Overview
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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pterygium. His top areas of expertise are Keratoconus, Astigmatism, Cataract, and Nearsightedness.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 43 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 1 article in the study of Pterygium.
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Locations
1800 Orleans Street, 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.
1 Clinical Trials
Visionary Ophthalmology LLC
Dr. Cremers anchors the Visionary Eye Doctor team and is a widely respected and experienced researcher and clinician in dry eye disease, having spent a decade at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear infirmary. She is a fellow with the American College of Surgeons, specializing in cataract and pterygium surgery. CV https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/suburban_hospital/_documents/physician%20CV/cremers-cv.pdf. Dr. Cremers is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pterygium. Her top areas of expertise are Pterygium, Dry Eye Syndrome, Blepharitis, and Glaucoma.
Visionary Ophthalmology LLC
Jesus Martinez is an Ophthalmologist in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Martinez is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pterygium. His top areas of expertise are Pterygium, Glaucoma, Dry Eye Syndrome, and Cataract. Dr. Martinez is currently accepting new patients.
Robert H. Chu, Md, PA
Robert Chu is an Ophthalmologist in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Chu is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pterygium. His top areas of expertise are Retinal Vasculopathy with Cerebral Leukodystrophy, Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy, Coats Disease, and Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). Dr. Chu is currently accepting new patients.
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
- KeratoconusDr. Bower isDistinguished. Learn about Keratoconus.
- Advanced
- AstigmatismDr. Bower isAdvanced. Learn about Astigmatism.
- CataractDr. Bower isAdvanced. Learn about Cataract.
- NearsightednessDr. Bower isAdvanced. Learn about Nearsightedness.
- Experienced
- AniridiaDr. Bower isExperienced. Learn about Aniridia.
- BlepharitisDr. Bower isExperienced. Learn about Blepharitis.
- Corneal Dystrophy and Perceptive Deafness
- Dry Eye SyndromeDr. Bower isExperienced. Learn about Dry Eye Syndrome.
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)Dr. Bower isExperienced. Learn about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).
- GlaucomaDr. Bower isExperienced. Learn about Glaucoma.