After his military service, Dr. Gutow completed his ophthalmology residency training at the University of Michigan and was a faculty member before completing a vitreoretinal fellowship with Retina Associates and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School.  While at Harvard, he was selected for the Heed Ophthalmic Fellowship. He trained under Charles Schepens, MD, who pioneered modern retinal surgery, and the other members of Retina Associates.

Upon moving to Nashville in 1975, Dr. Gutow established and was the first Director of the Retina Service at Vanderbilt University while also teaching at Meharry Medical School.  In 1978, he founded Retina-Vitreous Associates in Nashville.  Dr. Gutow holds the distinct honor of being the first fellowship-trained retina specialist in Middle Tennessee.

He is a founding member of the Schepens International Retina Society and a member of the American Society of Retinal Specialists.  He has served on the AMA Survey Committee for Continuing Medical Education and is a past president of the Nashville Academy of Ophthalmology. 

Dr. Gutow has published papers on retinal detachment, peripheral retinal lesions and diagnostic instrumentation in ophthalmology.  He brings extensive experience and particular skill to the treatment and surgery of retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, macular disease and macular degeneration.  

Dr. Gutow has two grown children and is the proud grandfather of three grandchildren. He is an enthusiastic golfer and skier.