Christopher O'Brien, MD
Enriched profilePediatric and comprehensive ophthalmologist, East Tennessee (directory description, not a faculty title) · Private practice
Christopher O'Brien is Pediatric and comprehensive ophthalmologist, East Tennessee (directory description, not a faculty title) at Private practice.
Data verified 3 Nov 2026
Overview
Updated 3 Nov 2026
Christopher O'Brien, MD, is Pediatric and comprehensive ophthalmologist, East Tennessee (directory description, not a faculty title) at Private practice, 6311 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN (directory listing; no academic institution identified). It also documents industry payments reported by 3 companies.
- Top research focus: Ophthalmology
- Open Payments reporting from 3 companies
Generated from the cited public record · current as of 3 Nov 2026. Every fact links its source below.
Research focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Research metrics aren't shown for this record. Either we found no confident publication match for this name, or more than one physician shares the matched author record. We'd rather show nothing than someone else's numbers. Why? →
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
No public contact details on file. This person's NPPES record doesn't include a practice address or telephone number. Why? →
Clinical trials
We didn't find any investigator roles for this person on ClinicalTrials.gov. Why? →
Industry payments
Updated 3 Nov 2026
3 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLCProgram year20254 payments
- Baxter HealthcareProgram year202312 payments$56,765openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Baxter HealthcareProgram year202212 payments$41,075openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
None on file yet. We only list publications we can confidently match to this person. Why? →
Background & recognition
Updated 3 Nov 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- MD
Tulane University (New Orleans)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →kerbsidehealth.com ↗ - MBA
Tulane University (directory listing)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →kerbsidehealth.com ↗ - MPH
Tulane University (directory listing)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →kerbsidehealth.com ↗
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →etch.com ↗
Every item links to where we found it. verified means we've confirmed it in more than one place; provisional means we found it and are still confirming.
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