Fasika A. Woreta
Experienced in Pterygium
Experienced in Pterygium

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pterygium. 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 1 article in the study of Pterygium.

Graduate Institution
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, MPH, 2007
Residency
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ophthalmology, 2011
Specialties
Ophthalmology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in MD
Board Certifications
American Board Of Ophthalmology
Fellowships
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS, 2013
University of Miami Jackson Health, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, 2012
Hospital Affiliations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Humana
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Independent Health
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Johns Hopkins Healthcare
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Locations

Howard County Medical Pavilion
Suite 310, Columbia, MD 21044
Other Locations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
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.


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