The 20 Best Strabismus Doctors in Maryland, US

Michael X. Repka, M.D., M.B.A., is the David L. Guyton, M.D., and Feduniak Family Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute. He specializes in pediatric ophthalmology, strabismus, retinopathy of prematurity and pediatric neuro-ophthalmology. His clinical practice includes an interest in the management of strabismus and amblyopia. In these areas, he has a special interest in using alternatives to patching for the management of amblyopia and using strabismus surgery, botulinum toxin and adjustable sutures to treat strabismus. He also performs cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation on children with cataracts and has a special interest in pediatric neuro-ophthalmology involving normal and abnormal visual development and the effect of injury and tumor on the visual system of the child. Dr. Repka received his M.D. degree from Thomas Jefferson University and completed his ophthalmology residency at Wills Eye Hospital. He completed fellowships in neuro-ophthalmology and pediatric ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute and joined the faculty in 1985. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, Dr. Repka is the vice chair for clinical practice at Wilmer. Dr. Repka is the past chairman of the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group and past president of the Maryland Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons. He is medical director of Government Affairs of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Repka is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. His top areas of expertise are Strabismus, Brown Syndrome, Amblyopia, Cataract Removal, and Vitrectomy.

David L. Guyton, M.D., is the Zanvyl Krieger Professor of Ophthalmology. He is internationally known for his contributions, inventions, and teaching in the fields of ophthalmic optics, clinical refraction, potential acuity testing, and ocular motility. His clinical practice in strabismus is heavily surgical, both pediatric and adult, with emphasis on re-operations and cyclovertical surgery, using adjustable sutures. With adults comprising more than 80 percent of his strabismus surgical cases, Dr. Guyton has contributed significantly to our knowledge of strabismus complications from local anesthetics, the “inverted Brown pattern,” the “dragged-fovea diplopia syndrome,” theories of how and why strabismus develops in the first place, and how and why it can change over time. Dr. Guyton is currently developing automated instruments for the vision screening of infants and children. Dr. Guyton is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. His top areas of expertise are Strabismus, Brown Syndrome, Amblyopia, and Esotropia.

Courtney L. Kraus, M.D., is Knights Templar Eye Foundation Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Kraus specializes in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus, including amblyopia (lazy eye), with a particular interest in pediatric cataract and corneal diseases. She has enjoyed participating in surgical mission trips to underserved areas in the developing world. Dr. Kraus received her medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where she also completed her residency in ophthalmology after an internship in internal medicine at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur, Missouri. She then completed a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at the Storm Eye Institute at The Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Kraus is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. Her top areas of expertise are Strabismus, Idiopathic Short Stature (ISS), Brown Syndrome, Vitrectomy, and Cataract Removal.

Edward Kuwera, M.D. is an ophthalmologist specializing in pediatric conditions and adult strabismus at the Wilmer Eye Institute’s locations in Bel Air and Baltimore, Maryland. His primary focus is on the diagnosis and treatment of complex forms of strabismus (a misalignment of the eyes, usually with double vision, or diplopia), including reoperations, torsional misalignments, and strabismus from thyroid eye disease. Dr. Kuwera is one of very few surgeons in the world who does adjustable surgery for both adults and children, done on the same day. He also has a special interest in children with nystagmus, amblyopia, and cortical visual impairment. Dr. Kuwera graduated Summa Cum Laude from Ross University, where he was a recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award for academic excellence. Since medical school, Dr. Kuwera has been an advocate of medical and patient education - recognized as Intern Of The Year while training, as well as receiving numerous medical, clinical, and surgical teaching awards throughout his career. He is passionate about involving patients and families in the management of their health concerns and was awarded the Johns Hopkins Hospital Service Star for these interactions. He is actively involved with several projects, among them: VR/AR devices to diagnose and treat visual disorders, optical enhancements to retinoscopy, Lancaster red-green testing, and methods for enhancing trainee and patient learning. As Wilmer's Co-Division Education Champion in ophthalmic optics, Division Education Champion in pediatrics, and Division Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kuwera provides instruction on clinical skills, surgical techniques, and review of the basic sciences to fellows, residents, and medical students. Visit the site for pediatric eye care instructional videos. CV https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/-/media/wilmer/documents/cvs/kuwera-jhu-cv.pdf Recent News Articles and Media Coverage The importance of back-to-school eye exams, DC News Now (September 2024) Passing the Scalpel in Strabismus, Wilmer Insider (June 2021). Dr. Kuwera is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. His top areas of expertise are Strabismus, Oculomotor Apraxia Cogan Type, Esotropia, and Brown Syndrome.

