Overview
Dr. Kraig Scot Bower is an associate professor of ophthalmology and the director of refractive surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute. He specializes in refractive surgery (LASIK), cornea and external diseases of the eye and anterior segment surgery. Dr. Bower is a retired Army colonel, Medical Corps. From 2001 to 2010, he was the director of refractive surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and served as the Army's refractive surgery subject matter expert, advising the Army Surgeon General on laser refractive surgery and managing the Army's Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program.
Dr. Bower is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Keratoconus, Astigmatism, Cataract, and Nearsightedness.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 43 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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1800 Orleans Street, 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.
1 Clinical Trials
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Peter A. Campochiaro, M.D. is the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a clinician-scientist who directs a research laboratory and conducts clinical trials. His laboratory research is directed at understanding the pathogenesis of ocular neovascularization and excessive retinal vascular permeability, and the mechanism of cone cell death in inherited retinal degenerations. He helped to determine the importance of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), hypoxia-inducible factor-1, and Tie2 in retinal and choroidal vascular diseases. The clinical trial group under Dr. Campochairo provided the first demonstration of the benefits of suppression of VEGF in diabetic macular edema and retinal vein occlusion. He has developed strategies for sustained suppression of VEGF that are currently being tested in clinical trials. Dr. Campochiaro trained at the University of Notre Dame, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and the University of Virginia. He did a vitreoretinal fellowship and research fellowships at Johns Hopkins and joined the faculty of the University of Virginia in 1984. He became professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins in 1991. Dr. Campochiaro is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Retinal Vein Occlusion, Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration, Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD), Trabeculectomy, and Vitrectomy.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Neil Bressler has been a member of the Wilmer Eye Institute's faculty since 1988 and is the inaugural James P. Gills Professor of Ophthalmology. He specializes in retinal diseases, with special interests in diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. Dr. Bressler's main research interests have been collaborative efforts in clinical trials of common retinal diseases, including age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, having chaired several NIH-sponsored and industry-sponsored multicenter randomized clinical trials and authored almost 300 peer-reviewed publications. He is a past chair of the NIH-sponsored Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network, and was responsible for guidelines, policies, protocol development as well as implementation, and to facilitate Network operations in a way that maintains academic integrity and optimal clinical trial performance. He also has chaired the National Eye Institutes Data and Safety Monitoring Committee for intramural clinical trials and the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel. Dr. Bressler is currently editor-in-chief of JAMA Ophthalmology. Dr. Bressler is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Diabetic Macular Edema (DME), Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD), Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration, Vitrectomy, and Cataract Removal.
Greater Baltimore Medical Center Inc
Janet Sunness is an Ophthalmologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Sunness is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Stargardt Macular Degeneration, Geographic Atrophy, Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration, and Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD). Dr. Sunness is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- KeratoconusDr. Bower isDistinguished. Learn about Keratoconus.
- Advanced
- AstigmatismDr. Bower isAdvanced. Learn about Astigmatism.
- CataractDr. Bower isAdvanced. Learn about Cataract.
- NearsightednessDr. Bower isAdvanced. Learn about Nearsightedness.
- Experienced
- AniridiaDr. Bower isExperienced. Learn about Aniridia.
- BlepharitisDr. Bower isExperienced. Learn about Blepharitis.
- Corneal Dystrophy and Perceptive Deafness
- Dry Eye SyndromeDr. Bower isExperienced. Learn about Dry Eye Syndrome.
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)Dr. Bower isExperienced. Learn about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).
- GlaucomaDr. Bower isExperienced. Learn about Glaucoma.