Overview
"Irene Kuo has been designated one of America's top ophthalmologists, and received the Patient's Choice Award. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a member of the Cornea Society, an honorary society to which membership is based on a thesis and publications. She serves as president (2023-24) of the Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group, an international group of ophthalmologists and scientists dedicated to studying ocular infections and inflammatory conditions. Dr. Kuo is co-investigator of the National Institutes of Health/National Eye Institute-funded Maximizing Use of High-Quality Evidence in Eye Care: Cochrane Eyes and Vision US Project (CEV-US), which produces gold-standard Cochrane systematic reviews of treatments for eye diseases and conditions for stakeholders including patients, doctors and policymakers. She is an examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology, and is on the editorial boards of Ophthalmology Science, Translational Vision Science and Technology (a journal of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) and Cornea Open, the open access journal accompanying Cornea, the official journal of the Cornea Society. Dr. Kuo received her doctor of medicine degree from the University of California, San Francisco and completed her ophthalmology residency at the University of Southern California's Doheny Eye Institute. She then completed a fellowship in cornea, refractive surgery, and uveitis at the University of California, San Francisco. As chief of infection control for the Wilmer Eye Institute, Dr. Kuo worked with the occupational health, virology and hospital epidemiology and infection control departments to develop a policy to quickly diagnose employees who have a highly contagious and damaging form of viral conjunctivitis (""pink eye"") so they can be sent home and not infect patients and other employees.".
Dr. Kuo is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cataract. Her top areas of expertise are Dry Eye Syndrome, Cataract, Glaucoma, and Ocular Hypertension (OHT).
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Locations
4924 Campbell Boulevard, Suite 100, Suite 100, Nottingham, MD 21236
10753 Falls Road, Pavilion II STE 455, Lutherville, MD 21093
1800 Orleans Street, Maumenee Lobby, Baltimore, MD 21287
The Milton S Hershey Medical Center Physicians Group
Seth Pantanelli is an Ophthalmologist in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dr. Pantanelli has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cataract. His top areas of expertise are Astigmatism, Cataract, Keratoconus, Cataract Removal, and Corneal Transplant.
Howard County Medical Pavilion
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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cataract. Her top areas of expertise are Endophthalmitis, Cataract, Hyphema, Cataract Removal, and Corneal Transplant.
Johns Hopkins University
Yassine Daoud is an Ophthalmologist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Daoud is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cataract. His top areas of expertise are Cataract, Fuchs Dystrophy, Keratoconus, Cataract Removal, and Corneal Transplant. Dr. Daoud is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Advanced
- CataractDr. Kuo isAdvanced. Learn about Cataract.
- Dry Eye SyndromeDr. Kuo isAdvanced. Learn about Dry Eye Syndrome.
- Experienced
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)
- Corneal Dystrophy and Perceptive Deafness
- Eyelid BumpDr. Kuo isExperienced. Learn about Eyelid Bump.
- GlaucomaDr. Kuo isExperienced. Learn about Glaucoma.
- Late-Onset Retinal DegenerationDr. Kuo isExperienced. Learn about Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration.
- Macular Corneal Dystrophy Type 1Dr. Kuo isExperienced. Learn about Macular Corneal Dystrophy Type 1.