Dr. M. Bart Bradley received his Bachelor of Science with Highest Honors in pre-professional studies from the University of Notre Dame. He earned his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine with the distinction of being elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society before serving an internship at the Methodist Hospital of Indiana. He completed a residency at Indiana University's Department of Ophthalmology, where he served as Chief Resident.

When finished with his residency, Dr. Bradley joined Dr. Joseph R. Armstrong in 1997 to form Mountain Empire Eye Physicians. His clinical interests are cataracts, glaucoma, dry eye syndrome, and retinal diseases, with a specialty in small-incision cataract surgery. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Bradley currently resides in Bristol, TN, with his wife and their two children.