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 Vitrectomy. 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 7 articles in the study of Vitrectomy.
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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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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
- 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.