Overview
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.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 222 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1800 Orleans Street, Maumenee Lobby, Maumenee Lobby, Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Bressler has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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.
3 Clinical Trials
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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
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)
- Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)Dr. Bressler isElite. Learn about Diabetic Macular Edema (DME).
- Diabetic RetinopathyDr. Bressler isElite. Learn about Diabetic Retinopathy.
- Late-Onset Retinal DegenerationDr. Bressler isElite. Learn about Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration.
- Distinguished
- Geographic AtrophyDr. Bressler isDistinguished. Learn about Geographic Atrophy.
- Advanced
- Adult-Onset Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy (AVMD)
- ChoroideremiaDr. Bressler isAdvanced. Learn about Choroideremia.
- Cone DystrophyDr. Bressler isAdvanced. Learn about Cone Dystrophy.
- Cone Rod Dystrophy Amelogenesis Imperfecta
- Cone-Rod DystrophyDr. Bressler isAdvanced. Learn about Cone-Rod Dystrophy.
- Doyne Honeycomb Retinal DystrophyDr. Bressler isAdvanced. Learn about Doyne Honeycomb Retinal Dystrophy.
- Experienced
- CataractDr. Bressler isExperienced. Learn about Cataract.
- Cataract RemovalDr. Bressler isExperienced. Learn about Cataract Removal.
- Central Serous ChorioretinopathyDr. Bressler isExperienced. Learn about Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.
- GlaucomaDr. Bressler isExperienced. Learn about Glaucoma.
- Ocular AlbinismDr. Bressler isExperienced. Learn about Ocular Albinism.
- Ocular Hypertension (OHT)Dr. Bressler isExperienced. Learn about Ocular Hypertension (OHT).