Overview
Dr. Stephen S. Pappas, Jr. is native to the Washington, D.C. area and has been in medical and surgical retinal practice for over 15 years. He is committed to providing personalized and compassionate retinal care, maintaining expertise and technology to offer the latest retinal treatments, and working closely with each patient’s medical team to preserve and restore vision. Dr. Pappas holds a B.A. from Bucknell University and earned his Medical Degree from George Washington University in 1989. Following his Ophthalmology Residency at the Washington Hospital Center, he pursued and completed his Clinical Fellowship training in Vitreoretinal diseases and surgery at the Retina Institute of Maryland (now known as the National Retina Institute) in Baltimore, MD, where he performed clinical research and participated in landmark clinical trials investigating both medical and surgical retinal treatments. Upon completion of his training in 1995, Dr. Pappas joined his father, one of the first fellowship-trained retina specialists in the Washington, D.C. area, in private group practice in Bethesda. In 2001, Dr. Pappas founded the Center for Retinal Diseases and Surgery, LLC, where he continues the tradition of personalized, compassionate retinal care established by his father nearly 50 years ago. Dr. Pappas is married with two children and resides in Montgomery County where he also serves as a trustee for two non-profit organizations. Recreationally, Dr. Pappas is an avid fan of his children’s sports and enjoys golf, skiing and holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Learn more about Dr. Pappas by visiting his website .
Dr. Pappas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Episcleritis. His top areas of expertise are Blue Cone Monochromatism, Color Blindness, Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration, and Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD).
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Locations
Suite 502, Baltimore, MD 21215
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Meghan Berkenstock, M.D., is an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute. She specializes in ocular inflammatory and infectious diseases, cataract surgery, and comprehensive ophthalmology. Since joining the faculty of the Wilmer Eye Institute in 2016, she has established a research focus on risk reduction and quality assurance initiatives in the care of patients with uveitis. She has implemented several initiatives to improve laboratory monitoring and understanding barriers to care in patients on immunosuppressive medications. The bulk of her research focuses on identifying ocular adverse events (IRAE) associated with the use of immunotherapy agents in the treatment of systemic malignancies. She is a member and the only ophthalmologist on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Panel on developing guidelines to treat IRAEs. Dr. Berkenstock is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Episcleritis. Her top areas of expertise are Scleritis, Episcleritis, Uveitis, Vitrectomy, and Cataract Removal.
Medical Faculty Associates, Inc
Hatice Sen is an Ophthalmologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Sen is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Episcleritis. Her top areas of expertise are Uveitis, Birdshot Chorioretinopathy, Scleritis, Vitrectomy, and Cataract Removal.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Douglas A. Jabs, M.D., M.B.A. is an internationally-recognized expert in the evaluation and management of patients with uveitis and related immune-mediated ocular disorders, particularly on the use of immunosuppression to treat severe ocular inflammatory diseases. Founder of the Division of Ocular Immunology and Uveitis at Wilmer, he now is the Director of the Center for Clinical Trials and Evidence Synthesis at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Jabs is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Episcleritis. His top areas of expertise are Uveitis, CMV Retinitis, Scleritis, Cataract Removal, and Trabeculectomy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Blue Cone MonochromatismDr. Pappas isDistinguished. Learn about Blue Cone Monochromatism.
- Advanced
- Adult-Onset Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy (AVMD)
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)
- Birdshot ChorioretinopathyDr. Pappas isAdvanced. Learn about Birdshot Chorioretinopathy.
- Color BlindnessDr. Pappas isAdvanced. Learn about Color Blindness.
- Kallikrein HypertensionDr. Pappas isAdvanced. Learn about Kallikrein Hypertension.
- Late-Onset Retinal DegenerationDr. Pappas isAdvanced. Learn about Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration.
- Experienced
- Central Serous ChorioretinopathyDr. Pappas isExperienced. Learn about Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.
- Choroid Plexus CarcinomaDr. Pappas isExperienced. Learn about Choroid Plexus Carcinoma.
- Cone DystrophyDr. Pappas isExperienced. Learn about Cone Dystrophy.
- Cone Rod Dystrophy Amelogenesis Imperfecta
- Cone-Rod DystrophyDr. Pappas isExperienced. Learn about Cone-Rod Dystrophy.
- Diabetic RetinopathyDr. Pappas isExperienced. Learn about Diabetic Retinopathy.