Cindy X. Cai
Experienced in Cataract
Experienced in Cataract
1800 Orleans Street, Maumenee Lobby, Maumenee Lobby, 
Baltimore, MD 

Overview

Cindy X. Cai, M.D., is the Jonathan and Marcia Javitt Rising Professor of Ophthalmology and a retina specialist seeing patients at the Wilmer Eye Institute’s locations in the Baltimore, Maryland area. Her primary focuses are in medical and surgical retina treatments, including: diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, age-related macular degeneration, retinal vascular occlusion, retinal detachment, vitreous hemorrhage, epiretinal membrane, and macular hole, among others. Dr. Cai graduated summa cum laude with a major in biology at Columbia University and received her M.D. from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. She completed her medical internship at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore and her ophthalmology residency training at the Wilmer Eye Institute. She received her vitreoretinal surgery fellowship training at Duke Eye Center. Videos Dr. Cindy X. CaiOphthalmologist and Retina Specialist Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Continuing the Mission, Johns Hopkins Medicine (Dec. 2021) Get to Know Cindy Cai, Wilmer Insider (Apr. 2021).

Dr. Cai is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cataract. Her top areas of expertise are Diabetic Retinopathy, Diabetic Macular Edema (DME), Gyrate Atrophy of the Choroid and Retina, Vitrectomy, and Cataract Removal.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 79 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 4 articles in the study of Cataract.

Residency
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ophthalmology, 2018
Specialties
Ophthalmology
Licenses
Ophthalmology in MD
Board Certifications
American Board Of Ophthalmology
Fellowships
Duke University Medical Center, Vitreoretinal Surgery, 2020
Hospital Affiliations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1800 Orleans Street, Maumenee Lobby, Maumenee Lobby, Baltimore, MD 21287
Other Locations
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Water's Edge
4692 Millennium Drive, Belcamp, MD 21017
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1800 Orleans Street, Wilmer B1-70, Baltimore, MD 21287

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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