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

Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship, 2002-2003
Johns Hopkins University of Medicine, Wilmer Eye Institute; Baltimore, MD

Ophthalmology Residency, 1999-2002
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Wilmer Eye Institute; Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1994-1998
M.D., Baltimore, MD

Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1991-1994
B.S., Chemistry with Distinctions in the Major, Cum Laude, Perspectives on Science

Experience

Eye Care Specialists, Kingston, PA, 2025-present

The Retina Reading Center, Bethesda, MD
Director, 2004-Present

Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Director, Visual Electrophysiology, 2018-Present

Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, 2018 – present

Eye Reports, a peer-reviewed ophthalmic medical journal
Editor-in-Chief, 2011 – present

Clinical Consultant (Diseases and Surgery of the Vitreous and Retina)
Director and Founder of DC Retina, 2010 – 2025

The Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX
Chair of 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, 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
  • A. Edward Maumenee Scholar Award, The Wilmer Eye Institute of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2003
  • Coined the Retinal Disease Category, An Original Discovery: The Retinal Ciliopathies.
Books
  • Coined the Retinal Disease Category, An Original Discovery: The Retinal Ciliopathies.
  • Healthy Vision: Prevent and Reverse Eye Disease through Better Nutrition. Rowman & Littlefield. 2014.
  • Atlas of OCT: Retinal Anatomy in Healthy and Pathology. 2013.
Memberships
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • American Society of Retina Specialists
  • World Association of Medical Editors