Ashley Behrens
Experienced in Nearsightedness
Experienced in Nearsightedness
1800 Orleans Street, Maumenee Lobby, Maumenee Lobby, 
Baltimore, MD 

Overview

Ashley Behrens, M.D., is the Edward St. John Professor in Ophthalmology and chief of the comprehensive ophthalmology division at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine. He specializes in the medical and surgical management of cataracts and corneal diseases, including corneal transplantation techniques for Fuchs’ dystrophy and keratoconus, as well as LASIK, PRK and refractive lens exchange. Dr. Behrens received his medical degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas, and completed his ophthalmology residency and fellowship training at the Francisco Risquez Hospital. He completed additional fellowships at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany, where he obtained his German Doctorate with Magna Cum Laude Distinction, and then at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Behrens joined the Wilmer faculty in 2003, and served as executive medical director at the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH), Wilmer’s affiliate hospital in Saudi Arabia, from July 2010 through August 2014.

Dr. Behrens is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nearsightedness. His top areas of expertise are Interstitial Keratitis, Cataract, Optic Nerve Atrophy, Vitrectomy, and Cataract Removal.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 18 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 Nearsightedness.

Residency
Hospital Miguel Perez Carreno, Ophthalmology, 1995
Specialties
Ophthalmology
Licenses
Ophthalmology in MD
Fellowships
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, 2000
University of Essen, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, 1999
Hospital Miguel Perez Carreno, Cornea, External Diseases & Refractive Surgery, 1996
Hospital Affiliations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
German
Spanish
Gender
Male

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Locations

The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1800 Orleans Street, Maumenee Lobby, Maumenee Lobby, Baltimore, MD 21287
Other Locations
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
10753 Falls Road, Pavilion II STE 455, Lutherville, MD 21093

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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