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 an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cataract. 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 9 articles in the study of Cataract.
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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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Howard County Medical Pavilion
Fasika A. Woreta, M.D., M.P.H. is a cornea and cataract specialist and the Eugene de Juan, M.D. Professor of Ophthalmic Education at Wilmer Eye Institute’s Baltimore and Columbia locations. Her expertise is in in corneal and external eye diseases, including complex cataracts and anterior segment reconstruction following trauma. Dr. Woreta is currently the director of the Eye Trauma Center and the director of the Ophthalmology Residency Program at the Wilmer Eye Institute. An associate professor of ophthalmology, Dr. Woreta received her M.D. degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and her M.P.H. degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her residency in ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, then completed a fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at the Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami, as well as an accident and emergency and cataract fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital. Dr. Woreta is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cataract. Her top areas of expertise are Endophthalmitis, Cataract, Hyphema, Cataract Removal, and Corneal Transplant.
Johns Hopkins University
Yassine Daoud is an Ophthalmologist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Daoud is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cataract. His top areas of expertise are Cataract, Fuchs Dystrophy, Keratoconus, Cataract Removal, and Corneal Transplant. Dr. Daoud is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
"Oliver Schein, M.D., M.P.H., is the Burton E. Grossman Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute and carries a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Schein's clinical expertise is in medical and surgical conditions of the anterior segment of the eye including cataract and complications of cataract surgery, corneal scarring and corneal surgery. He is a past author of the American Academy of Ophthalmology's ""Preferred Practice Pattern"" on Cataract. Research activities are directed toward the epidemiology of major ocular diseases, ophthalmic technology assessment and outcomes research in ophthalmology. Dr. Schein received his M.D. and M.P.H. degrees from Johns Hopkins University and completed his ophthalmology residency and cornea and external eye disease fellowship at Harvard University's Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He joined the Wilmer faculty in 1988.". Dr. Schein is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cataract. His top areas of expertise are Cataract, Endophthalmitis, Fuchs Dystrophy, Cataract Removal, and Vitrectomy.
Areas of Expertise
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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.
- Experienced
- 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.