Lan Chang is an Ophthalmologist in Kensington, Maryland. Dr. Chang is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. Her top areas of expertise are Strabismus, Esotropia, Amblyopia, and Epicanthal Folds.

Cody Richardson, M.D. is a clinical associate at the Wilmer Eye Institute. He specializes in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus, including treatment of amblyopia (lazy eye), strabismus, infant and childhood cataracts, and pediatric ocular trauma. Dr. Richardson also has experience caring for visual disturbances associated with brain tumors in children as well as treating the ocular effects of radiation and chemotherapy used to treat childhood cancers. He participates in international outreach through an annual surgical mission trip to treat underserved children with strabismus in Guatemala. Dr. Richardson received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee in Memphis, TN where he remained to complete his ophthalmology residency and fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at the Hamilton Eye Institute and St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. CV https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/-/media/wilmer/documents/cvs/Richardson_CV.pdf. Dr. Richardson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. His top areas of expertise are Strabismus, Esotropia, Optic Glioma, and Amblyopia.

Dr. Couser obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and his Medical Doctorate from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (VCU SOM). Dr. Couser’s ophthalmology residency was completed at Howard University where he served as co-chief resident in the last year of his residency. He received fellowship training in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at Emory University. Dr. Couser received a master’s degree in biotechnology from the Johns Hopkins University and completed a residency in clinical genetics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is one of only a few individuals currently board-certified by both the American Board of Ophthalmology and the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics. CV https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/-/media/wilmer/documents/cvs/couser-cv Research Summary My primary research focus involves the identification and management of genetic eye diseases including rare inherited disorders affecting the eyes. Research and scholarly activities have been an integral component of my career path. I have been the principal investigator on 10 clinical trial/IRB studies and a co-investigator on others, participated with several committees or advisory panels related to research activities. I have been credited with over 120 book chapter, journal article and abstract publications. In addition, I served as the primary author/sole editor for a textbook titled Ophthalmic Genetic Diseases: A Quick Reference Guide to the Eye and External Ocular Adnexa Abnormalities, 1st Edition, published by Elsevier in 2018, which is one of only a few textbooks published in this subject area. I also served as a grant review panelist for the National Eye Institute Career Development Awards. Selected Publications *Couser NL, Masood MM, Strande NT, Foreman AKM, Crooks K, Weck KE, Lu M, Wilhelmsen KC, Roche M, Evans JP, Berg JS, Powell CM. 2015. The phenotype of multiple congenital anomalies- hypotonia-seizures syndrome 1: Report and review. Am J Med Genet Part A 9999A:1–6 *Couser NL, Lambert SR. Botulinum toxin: A treatment of consecutive esotropia in children. Strabismus 2012; 20(4):158-161 Couser NL, Lenhart PD, Hutchinson AK. Augmented Hummelsheim procedure to treat complete abducens nerve palsy. J AAPOS 2012;16(4):331-5 *Natario L. Couser, Maheer M. Masood, Arthur S. Aylsworth, and Roger E. Stevenson. Ocular manifestations in the X-linked intellectual disability syndromes. Ophthalmic Genet. 2017, Jan 23:1-12 *Couser NL, Brooks BP, Drack AV, Shankar SP. The evolving role of genetics in ophthalmology. Ophthalmic Genet. 2021 Jan 12:1-4. doi: 10.1080/13816810.2020.1868011. Dr. Couser is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. His top areas of expertise are Epicanthal Folds, Strabismus, Brown Syndrome, and Hypotonia.

With fellowship training in neuro-ophthalmology and additional training in neuro-vestibular disorders, Dr. Daniel Gold sees patients with neuro-ophthalmic disorders (affecting vision, eyelids, pupils, or causing nystagmus or double vision) in addition to oto-neurologic disorders (causing dizziness and vertigo). Videos 2018 Best Consulting Physician Award Tele-(Dizzy) Medicine. Dr. Gold is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. His top areas of expertise are Vertigo, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, Brown Syndrome, and Stiff Person Syndrome.

