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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinal Detachment. 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 6 articles in the study of Retinal Detachment.
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Locations
Suite 310, Columbia, MD 21044
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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Eric Weichel is an Ophthalmologist in Annapolis, Maryland. Dr. Weichel is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinal Detachment. His top areas of expertise are Retinal Detachment, Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD), Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration, Endophthalmitis, and Vitrectomy. Dr. Weichel is currently accepting new patients.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Yannis M. Paulus, M.D., F.A.C.S., is the Jonas Fridenwald Professor in Ophthalmology, an associate professor in the Johns Hopkins University Department of Ophthalmology and Department of Biomedical Engineering, and a vitreoretinal surgeon at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine’s East Baltimore and Columbia locations. Dr. Paulus served as a surgical retina specialist and director of a research laboratory at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center for almost 10 years, where he developed novel imaging systems, lasers and long-lasting therapies and nanotechnologies to allow physicians to determine cellular markers of disease, enabling early diagnosis, improved treatment monitoring and more individualized, personalized precision medicine tailored to each patient’s needs. After earning his bachelor’s degree in chemistry and physics from Harvard University and his medical degree at Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Paulus completed an internship at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, a residency in ophthalmology at the Stanford University School of Medicine Byers Eye Institute, and a surgical and medical retina fellowship at Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine. CVhttps://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/-/media/wilmer/documents/cvs/Paulus_CV%2021225.pdf. Dr. Paulus is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinal Detachment. His top areas of expertise are Diabetic Retinopathy, Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration, Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD), Vitrectomy, and Cataract Removal.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- CataractDr. Woreta isElite. Learn about Cataract.
- EndophthalmitisDr. Woreta isElite. Learn about Endophthalmitis.
- Distinguished
- Cataract RemovalDr. Woreta isDistinguished. Learn about Cataract Removal.
- Corneal TransplantDr. Woreta isDistinguished. Learn about Corneal Transplant.
- HyphemaDr. Woreta isDistinguished. Learn about Hyphema.
- Advanced
- Fuchs DystrophyDr. Woreta isAdvanced. Learn about Fuchs Dystrophy.
- GlaucomaDr. Woreta isAdvanced. Learn about Glaucoma.
- Hereditary KeratitisDr. Woreta isAdvanced. Learn about Hereditary Keratitis.
- Interstitial KeratitisDr. Woreta isAdvanced. Learn about Interstitial Keratitis.
- KeratoconusDr. Woreta isAdvanced. Learn about Keratoconus.
- Orbital CellulitisDr. Woreta isAdvanced. Learn about Orbital Cellulitis.
- Experienced
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)Dr. Woreta isExperienced. Learn about Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD).
- AmblyopiaDr. Woreta isExperienced. Learn about Amblyopia.
- AmebiasisDr. Woreta isExperienced. Learn about Amebiasis.
- AniridiaDr. Woreta isExperienced. Learn about Aniridia.
- Benign Essential BlepharospasmDr. Woreta isExperienced. Learn about Benign Essential Blepharospasm.
- Cloudy CorneaDr. Woreta isExperienced. Learn about Cloudy Cornea.