Overview
Jennifer Thorne, M.D., Ph.D., is the Cross Family Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, where she is also chief of the Division of Ocular Immunology. Dr. Thorne holds a joint appointment as professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. An internationally recognized ophthalmologist, Dr. Thorne is an expert in the evaluation and management of patients with uveitis and other related immune-mediated disorders. Dr. Thorne also directs the Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid clinic, a multi-disciplinary specialty clinic designed to evaluate and treat patients with conjunctival diseases. Dr. Thorne's research interests include white dot syndromes including birdshot chorioretinitis, multifocal choroiditis and punctate inner choroiditis. She also studies juvenile idiopathic arthritis-related uveitis and treatment outcomes of immunosuppressive drug therapy. Dr. Thorne received her M.D. degree from the University of Virginia and completed her ophthalmology residency at the University of Pennsylvania's Scheie Eye Institute. She completed her uveitis fellowship at Wilmer and completed her Ph.D. in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Thorne is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Birdshot Chorioretinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Uveitis, Birdshot Chorioretinopathy, Scleritis, Cataract Removal, and Vitrectomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 223 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 10 articles in the study of Birdshot Chorioretinopathy.
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Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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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 Birdshot Chorioretinopathy. 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 Birdshot Chorioretinopathy. His top areas of expertise are Uveitis, CMV Retinitis, Scleritis, Cataract Removal, and Trabeculectomy.
Krieger Eye Institute
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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Birdshot Chorioretinopathy. 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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- UveitisDr. Thorne isElite. Learn about Uveitis.
- Distinguished
- Birdshot ChorioretinopathyDr. Thorne isDistinguished. Learn about Birdshot Chorioretinopathy.
- Cicatricial PemphigoidDr. Thorne isDistinguished. Learn about Cicatricial Pemphigoid.
- CMV RetinitisDr. Thorne isDistinguished. Learn about CMV Retinitis.
- EpiscleritisDr. Thorne isDistinguished. Learn about Episcleritis.
- Punctate Inner ChoroidopathyDr. Thorne isDistinguished. Learn about Punctate Inner Choroidopathy.
- ScleritisDr. Thorne isDistinguished. Learn about Scleritis.
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- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)
- CataractDr. Thorne isAdvanced. Learn about Cataract.
- Cataract RemovalDr. Thorne isAdvanced. Learn about Cataract Removal.
- EndophthalmitisDr. Thorne isAdvanced. Learn about Endophthalmitis.
- Late-Onset Retinal DegenerationDr. Thorne isAdvanced. Learn about Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration.
- NeuroretinitisDr. Thorne isAdvanced. Learn about Neuroretinitis.
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- BlepharitisDr. Thorne isExperienced. Learn about Blepharitis.
- Corneal TransplantDr. Thorne isExperienced. Learn about Corneal Transplant.
- Dry Eye SyndromeDr. Thorne isExperienced. Learn about Dry Eye Syndrome.
- Eales DiseaseDr. Thorne isExperienced. Learn about Eales Disease.
- Giant Papillary ConjunctivitisDr. Thorne isExperienced. Learn about Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis.
- GlaucomaDr. Thorne isExperienced. Learn about Glaucoma.