Overview
Akrit Sodhi, M.D, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute and holds the Branna and Irving Sisenwein Professorship in Ophthalmology. Dr. Sodhi specializes in the medical and surgical management of complex vitreoretinal diseases. Dr. Sodhi was trained at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of California at Davis, and the National Institutes of Health. After obtaining his M.D. and Ph.D., he interned at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore and completed his Ophthalmology Residency training at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins in 2008. He then pursued a fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at Wilmer where he also served as the Assistant Chief of Service (Chief Resident). Dr. Sodhi joined the faculty of the Retina Division at Wilmer in 2010. His research interests, currently sponsored by grants from the National Eye Institute, include the examination of the role of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) and HIF-regulated genes in ocular diseases, including diabetic eye disease, age-related macular degeneration, sickle cell retinopathy, retinal vein occlusions, and uveal melanoma. Dr. Sodhi's lab has identified novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of these vision-threatening diseases.
Dr. Sodhi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Keratoconus. His top areas of expertise are Retinal Vein Occlusion, Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD), Diabetic Retinopathy, and Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 64 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Keratoconus.
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Locations
Maumenee Lobby, Baltimore, MD 21287
10710 Charter Drive, Suite 310, Columbia, MD 21044
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
Uri S. Soiberman, M.D. joined Wilmer's Cornea faculty in 2016, and is an associate professor of ophthalmology and the director of the cornea fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute. Dr. Soiberman's main clinical and research focus is keratoconus, and his research has been funded by the National Eye Institute and Research to Prevent Blindness. Dr. Soiberman offers his keratoconus patients advanced surgical treatments, including corneal collagen crosslinking, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and other types of corneal transplants for keratoconus. Dr. Soiberman also performs endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK, DMEK, DSO) for patients with Fuchs endothelial dystrophy and corneal edema. In addition, Dr. Soiberman specializes in complex cataract surgery, and offers his patients specialty intraocular lenses (such as astigmatism correcting or multifocal lenses). His surgical acumen includes surgery for dislocated lenses and secondary implantation of intraocular lenses. Dr. Soiberman is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Keratoconus. His top areas of expertise are Keratoconus, Cataract, Interstitial Keratitis, Corneal Transplant, and Vitrectomy.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Kraig Scot Bower is an associate professor of ophthalmology and the director of refractive surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute. He specializes in refractive surgery (LASIK), cornea and external diseases of the eye and anterior segment surgery. Dr. Bower is a retired Army colonel, Medical Corps. From 2001 to 2010, he was the director of refractive surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and served as the Army's refractive surgery subject matter expert, advising the Army Surgeon General on laser refractive surgery and managing the Army's Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program. Dr. Bower is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Keratoconus. His top areas of expertise are Keratoconus, Astigmatism, Cataract, and Nearsightedness.
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 Keratoconus. His top areas of expertise are Cataract, Fuchs Dystrophy, Keratoconus, Cataract Removal, and Corneal Transplant. Dr. Daoud is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)Dr. Sodhi isDistinguished. Learn about Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD).
- Diabetic RetinopathyDr. Sodhi isDistinguished. Learn about Diabetic Retinopathy.
- Late-Onset Retinal DegenerationDr. Sodhi isDistinguished. Learn about Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration.
- Retinal Vein OcclusionDr. Sodhi isDistinguished. Learn about Retinal Vein Occlusion.
- Advanced
- Adult-Onset Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy (AVMD)
- Cone DystrophyDr. Sodhi isAdvanced. Learn about Cone Dystrophy.
- Cone Rod Dystrophy Amelogenesis Imperfecta
- Cone-Rod DystrophyDr. Sodhi isAdvanced. Learn about Cone-Rod Dystrophy.
- Doyne Honeycomb Retinal Dystrophy
- Melanoma of the EyeDr. Sodhi isAdvanced. Learn about Melanoma of the Eye.
- Experienced
- CataractDr. Sodhi isExperienced. Learn about Cataract.
- Choroid Plexus CarcinomaDr. Sodhi isExperienced. Learn about Choroid Plexus Carcinoma.
- Coats DiseaseDr. Sodhi isExperienced. Learn about Coats Disease.
- Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)Dr. Sodhi isExperienced. Learn about Diabetic Macular Edema (DME).
- EndophthalmitisDr. Sodhi isExperienced. Learn about Endophthalmitis.
- Familial Exudative VitreoretinopathyDr. Sodhi isExperienced. Learn about Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy.