Neal Adams, M.D.


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Education

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

Experience

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

Awards and Honors

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

Memberships

American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Society of Retina Specialists
World Association of Medical Editors