Bo Wang, M.D., Ph.D., is an assistant professor of ophthalmology with the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine at Wilmer's East Baltimore and Green Spring Station locations. He specializes in pediatric ophthalmology, with particular interest in pediatric glaucoma and pediatric cataract, strabismus and retinopathy of prematurity. He received his bachelor's and doctorate degrees in bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh, and completed his medical training at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the Wilmer Eye Institute and fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at the Duke Eye Center. With a research interest in the application of noninvasive imaging techniques to better understand and manage ocular diseases that affect children, Dr. Wang is using optical coherence tomography, a noninvasive optical imaging technique, to investigate changes in the outflow pathway that lead to pediatric glaucoma. Dr. Wang is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. His top areas of expertise are Ocular Hypertension (OHT), Glaucoma, Strabismus, and Brown Syndrome.

Dr. Henderson is the Frank B. Walsh Professor of Neuro-Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute and is the Chief of the Wilmer Neuro-Ophthalmology Division. She attended medical school at Emory University, completed an ophthalmology residency at the Medical College of Georgia, and completed a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Her research interests include optic neuropathies, specifically non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; high-value care; and the use of big data to answer neuro-ophthalmic questions. She also has a particular interest in medical education and serves as the Associate Ophthalmology Residency Program Director and the Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship Director. Dr. Henderson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. Her top areas of expertise are Optic Neuritis, Strabismus, Increased Intracranial Pressure, and Optic Atrophy Type 1.

Megan Collins, M.D., the Allan and Claire Jensen Professor of Ophthalmology, is a pediatric ophthalmologist who provides comprehensive clinical and surgical care to pediatric patients and adults with strabismus in Baltimore, Maryland. An assistant professor of ophthalmology, Dr. Collins specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity, pediatric craniofacial malformations and adult strabismus. She is also an associate faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. In addition to her clinical practice, she directs the Wilmer pediatric ophthalmology fellowship program and is course director for the Wilmer residency ethics and professionalism curriculum. Dr. Collins received her medical degree from the University of Chicago, where she also completed a fellowship in clinical medical ethics at the MacLean Center for Clinical Ethics. After an internship in internal medicine at the University of Maryland, she returned to the University of Chicago for her residency in ophthalmology, followed by a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at the University of Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. She later received her Master’s in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Collins is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. Her top areas of expertise are Esotropia, Strabismus, and Oculomotor Apraxia Cogan Type.

Kimberly Neutze is an Ophthalmologist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Neutze is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. Her top areas of expertise are Amblyopia, Strabismus, Astigmatism, and Nearsightedness.

Mary Collins is an Ophthalmologist in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Collins is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. Her top areas of expertise are Strabismus, Esotropia, Amblyopia, and Oculomotor Apraxia Cogan Type.

Eric Singman is an Ophthalmologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Singman is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. His top areas of expertise are Papilledema, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Strabismus, and Optic Neuritis.

Allison Jensen is an Ophthalmologist in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Jensen is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. Her top areas of expertise are Strabismus, Amblyopia, Epicanthal Folds, and Esotropia.

Mark Preslan is an Ophthalmologist in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Preslan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. His top areas of expertise are Strabismus, Amblyopia, X-Linked Infantile Nystagmus, and Esotropia.

Paul Cunningham is an Ophthalmologist in Clinton, Maryland. Dr. Cunningham is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. His top areas of expertise are Glaucoma, Strabismus, Cataract, and Esotropia.

Mohamad Jaafar is a Pediatrics provider in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Jaafar is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. His top areas of expertise are Strabismus, Congenital Cataract, Lowe Syndrome, Amblyopia, and Cataract Removal.

Stephen Glaser is an Ophthalmologist in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Glaser is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. His top areas of expertise are Amblyopia, Marcus Gunn Phenomenon, Gomez Lopez Hernandez Syndrome, and Strabismus.

Caroline Cromelin is an Ophthalmologist in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Cromelin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strabismus. Her top areas of expertise are Amblyopia, Allergic Conjunctivitis, Strabismus, and Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye).