
Overview
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 an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fuchs Dystrophy. Her top areas of expertise are Endophthalmitis, Cataract, Hyphema, Cataract Removal, and Corneal Transplant.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 213 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 6 articles in the study of Fuchs Dystrophy.
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Locations
Suite 310, Columbia, MD 21044
1800 Orleans Street, Maumenee Lobby, 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.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Allen O. Eghrari, M.D., M.P.H., is director of the Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute and associate professor of ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He specializes in cornea, cataract and external eye diseases at the Wilmer Eye Institute's locations in Baltimore and Belcamp, Maryland. Dr. Eghrari treats a wide range of eye conditions, with special interest in Fuchs' dystrophy, cataract surgery, cornea transplantation including Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty, and Ebola-associated eye disease. Dr. Eghrari received his M.D. degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He completed both residency training in ophthalmology and subspecialty fellowship in cornea and cataract surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute. Dr. Eghrari is a recipient of the Claes Dohlman Society Fellowship Award, the ARVO/Alcon Early Career Clinician-Scientist Award, and the Research to Prevent Blindness Special Scholar Award. Dr. Eghrari is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fuchs Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Fuchs Dystrophy, Macular Corneal Dystrophy Type 1, Cataract, Corneal Transplant, and Cataract Removal.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
John D. Gottsch, M.D., is the Margaret C. Mosher Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute. Dr. Gottsch specializes in the management of hereditary corneal disorders such as Fuchs' dystrophy, the surgical treatment of cataract and complications of cataract surgery, and corneal transplantation surgery. His clinical practice involves the medical treatment of allergic eye diseases and severe corneal inflammation from rheumatoid and other related disorders, including Mooren''s ulcer. His research interests include determining the gene expression of the cornea and the genetic basis for hereditary corneal diseases such as Fuchs' dystrophy. Dr. Gottsch is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fuchs Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Macular Corneal Dystrophy Type 1, Fuchs Dystrophy, Corneal Dystrophy and Perceptive Deafness, Cataract, and Corneal Transplant.
Mid Atlantic Cornea Consultants
Sudeep Pramanik is an Ophthalmologist in York, Pennsylvania. Dr. Pramanik is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fuchs Dystrophy. His top areas of expertise are Fuchs Dystrophy, Corneal Dystrophy and Perceptive Deafness, Macular Corneal Dystrophy Type 1, Cataract, and Corneal Transplant. Dr. Pramanik is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- CataractDr. Woreta isElite. Learn about Cataract.
- EndophthalmitisDr. Woreta isElite. Learn about Endophthalmitis.
- Distinguished
- Cataract RemovalDr. Woreta isDistinguished. Learn about Cataract Removal.
- Corneal TransplantDr. Woreta isDistinguished. Learn about Corneal Transplant.
- HyphemaDr. Woreta isDistinguished. Learn about Hyphema.
- Advanced
- Fuchs DystrophyDr. Woreta isAdvanced. Learn about Fuchs Dystrophy.
- GlaucomaDr. Woreta isAdvanced. Learn about Glaucoma.
- Hereditary KeratitisDr. Woreta isAdvanced. Learn about Hereditary Keratitis.
- Interstitial KeratitisDr. Woreta isAdvanced. Learn about Interstitial Keratitis.
- KeratoconusDr. Woreta isAdvanced. Learn about Keratoconus.
- Orbital CellulitisDr. Woreta isAdvanced. Learn about Orbital Cellulitis.
- Experienced
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)Dr. Woreta isExperienced. Learn about Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD).
- AmblyopiaDr. Woreta isExperienced. Learn about Amblyopia.
- AmebiasisDr. Woreta isExperienced. Learn about Amebiasis.
- AniridiaDr. Woreta isExperienced. Learn about Aniridia.
- Benign Essential BlepharospasmDr. Woreta isExperienced. Learn about Benign Essential Blepharospasm.
- Cloudy CorneaDr. Woreta isExperienced. Learn about Cloudy Cornea.

