Mr Miles Kiernan

Miles is a triple fellowship trained Consultant Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon and has subspecialty expertise in ophthalmic cosmetic, reconstructive, and lacrimal surgery. He holds a substantive consultant post at the Royal Free London, and is the oculoplastic lead at North Middlesex University Hospital.  He also specialises in cataract and pterygium surgery.

Miles earned his medical degree and a masters in research from the University of Manchester, graduating in 2010. He went on to obtain a masters in the biology of vision from University College London in 2013.

He completed his ophthalmology training in the prestigious North London Deanery, spending five years at the world-renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital. He completed three oculoplastic fellowships, including two at Moorfields, and has been trained by leaders in the fields of oculoplastic and cataract surgery.

He has extensive general and emergency ophthalmology experience, having worked as a locum consultant in the Accident and Emergency department at Moorfields from 2020 to 2022, and is the clinical lead for emergency ophthalmology at North Middlesex University Hospital.

As an honorary clinical lecturer at UCL, and assistant professor at St George’s University, Miles is keenly involved in training the next generation of ophthalmologists. He is a full member of the British Oculoplastic Surgical Society, European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

Outside of work Miles is a keen rock climber and carpenter. He spends much of his free time in the workshop or on his allotment. He speaks Spanish fluently and is actively engaged in charity ophthalmology work, specifically teaching in resource poor settings.

Clinical Interests:

• Cosmetic eyelid surgery
• Blepharoplasty, ptosis surgery, and dermatochalasis
• Eyelid lump and bump removal (chalazion)
• Entropion and ectropion surgery
• Eyebrow lift surgery, canthoplasty, and canthopexy
• Botox treatments for blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm
• Blepharitis, dry eye, and allergic eye disease
• Tear drainage surgery (endonasal dacryocystorhinosomy)
• Cataract surgery
• Pterygium surgery