Overview
Jennifer Thorne, M.D., Ph.D., is the Cross Family Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, where she is also chief of the Division of Ocular Immunology. Dr. Thorne holds a joint appointment as professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. An internationally recognized ophthalmologist, Dr. Thorne is an expert in the evaluation and management of patients with uveitis and other related immune-mediated disorders. Dr. Thorne also directs the Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid clinic, a multi-disciplinary specialty clinic designed to evaluate and treat patients with conjunctival diseases. Dr. Thorne's research interests include white dot syndromes including birdshot chorioretinitis, multifocal choroiditis and punctate inner choroiditis. She also studies juvenile idiopathic arthritis-related uveitis and treatment outcomes of immunosuppressive drug therapy. Dr. Thorne received her M.D. degree from the University of Virginia and completed her ophthalmology residency at the University of Pennsylvania's Scheie Eye Institute. She completed her uveitis fellowship at Wilmer and completed her Ph.D. in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Thorne is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Trabeculectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Uveitis, Neuroretinitis, Punctate Inner Choroidopathy, and Cicatricial Pemphigoid.
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Locations
Maumenee Lobby, Baltimore, MD 21287
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Harry A. Quigley is the A. Edward Maumenee Professor of Ophthalmology and developed the Glaucoma Division at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute. He was a founding member of the American Glaucoma Society, serving for 8 years as its Secretary and was elected to 5 year terms as chief executive officer of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and editor-in-chief of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. He has published over 350 peer-reviewed articles, and his reports are the most cited in the ophthalmic literature over the last 30 years (Archives of Ophthalmology, 2007). His research has improved the early diagnosis of glaucoma and has developed instruments and techniques to identify glaucoma damage better. He has participated in pioneering studies of the epidemiology, morbidity and progression rate of glaucoma and other eye disease in American, African, Asian and Hispanic populations, serving as a consultant to the World Health Organization. In the laboratory, he has demonstrated successful gene therapy to protect retinal ganglion cells from experimental glaucoma and developed glaucoma models in monkeys, rats and mice. Dr. Quigley is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Trabeculectomy. His top areas of expertise are Glaucoma, Ocular Hypertension (OHT), Pigment-Dispersion Syndrome, Trabeculectomy, and Iridectomy.
Nathan Congdon is an Ophthalmologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Congdon is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Trabeculectomy. His top areas of expertise are Presbyopia, Nearsightedness, Diabetic Retinopathy, Cataract Removal, and Trabeculectomy.
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
Henry D. Jampel, M.D., M.H.S., is the Odd Fellows Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute. He specializes in glaucoma and serves as the medical director of Wilmer's Green Spring Station location. His research interests include evaluation of medical vs. surgical treatment of glaucoma in newly diagnosed patients and on imaging devices for the detection of glaucoma and its progression. Dr. Jampel received his M.D. degree from Yale University and his M.H.S. in health finance and management from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He completed an internship in internal medicine at Sinai Hospital and his residency in ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute. After completing a glaucoma fellowship in glaucoma at Wilmer, Dr. Jampel joined the faculty in 1988. Dr. Jampel is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Trabeculectomy. His top areas of expertise are Glaucoma, Ocular Hypertension (OHT), Sturge-Weber Syndrome, Trabeculectomy, and Cataract Removal.
Areas of Expertise
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- Advanced
- Cicatricial PemphigoidDr. Thorne isAdvanced. Learn about Cicatricial Pemphigoid.
- NeuroretinitisDr. Thorne isAdvanced. Learn about Neuroretinitis.
- Punctate Inner ChoroidopathyDr. Thorne isAdvanced. Learn about Punctate Inner Choroidopathy.
- UveitisDr. Thorne isAdvanced. Learn about Uveitis.
- Experienced
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)Dr. Thorne isExperienced. Learn about Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD).
- BlepharitisDr. Thorne isExperienced. Learn about Blepharitis.
- Eales DiseaseDr. Thorne isExperienced. Learn about Eales Disease.
- EndophthalmitisDr. Thorne isExperienced. Learn about Endophthalmitis.
- Giant Papillary ConjunctivitisDr. Thorne isExperienced. Learn about Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis.
- GlaucomaDr. Thorne isExperienced. Learn about Glaucoma.