Dr. J. Kenneth Wallace graduated with a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Chemistry from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Dr. Wallace received his M.D. from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. His internship was performed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and his residency was performed at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Before coming to the Wiregrass area in 1987, Dr. Wallace served as Chief of Ophthalmology at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.

Dr. Wallace is a Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He is a member of the Medical Association for the State of Alabama (MASA), American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the Houston County Medical Society.