Ms. Caitriona Kirwan

Practices from IOES Kildare

Ms Kirwan qualified as an Ophthalmic Surgeon in 2013 and has worked at the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, The Mater Private Hospital and The Beacon Hospital, Dublin. Ms Kirwan completed a Fellowship in Eye Laser Refractive Surgery and a Fellowship in Paediatric Ophthalmology under the mentorship of Professor Michael O’Keeffe at The Mater Private Hospital and the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street. Additionally, she has completed a Fellowship in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Paediatric & Adult Strabismus at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital where she was awarded the prize for best ophthalmology fellow.

She has maintained for many years, an active role in the research of paediatric eye problems and adult eye laser surgery. To date she has published in excess of 50 peer review papers and book chapters and presented her research findings at both national and international meetings 

Areas of Speciality:
General Ophthalmology
Cataract Surgery
Strabismus – Adult & Paediatric
Eye Laser/ Refractive Surgery 

Research Interests:
Refractive Surgery Outcomes
Congenital Cataract & Glaucoma
Amblyopia 

Contact: ckirwan@ioes.ie