Overview
Mohamad Jaafar is an Ophthalmologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Jaafar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Isolated Ectopia Lentis. His top areas of expertise are Strabismus, Congenital Cataract, Lowe Syndrome, Amblyopia, and Cataract Removal.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 10 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Jaafar has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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.
Chesapeake Eye Care And Laser Center LLC
Olivia Dryjski is an Ophthalmologist in Annapolis, Maryland. Dr. Dryjski is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Isolated Ectopia Lentis. Her top areas of expertise are Dry Eye Syndrome, Cataract, Blepharitis, and Meibomianitis. Dr. Dryjski is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center — Bethesda
Shameema Sikder, M.D. is an ophthalmologist who specializes in corneal disorders, such as Fuchs' dystrophy and keratoconus, as well as complex cataracts. Dr. Sikder's clinical interests include surgical treatments for corneal diseases, such as endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK, DSAEK), complex cataracts, and treatments for keratoconus. Dr. Sikder is the director of the Center of Excellence for Ophthalmic Surgical Education and Training (OphSET) at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Sikder also has a faculty appointment at the Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare at Johns Hopkins University. She has a particular interest in surgical education and through NIH support, is working on technologies that could be implemented at the international level to improve the level of ophthalmic surgical care. Dr. Sikder received her M.D. degree from the University of Arizona after obtaining Bachelor's degrees in Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry. She completed her ophthalmology residency at the Wilmer Eye Institute and fellowship in cornea and refractive disease at the Moran Eye Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she received the Claes Dohlman Fellow of the Year Award, recognizing the most distinguished cornea fellow in the nation. Dr. Sikder returned to Wilmer in 2011 and served as assistant chief of service (chief resident) and associate director of ocular trauma. She was the inaugural medical director of the Wilmer Eye Institute in Bethesda in 2014, where she continues to care for patients. Dr. Sikder is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Isolated Ectopia Lentis. Her top areas of expertise are Cataract, Pterygium, Fuchs Dystrophy, Cataract Removal, and Corneal Transplant.
Johns Hopkins Health Care Center - Odenton
Divya Srikumaran, M.D., is the Walter J. Stark Chair of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, and practices at Wilmer's East Baltimore and Odenton, Maryland locations. She specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the cornea, performing corneal transplants, cataract surgeries, and refractive surgeries (LASIK). She is an investigator for several clinical trials at Wilmer offering her patients the latest treatment options. She has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and lectures at national cornea and cataract conferences. Dr. Srikumaran, an associate professor of ophthalmology in the Division of Cornea and External Disease at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute received her M.D. degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, after which she completed her ophthalmology residency and cornea fellowship training at the Wilmer Eye Institute. Dr. Srikumaran’s research interest includes the assessment of corneal transplant outcomes and risk factors for receiving keratoplasty through big data sources including administrative claims data. She received the Hoskins Center IRIS Registry Research Fund Award through the American Academy of Ophthalmology as well as the EBAA Pilot Research grant to study real-world endothelial keratoplasty outcomes. She is a busy clinician who is actively involved in multi-central clinical trials in cornea. In addition, she serves on the scientific program committee of the EBAA and is participating in their Physician Leadership Program. She is also a member of the editorial board for Cornea and will serve as an associate editor for the society’s new journal Cornea Open. She is also a renowned educator and currently serves as Vice Chair of Education and was previously residency program director. As vice chair of education, she has an interest in medical education and studying best practices to support doctors in training and has been awarded several teaching awards. Blending her passion for both education and expertise in corneal surgery, Dr. Srikumaran has also studied barriers to adoption of advanced keratoplasty procedures in the US and abroad. Dr. Srikumaran is also an examiner and member of the cornea and cataract exam content development committees for the American Board of Ophthalmology and was selected to participate in their Visiting Scholar Program. Dr. Srikumaran is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Isolated Ectopia Lentis. Her top areas of expertise are Cataract, Fuchs Dystrophy, Endophthalmitis, Corneal Transplant, and Cataract Removal.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- StrabismusDr. Jaafar isDistinguished. Learn about Strabismus.
- Advanced
- AmblyopiaDr. Jaafar isAdvanced. Learn about Amblyopia.
- Brown SyndromeDr. Jaafar isAdvanced. Learn about Brown Syndrome.
- Congenital CataractDr. Jaafar isAdvanced. Learn about Congenital Cataract.
- Lowe SyndromeDr. Jaafar isAdvanced. Learn about Lowe Syndrome.
- X-Linked Infantile NystagmusDr. Jaafar isAdvanced. Learn about X-Linked Infantile Nystagmus.
- Experienced
- AniridiaDr. Jaafar isExperienced. Learn about Aniridia.
- Baller-Gerold SyndromeDr. Jaafar isExperienced. Learn about Baller-Gerold Syndrome.
- Blocked Tear DuctDr. Jaafar isExperienced. Learn about Blocked Tear Duct.
- CataractDr. Jaafar isExperienced. Learn about Cataract.
- Cataract RemovalDr. Jaafar isExperienced. Learn about Cataract Removal.
- ChalazionDr. Jaafar isExperienced. Learn about Chalazion.

