About Our Opthalmologists (Eye MD’s) at Austin Eye

John Branch, MD - Bio

Dr. John Branch was raised in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in the east Tennessee town of Kingsport. He grew up playing baseball and football as well as hiking and camping along the Appalachian Trail and the several national parks of the area. He obtained his bachelor’s degree at Clemson University where he was an active Young Life leader and assistant football coach of the area’s high school football team. He completed his medical training at the University of South Florida where he was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society/Arnold T. Gold Foundation. He did a transitional internship at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, TX then moved back to finish his ophthalmology training at the University of South Florida where he performed more cataract surgeries than anyone in the history of the program.

After completing his residency, Dr. Branch moved to Greenville, South Carolina to help establish a division of ophthalmology for the Greenville Hospital System. He was the staff surgeon during his time there and lectured both the residents and medical students. He is married to his lovely wife, Melissa, who an Austin native, and has a beautiful son, Noah.

Along with routine eye exams, Dr. Branch performs a variety of surgeries including: cataract, eyelid surgery and iLASIK/PRK. He is certified on the VISX as well as the Intralase lasers used in the most technologically advanced iLASIK surgery. He is an experienced cataract and refractive lens implant surgeon and routinely works with the latest state-of-the art presbyopia-correcting lens implants. He believes in providing his patients with the most advanced care with a personal touch.