Specialties:
- Diseases of the Retina, Vitreous, and Macula
- Macular Degeneration
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Retinal Vascular Disease
- Retinal Holes and Tears
- Retinal Laser Treatment
Download Profile
Visual Function Service, Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision Fellowship, 2005
National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute; Bethesda, MD 2005
Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship, 2002-2003
Johns Hopkins University of Medicine, Wilmer Eye Institute; Baltimore, MD 2003
Ophthalmology Residency, 1999-2002
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Wilmer Eye Institute; Baltimore, MD, 2002
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1994-1998
M.D., Baltimore, MD, 1998
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1991-1994
B.S., Chemistry with Distinctions in the Major, Cum Laude, Perspectives on Science, 1994
Eye Care Specialists, Kingston, PA, 2025-present
The Retina Reading Center, Wheaton, MD
Director, 2004-Present
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Director, Visual Electrophysiology, 2018-Present
Clinical Consultant (Diseases and Surgery of the Vitreous and Retina)
Founder and Director, DC Retina / Clinician and Surgeon at DC Retina, 2010 – present
Eye Reports, a peer-reviewed ophthalmic medical journal
Editor-in-Chief, 2011 – present
Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, 2018 – present
The Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX
Chair of Department of Ophthalmology, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, 2008 – 2010
The Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Chief of Division of Visual Physiology, Director of Retinal Dystrophy Center, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, 2005 – 2008
The Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
A. Edward Maumenee Scholar, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, 2003 – 2004
The Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Instructor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, 2003
Board Certified American Board of Ophthalmology, 2005-2015, 2016-2025
A. Edward Maumenee Scholar Award, The Wilmer Eye Institute of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2003-2004
Knights’ Templar Eye Foundation Award, The Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, 2003
Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Society of Heed Fellows Award, Heed Ophthalmic Foundation, 2002
Harry A. Quigley Pharmacia Research Award, The Wilmer Eye Institute of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2001
First Place Overall Resident Research Award, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 1999
Edward S. Reynolds First Place Award in Pathology, National Student Research Forum, 1998
Glenn Foundation Research Award, American Federation for Aging Research, 1997
Harold Lamport Biomedical Research Prize, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1997
Young Investigators’ Day Poster Presentation Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1997
Paul H. Mellon Senior Research Fellowship Award, Yale University, 1994
Perspectives on Science Scholar, Yale University, 1991 – 1994
Fourth Place Grand Award, International Science and Engineering Fair, 1990
Tennessee’s Outstanding Achievement Award, State of Tennessee, 1987
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Society of Retina Specialists
World Association of Medical Editors