Dr. Daniel Kiernan Joins OCLI's Lynbrook Office

Dr. Daniel Kiernan has joined Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island (OCLI) as an associate physician specializing in medical and surgical diseases of the retina, vitreous and macula. He will be joining Glenn Stoller, MD and Ken Carnevale, MD in Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island’s retinal department. Dr. Kiernan was recently awarded the Raymond R. Margherio Research Award from the Retina Society. This prestigious award, given for outstanding original research or surgery on macular disease, was presented to Dr. Kiernan at the Society’s annual meeting in September 2010 and has already been acknowledged at both the Macula Society and The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) meetings.

"The accolade has furthered my motivation to pursue translational research involving correlating retina structural imaging and function," says Dr. Kiernan. Dr. Kiernan’s other research interests include age-related macular degeneration, hereditary macular conditions and retinal vascular disease.

Being the eldest son of an ophthalmologist, Dr. Kiernan says his decision to train as a retinal surgeon was based on a sense of personal responsibility and his desire to become an "innovator in a field governed by fine visual details, superb motor skills and the marvelous sense of sight."

"We are pleased to welcome Dr. Kiernan to our team of experienced and dedicated staff of eye care professionals at OCLI," said Dr. Richard Sturm, glaucoma specialist and managing partner of OCLI who will be working with Dr. Kiernan in OCLI’s Lynbrook office. "He will prove to be a great addition to our continuing efforts to meet and exceed our patients’ needs.”

Dr. Kiernan graduated from the University of Chicago with his Bachelor’s degree in Biology. He received his medical degree from Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Kiernan completed his ophthalmology residency at The University of Chicago Hospitals, Pritzker School of Medicine. He is currently completing his vitreo-retinal surgical fellowship at the University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary.

For more information or to schedule an appointment with Dr. Kiernan in Lynbrook or any of the other OCLI offices he will be working in, please contact OCLI at 866-733-6254 or on their website www.ocli.net.