April Enger, MD

Ruth Tessema, M.D., is an ophthalmologist at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine Howard County and Frederick locations. She earned her medical degree from Howard University and completed her ophthalmology residency at the UC Davis Eye Center. Before joining the Wilmer Eye Institute, she worked as an ophthalmologist with Kaiser Permanente in California. A lifelong interest in science and a passion for helping people live healthy, full lives led Dr. Tessema into medicine and the field of ophthalmology. She approaches care with the recognition that eyesight is vital to patient well-being and independence, and she strives to be a patient advocate, to remove systemic barriers to quality care and to protect the health and dignity of everyone she works with. Dr. Tessema has clinical experience in cataract surgery, glaucoma management, diabetic eye disease, dry eye treatment, and eyelid and ocular surface disorders.

Dr. Allen O. Eghrari, MD, MPH, operates a practice specializing in cornea, cataract, and external eye diseases in Frederick, MD. As the Director of the Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, he brings a wealth of experience to his role as an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Eghrari's expertise extends to treating various eye conditions, with a particular focus on Fuchs' dystrophy, cataract surgery, and cornea transplantation techniques like Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty. Noteworthy is his dedication to addressing Ebola-associated eye diseases, showcasing his commitment to advancing eye healthcare. With accolades such as the ARVO/Alcon Early Career Clinician-Scientist Award and Research to Prevent Blindness Special Scholar Award, Dr. Eghrari's contributions to ophthalmology are widely recognized and respected. His practice in Frederick stands as a testament to his unwavering dedication to providing top-quality eye care services. Generated from the website content

Andrew R. Carey, MD is a the Neil R. Miller Rising Professor of Ophthalmology in the division of Neuro-Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute. He specializes in neuro-ophthalmic disorders such as optic neuritis, uveitis related papillitis, ischemic & hereditary optic neuropathies as well as diseases of the retina, including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, toxic retinopathies and inherited disorders of the retina such as retinitis pigmentosa. Dr. Carey’s clinical and research interests include comparative effectiveness and cost-benefit of intravitreal medications, long-term outcome of treatments for choroidal neovascularization, novel treatments for papillitis, and the use of novel imaging modalities to better diagnose and understand optic nerve and retinal diseases. Dr. Carey received his bachelor's from Davidson College in mathematics in 2006. In 2010, he received his medical degree from the University of South Florida. He completed his ophthalmology residency as Chief Resident in 2014 at the University of South Florida. He then went on to complete his fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in 2015 and his fellowship in medical retina at the University of Iowa in 2016.