Clayton E. Whitney, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Dr. Clayton Whitney is a summa cum laude graduate of Texas Christian University where he was selected for membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary medical fraternity. He completed an Internship in Internal Medicine at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital and a Residency in Ophthalmology at The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. This was followed by a Fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at the Wilmer Eye Institute of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. In 1986, Dr. Whitney returned to his hometown of Tyler to take over the practice of G. William Burch, M.D.

Dr. Whitney is Board Certified by The American Board of Ophthalmology. He is a Fellow of The American Academy of Ophthalmology and The American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association and the Attending Medical Staff of East Texas Medical Center and Trinity Mother Frances Hospital. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Southwestern Medical School.

Dr. Whitney has special interest in Lasik surgery, small incision cataract surgery, corneal transplantation, and medical and laser glaucoma therapy. Dr. Whitney has taught ophthalmology residents at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on the third Friday of each month for over 14 years.