Overview
Dr. Couser obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and his Medical Doctorate from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (VCU SOM). Dr. Couser’s ophthalmology residency was completed at Howard University where he served as co-chief resident in the last year of his residency. He received fellowship training in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at Emory University. Dr. Couser received a master’s degree in biotechnology from the Johns Hopkins University and completed a residency in clinical genetics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is one of only a few individuals currently board-certified by both the American Board of Ophthalmology and the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics. CV https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/-/media/wilmer/documents/cvs/couser-cv Research Summary My primary research focus involves the identification and management of genetic eye diseases including rare inherited disorders affecting the eyes. Research and scholarly activities have been an integral component of my career path. I have been the principal investigator on 10 clinical trial/IRB studies and a co-investigator on others, participated with several committees or advisory panels related to research activities. I have been credited with over 120 book chapter, journal article and abstract publications. In addition, I served as the primary author/sole editor for a textbook titled Ophthalmic Genetic Diseases: A Quick Reference Guide to the Eye and External Ocular Adnexa Abnormalities, 1st Edition, published by Elsevier in 2018, which is one of only a few textbooks published in this subject area. I also served as a grant review panelist for the National Eye Institute Career Development Awards. Selected Publications *Couser NL, Masood MM, Strande NT, Foreman AKM, Crooks K, Weck KE, Lu M, Wilhelmsen KC, Roche M, Evans JP, Berg JS, Powell CM. 2015. The phenotype of multiple congenital anomalies- hypotonia-seizures syndrome 1: Report and review. Am J Med Genet Part A 9999A:1–6 *Couser NL, Lambert SR. Botulinum toxin: A treatment of consecutive esotropia in children. Strabismus 2012; 20(4):158-161 Couser NL, Lenhart PD, Hutchinson AK. Augmented Hummelsheim procedure to treat complete abducens nerve palsy. J AAPOS 2012;16(4):331-5 *Natario L. Couser, Maheer M. Masood, Arthur S. Aylsworth, and Roger E. Stevenson. Ocular manifestations in the X-linked intellectual disability syndromes. Ophthalmic Genet. 2017, Jan 23:1-12 *Couser NL, Brooks BP, Drack AV, Shankar SP. The evolving role of genetics in ophthalmology. Ophthalmic Genet. 2021 Jan 12:1-4. doi: 10.1080/13816810.2020.1868011.
Dr. Couser is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cone-Rod Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Epicanthal Folds, Strabismus, Brown Syndrome, and Hypotonia.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 52 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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10710 Charter Drive, Suite 310, Suite 310, Columbia, MD 21044
1800 Orleans Street, Maumenee Lobby, Baltimore, MD 21287
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Katzen Medical Associates PC
Joseph Harlan is an Ophthalmologist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Harlan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cone-Rod Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Diabetic Retinopathy, Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration, Retinal Artery Occlusion, and Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD). Dr. Harlan is currently accepting new patients.
Brian Brooks is an Ophthalmologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Brooks is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cone-Rod Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Coloboma, Albinism, Oculocutaneous Albinism, and Oculocutaneous Albinism Type 1.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mandeep S. Singh, M.D., Ph.D., is associate professor of ophthalmology and genetic medicine in the Retina Division of the Wilmer Eye Institute and the recipient of the 2023 Andreas C. Dracopoulos Professorship in Ophthalmology. Dr. Singh is a retinal specialist. He is Co-Director of the Genetic Eye Disease (GEDi) Center, and is a principal investigator at the Center for Stem Cells and Ocular Regenerative Medicine (STORM). Dr. Singh completed his medical degree at the National University of Singapore. In 2009, he was elected to the Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He earned a PhD in ophthalmology from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, in 2014. He completed fellowships in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery at the Oxford Eye Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital, both in the United Kingdom. His clinical expertise includes surgical, medical and genetic conditions of the retina and macula. Dr. Singh is specialty-trained in vitrectomy surgery for retinal detachment, macular holes, macular pucker, epiretinal membrane, proliferative vitreoretinopathy, complex retinal detachments including reoperations, vitreous hemorrhage removal, and other retinal surgeries. He also specializes in age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, retinal vein occlusion, and choroidal neovascularization. Dr. Singh sees patients and families with genetic retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa, Usher syndrome, Stargardt disease and macular dystrophies. His research focus is retinal stem cell transplantation. Dr. Singh’s work has been recognized through the Eye Institute–Allergan Research Prize, the Merton College University of Oxford Graduate Prize Scholarship, the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress Founder’s Cup and Medal, the Ruskell Medal, the Johns Hopkins Clinician Scientist Award, and the Bert M. Glaser, MD Award for Innovative Research in Retina. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. He is also a member of the Club Jules Gonin and the Macula Society. CV https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/-/media/wilmer/documents/cvs/Singh_CV.pdf. Dr. Singh is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cone-Rod Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Leber Congenital Amaurosis, Sorsby Fundus Dystrophy, Usher Syndrome Type 2A, and Doyne Honeycomb Retinal Dystrophy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Epicanthal FoldsDr. Couser isDistinguished. Learn about Epicanthal Folds.
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- Brown SyndromeDr. Couser isAdvanced. Learn about Brown Syndrome.
- Camptodactyly Fibrous Tissue Hyperplasia Skeletal Dysplasia
- Camptodactyly Syndrome Guadalajara Type 1
- Camptodactyly Syndrome Guadalajara Type 2
- Camptodactyly TaurinuriaDr. Couser isAdvanced. Learn about Camptodactyly Taurinuria.
- ColobomaDr. Couser isAdvanced. Learn about Coloboma.
- Experienced
- 15q11.2 MicrodeletionDr. Couser isExperienced. Learn about 15q11.2 Microdeletion.
- 2q37 Deletion SyndromeDr. Couser isExperienced. Learn about 2q37 Deletion Syndrome.
- 3p Deletion SyndromeDr. Couser isExperienced. Learn about 3p Deletion Syndrome.
- 47 XYY SyndromeDr. Couser isExperienced. Learn about 47 XYY Syndrome.
- Aase SyndromeDr. Couser isExperienced. Learn about Aase Syndrome.
- Abruzzo-Erickson SyndromeDr. Couser isExperienced. Learn about Abruzzo-Erickson Syndrome.