
Overview
Ashley Behrens, M.D., is the Edward St. John Professor in Ophthalmology and chief of the comprehensive ophthalmology division at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine. He specializes in the medical and surgical management of cataracts and corneal diseases, including corneal transplantation techniques for Fuchs’ dystrophy and keratoconus, as well as LASIK, PRK and refractive lens exchange. Dr. Behrens received his medical degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas, and completed his ophthalmology residency and fellowship training at the Francisco Risquez Hospital. He completed additional fellowships at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany, where he obtained his German Doctorate with Magna Cum Laude Distinction, and then at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Behrens joined the Wilmer faculty in 2003, and served as executive medical director at the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH), Wilmer’s affiliate hospital in Saudi Arabia, from July 2010 through August 2014.
Dr. Behrens is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cataract Removal. His top areas of expertise are Interstitial Keratitis, Cataract, Optic Atrophy Type 1, Vitrectomy, and Cataract Removal.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 18 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 7 articles in the study of Cataract Removal.
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Locations
1800 Orleans Street, Maumenee Lobby, Maumenee Lobby, Baltimore, MD 21287
10753 Falls Road, Pavilion II STE 455, Lutherville, MD 21093
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
Alan Robin is an Ophthalmologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Robin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Cataract Removal. His top areas of expertise are Glaucoma, Ocular Hypertension (OHT), Pigment-Dispersion Syndrome, Cataract Removal, and Trabeculectomy.
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 Cataract Removal. Her top areas of expertise are Endophthalmitis, Cataract, Hyphema, Cataract Removal, and Corneal Transplant.
Johns Hopkins Health Care Center - Odenton
Divya Srikumaran, M.D., is the Walter J. Stark Chair of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, and practices at Wilmer's East Baltimore and Odenton, Maryland locations. She specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the cornea, performing corneal transplants, cataract surgeries, and refractive surgeries (LASIK). She is an investigator for several clinical trials at Wilmer offering her patients the latest treatment options. She has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and lectures at national cornea and cataract conferences. Dr. Srikumaran, an associate professor of ophthalmology in the Division of Cornea and External Disease at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute received her M.D. degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, after which she completed her ophthalmology residency and cornea fellowship training at the Wilmer Eye Institute. Dr. Srikumaran’s research interest includes the assessment of corneal transplant outcomes and risk factors for receiving keratoplasty through big data sources including administrative claims data. She received the Hoskins Center IRIS Registry Research Fund Award through the American Academy of Ophthalmology as well as the EBAA Pilot Research grant to study real-world endothelial keratoplasty outcomes. She is a busy clinician who is actively involved in multi-central clinical trials in cornea. In addition, she serves on the scientific program committee of the EBAA and is participating in their Physician Leadership Program. She is also a member of the editorial board for Cornea and will serve as an associate editor for the society’s new journal Cornea Open. She is also a renowned educator and currently serves as Vice Chair of Education and was previously residency program director. As vice chair of education, she has an interest in medical education and studying best practices to support doctors in training and has been awarded several teaching awards. Blending her passion for both education and expertise in corneal surgery, Dr. Srikumaran has also studied barriers to adoption of advanced keratoplasty procedures in the US and abroad. Dr. Srikumaran is also an examiner and member of the cornea and cataract exam content development committees for the American Board of Ophthalmology and was selected to participate in their Visiting Scholar Program. Dr. Srikumaran is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Cataract Removal. Her top areas of expertise are Cataract, Fuchs Dystrophy, Endophthalmitis, Corneal Transplant, and Cataract Removal.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- CataractDr. Behrens isDistinguished. Learn about Cataract.
- Interstitial KeratitisDr. Behrens isDistinguished. Learn about Interstitial Keratitis.
- Advanced
- BlepharitisDr. Behrens isAdvanced. Learn about Blepharitis.
- Coloboma of Eye LensDr. Behrens isAdvanced. Learn about Coloboma of Eye Lens.
- Optic Atrophy Type 1Dr. Behrens isAdvanced. Learn about Optic Atrophy Type 1.
- Optic Nerve AtrophyDr. Behrens isAdvanced. Learn about Optic Nerve Atrophy.
- Sjogren SyndromeDr. Behrens isAdvanced. Learn about Sjogren Syndrome.
- VitrectomyDr. Behrens isAdvanced. Learn about Vitrectomy.
- Experienced
- Allergic ConjunctivitisDr. Behrens isExperienced. Learn about Allergic Conjunctivitis.
- AstigmatismDr. Behrens isExperienced. Learn about Astigmatism.
- Cataract RemovalDr. Behrens isExperienced. Learn about Cataract Removal.
- ChalazionDr. Behrens isExperienced. Learn about Chalazion.
- Cloudy CorneaDr. Behrens isExperienced. Learn about Cloudy Cornea.
- ColobomaDr. Behrens isExperienced. Learn about Coloboma.

