Sezen Karakus, M.D., is an assistant professor of ophthalmology specializing in corneal and external eye diseases, with a particular focus on ocular surface conditions in patients with autoimmune and inflammatory disorders such as Sjögren's syndrome and ocular rosacea. Her expertise also extends to corneal diseases involving abnormal sensory nerves, such as neurotrophic keratitis and neuropathic corneal pain. She is skilled in performing routine and complex procedures, including cataract and intraocular lens surgeries, refractive surgeries, corneal transplants, ocular surface reconstructions and amniotic membrane transplantations. At the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine's Ocular Surface Diseases and Dry Eye Clinic, she plays an integral role as a team member, providing her clinical insights and expertise. Additionally, she serves as an ophthalmologist in the Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) program at Hopkins. This unique position allows her to address dysautonomia-related neuropathic eye pain and ocular surface diseases in patients with POTS, combining her eye specialization with a focus on this specific medical condition. As a clinician-scientist, her research revolves around ocular surface diseases. Dr. Karakus is actively investigating the role of the ocular surface microbiome in the pathogenesis of ocular rosacea. Her involvement in the NIH U24 Ocular Surface Microbiome Consortium allows her to collaborate with fellow experts in the field to standardize research methrods and develop validated protocols for studying the ocular surface microbiome. Another area of research interest for Dr. Karakus involves serological and tear biomarkers in Sjögren's disease. Through a longitudinal study, she aims to determine the utility of tissue-specific autoantibodies for early diagnosis of Sjögren's disease in patients with dry eyes. Understanding the broader impact of Sjögren's disease on the peripheral and central nervous systems is crucial, as it can manifest as severe ocular surface disease with diminished corneal sensation (neurotrophic keratitis) or intense eye pain without significant ocular surface disease (neuropathic corneal pain). Her clinical expertise and research contributions have earned Dr. Karakus recognition regionally and nationally, as evidenced by her role as a consultant in complex dry eye and ocular surface diseases. She takes pride in her dedication to advancing the understanding of ocular surface conditions and providing the best possible care for patients. By combining her specialization in corneal and external eye disease with her involvement in the POTS program and cutting-edge research on ocular surface diseases, Dr. Karakus strives to make a significant impact on patient care and contribute to the advancement of ophthalmology and related fields. Dr. Karakus is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). Her top areas of expertise are Dry Eye Syndrome, Sjogren Syndrome, Cataract, Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye), and Corneal Transplant.

Everardo Hernandez-Quintela, M.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.S. is an accomplished cataract and cornea surgeon at the Wilmer Eye Institute’s locations in Baltimore and Lutherville, Maryland. He specializes in both refractive surgery (LASIK and PRK) and corneal transplant. Dr. Hernández-Quintela is the medical director for Wilmer's Patient Access Center for the Eye (PACE). Prior to joining Johns Hopkins Medicine, Dr. Hernandez Quintela was a professor of ophthalmology at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México where he led the course on research methodology in ophthalmology and the advanced course on cornea and refractive surgery. He is the founder of the international chapter of the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) in Mexico, known as Colegio Nacional de Investigación en Ciencias Visuales (MARVO). Dr. Hernández-Quintela is a peer review editorial member of the Journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the International Journal of Ophthalmology among other prestigious journals. He held a clinical academic position as head of cornea and refractive surgery services, and head of research at the Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México Hospital in Mexico City, which is one of the largest eye hospitals in Latin America. Dr. Hernández-Quintela began his career at Universidad La Salle and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City. He performed his residency training at the Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México Hospital, in Mexico City, and completed his fellowships at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School in the United States with professor Dimitri Azar, and at the Hôtel Dieu Hospital, at Université Paris in France with Professor J.M. Legeais and Prof. Yves Pouliquen.Dr. Hernández-Quintela holds a Master in Science from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, School of Medicine. Dr. Hernandez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). His top areas of expertise are Interstitial Keratitis, Keratoconus, Cataract, Corneal Transplant, and Cataract Removal.

Dr. Tversky was born and raised in New Jersey just outside of New York City. He attended college at Northeastern University in Boston where he spent over two years at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later Harvard Medical School conducting research. He earned his medical degree at the University of Sydney, Australia where he graduated in 2001 with first class honors. After finishing residency training at the University of Connecticut he completed a clinical fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In 2008 he received a Fellows Career Development Award from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and the American Thoracic Society before launching into a career in academic medicine. He then spent four years as a faculty member at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City where he helped rebuild the adult allergy practice. While in New York Dr. Tversky cofounded an iPhone app development company that went on to produce several health care applications that currently reach over one million customers worldwide. He returned to Johns Hopkins in 2013 as a fulltime faculty member, teacher and clinical research scientist. Dr. Tversky is currently an Assistant Professor and was appointed Clinical Director of the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at Johns Hopkins. He is the recipient of a National Institutes of Health research grant. Dr. Tversky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). His top areas of expertise are Asthma, Angioedema, Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), and Nasal Polyps.

