The Hamilton Eye Institute at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, improving vision and empowering lives, is pleased to welcome Claire L. Kiernan, MD as a staff member.

Dr. Kiernan joins the practice following her Glaucoma fellowship at Tufts Medical Center where she practiced with the New England Eye Center, Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, Massachusetts. She earned her medical degree from Rush University, Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois. Next, she completed an internal medicine internship at Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital in Chicago, Illinois followed by an Ophthalmology residency at the UTHSC Hamilton Eye Institute in Memphis, TN.

Dr. Kiernan specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of Glaucoma and Cataracts.  

Dr. Kiernan is a native of Chicago, Illinois and enjoys baking, cooking, running and spending time with her husband and family.