Dr. LeClaire joined the Eye Clinic in 1985, bringing vitreous surgery to the Inland Northwest. He attended Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on a full academic scholarship, graduating magna cum laude with an A.B. in Biology in 1972. For two years he did botanical research in Argentina and for two years taught biology in a private school before turning to medicine.
Returning to Harvard University, he graduated with an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1980. In 1981 he was accepted at yet another Harvard Institution, the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, where he pursued a three year ophthalmology residency, followed by a fellowship in diseases and surgery of the retina and vitreous.
He is an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmogy, the Aspen Retinal Detachment society, the American Society of Retina Specialists, and the Washington Acedemy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons.
His professional areas of interest include management and treatment of retinal detachment, macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease, macular hole, and macular membranes. Although he finds the preparation arduous, he enjoys medical teaching. When time allows he enjoys running, skiing, hunting, computers, energy conversation, mechanics, and travel.
His professional areas of interest management and treatment of retinal detachment, diabetic eye disease, macular hole/membrane and eye trauma. As an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and the Aspen Retinal Detachment Society, Dr. LeClaire is often involved in medical education lecturing. When time allows Dr. LeClaire enjoys skiing, marksmanship and travel.