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 an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). His top areas of expertise are Keratoconus, Cataract, Interstitial Keratitis, Corneal Transplant, and Vitrectomy.

John Baer is an Ophthalmologist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Baer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). His top areas of expertise are Cataract, Pigment-Dispersion Syndrome, Glaucoma, and Blepharitis.

Mohammad Rahnama is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Parkville, Maryland. Dr. Rahnama is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). His top areas of expertise are High Cholesterol, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Xanthoma, and Cirrhosis.

Hava Ladinsky is a Pediatrics provider in Pikesville, Maryland. Dr. Ladinsky is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). Her top areas of expertise are Allergic Rhinitis, Grass Allergy, Sinusitis, and Allergic Conjunctivitis.

Brett Katzen is an Ophthalmologist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Katzen is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). His top areas of expertise are Cataract, Glaucoma, Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration, and Dry Eye Syndrome. Dr. Katzen is currently accepting new patients.

Alvin Sanico is an Allergy and Immunologist in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Sanico is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). His top areas of expertise are Allergic Rhinitis, Sinusitis, Grass Allergy, and Allergic Conjunctivitis.

Alexandros Samohin is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Timonium, Maryland. Dr. Samohin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). His top areas of expertise are Cellulitis, Peptic Ulcer, Necrosis, and Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). Dr. Samohin is currently accepting new patients.

Andrew Buscemi is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Buscemi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). His top areas of expertise are Bronchitis, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), COVID-19, and Sinusitis. Dr. Buscemi is currently accepting new patients.

Eun Kim is a primary care provider, a Pediatrics specialist and a General Practice provider in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Kim is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). Her top areas of expertise are Bronchitis, Acute Cystitis, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), and COVID-19.

Adam Faill is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Faill is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). His top areas of expertise are Acute Cystitis, Bronchitis, Atypical Pneumonia, and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia.

Vasantha Udugampola is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Udugampola is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). Her top areas of expertise are Bronchitis, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), Cellulitis, and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). Dr. Udugampola is currently accepting new patients.

Tatyana Kushnir is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Kushnir is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). Her top areas of expertise are Bronchitis, Acute Cystitis, Atypical Pneumonia, and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia. Dr. Kushnir is currently accepting new patients.

Faranak Moghadam is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Owings Mills, Maryland. Dr. Moghadam is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). Her top areas of expertise are Acute Cystitis, Bronchitis, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, and Atypical Pneumonia.

Peter Creticos is an Allergy and Immunologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Creticos is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). His top areas of expertise are Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis, Grass Allergy, Allergic Rhinitis, and Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis.

Nakul Shekhawat, M.D., M.P.H. is an ophthalmologist and eye surgeon at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute and the 2023 Stephen F Raab and Mariellen Brickley-Raab Rising Professor of Ophthalmology. He specializes in cataract surgery, complex cataract and anterior segment surgery, corneal and external diseases, and corneal surgery including both full- and partial-thickness corneal transplantation (DMEK, DSAEK, DALK, PKP). Dr. Shekhawat received his M.D. degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and his M.P.H. degree in epidemiology and biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He completed ophthalmology residency at the renowned Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan where he received the Resident Excellence Award from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He completed additional subspecialty training in cornea, external disease, and refractive surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute where he was awarded the prestigious Claes Dohlman Award from Harvard Medical School recognizing the most outstanding cornea fellow in the country. CV https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/-/media/wilmer/documents/cvs/Shekhawat_CV.pdf Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Laser cataract surgery now offered in Bethesda- Hopkins Medicine (April 2024) Johns Hopkins, Microsoft Extend Collaboration for Startups as Newest Grant Recipients Named - Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures (July 2021) Taking a Wide View with Nakul Shekhawat - Hopkins Medicine (September 2020) A Patient’s Guide to Shingles: Prompt treatment is crucial to avoid severe neurological complications - US News & World Report (January 2020) Shingle White Female: Study finds three-fold increase in number of Americans diagnosed with shingles - The Ophthalmologist (July 2019). Dr. Shekhawat is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). His top areas of expertise are Interstitial Keratitis, Cataract, Amebiasis, Cataract Removal, and Vitrectomy.

Meghan Berkenstock, M.D., is an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute. She specializes in ocular inflammatory and infectious diseases, cataract surgery, and comprehensive ophthalmology. Since joining the faculty of the Wilmer Eye Institute in 2016, she has established a research focus on risk reduction and quality assurance initiatives in the care of patients with uveitis. She has implemented several initiatives to improve laboratory monitoring and understanding barriers to care in patients on immunosuppressive medications. The bulk of her research focuses on identifying ocular adverse events (IRAE) associated with the use of immunotherapy agents in the treatment of systemic malignancies. She is a member and the only ophthalmologist on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Panel on developing guidelines to treat IRAEs. Dr. Berkenstock is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). Her top areas of expertise are Scleritis, Episcleritis, Uveitis, Vitrectomy, and Cataract Removal.

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 Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye). His top areas of expertise are Interstitial Keratitis, Cataract, Optic Nerve Atrophy, Vitrectomy, and Cataract Removal.