Dr. Curran is an American Board of Ophthalmology certified ophthalmologist who practices general, comprehensive medical and surgical ophthalmology at the West Georgia Eye Care Center in Columbus, Georgia. He grew up the eldest of four children in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, where his father taught chemistry at The University of Illinois.

Dr. Curran pursued his medical training in both Chicago and Memphis. As a senior in high school, he was accepted into the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University. This involved concurrent acceptance into an accelerated Bachelors of Science program as well as the Honors Program at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, where he graduated in 1992.

His post-graduate training included a one year medical/surgical internship at Loyola University in Chicago and a three year residency in Ophthalmology at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, which he finished in 1996. While there, he participated in surgical missions projects in Ometepec, Mexico as part of the World Cataract Foundation.

The next five years were spent in private practice in Laurel, Mississippi, a medically underserved area 100 miles Northeast of New Orleans.

June 2001 brought the Curran family to Columbus and the West Georgia Eye Care Center. Dr. Curran practices comprehensive ophthalmology, which includes the medical and surgical treatment of most eye problems as well as check-ups and glasses exams. He has a special interest in diabetes, glaucoma and cataract treatment and he also sees quite a few children. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a Fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Curran's family consists of wife Karla, son Gabriel and daughters Grace Caroline and Lily. His interests include being involved with his family and church, playing tennis, reading, kayaking and hiking.