Ophthalmology

Dr. Lorenz E. and Anastasia U. Zimmerman

2013-03-30 11:38:00

Dr. Lorenz E. Zimmerman, the founder of modern ophthalmic pathology, who spent his nearly 60-year career studying diseases of the eye, died March 16 of complications from an infection at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 92. His wife...

89 Md. facilities bought drugs from firm linked to meningitis outbreak

2012-10-24 17:36:00

The federal Food and Drug Administration identified 89 medical facilities in Maryland that bought drugs from the Massachusetts manufacturer being investigated for a national fungal meningitis outbreak. The facilities are among more than 3,000 in numerous...

$2 million prize announced for cure for blindness by 2020

2012-10-19 18:27:24

Singer Art Garfunkel, a real estate magnate and an investor are putting $2 million in gold bullion on the line to inspire researchers to cure blindness by 2020, establishing through Johns Hopkins Medicine one of the world's largest prizes for a scientific...

Dr. Christina R. Prescott seeing patients at Wilmer in Bel Air

2012-08-27 11:25:08

Christina R. Prescott, M.D., Ph.D. and an assistant professor of ophthalmology is seeing patients at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Bel Air (formerly Parris-Castoro Eye Care Center). Prescott specializes in medical and surgical management of serious corneal...

Dr. Kathryn Klein seeing patients at Wilmer Eye Institute in Bel Air

2012-08-27 11:21:00

Kathryn Klein, M.D., M.P.H. and an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the Krieger Children's Eye Center at the Wilmer Institute, is seeing patients at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Bel Air (formerly Parris-Castoro Eye Care Center). She has subspecialty...

Dr. Michael Boland joins Wilmer Eye Clinic in Bel Air

2012-08-27 11:35:00

Michael Boland, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine, is seeing patients at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Bel Air (formerly Parris-Castoro Eye Care Center). He is certified by the American...

Wilmer Eye Institute celebrates new locations in Bel Air, HdG

2012-08-27 11:12:00

The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine commemorated the grand opening of its Bel Air and Havre de Grace locations (both formerly Parris-Castoro Eye Care Centers) during a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony. These two sites represent the ninth...

Dr. Kimberly Neutze graduates Geisinger Medical Center

2012-08-01 10:52:00

Dr. Kimberly Neutze, wife of Christopher Heaney and daughter of Richard and Mary Neutze of Abingdon, graduated May 18, from Geisinger Medical Center's Ophthalmology residency program in Danville, Pa. Neutze has accepted a pediatric ophthalmology...

The Wilmer Eye Institute at Hopkins acquires Parris Castoro Eye Care Center

2012-07-09 09:22:00

The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine has acquired Parris Castoro Eye Care Center, an outpatient eye and laser surgical center that has served the Bel Air and Havre de Grace communities for more than 35 years. "As an internationally-renowned...

Dr. Howard S. Williams, physician

2012-06-03 13:24:00

Dr. Howard S. Williams, a former staff physician at Father Martin's Ashley, a Harford County alcohol and substance abuse treatment center, died May 20 of meningoencephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at Gilchrist Hospice in...

Rare disorder nearly takes Baltimore woman's sight

2012-05-06 12:44:47

When Tamika Morgan developed red irritated eyes in the fall of 2010, she wasted no time heading to an optometrist at a local retail store who gave her drops for pink eye. Her eyes got worse over the next few days so she went to a local hospital to see an...

Dr. Ross J. Brechner, ophthalmologist and state epidemiologist, dies at 71

2011-08-18 13:15:00

Dr. Ross Joseph Brechner, a mathematician turned ophthalmologist who abandoned private practice for a second career in public health, died Aug. 4 of heart disease at his Catonsville home. He was 71. "Ross was a fine ophthalmologist who changed careers...

Dr. Kimberly Neutze, wife of Christopher Heaney and daughter of Richard and Mary Neutze of Abingdon, graduated May 18, from Geisinger Medical Center?s Ophthalmology residency program in Danville, Pa. Neutze has accepted a pediatric ophthalmology fellowship at Nemours/Alfred I.

2012-08-01 10:52:00