Karen Marie Dunlap, OD
Optometry
5 of 5 stars
473 Ratings, 135 Reviews31 Insurances Accepted
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Locations
- Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center, White Marsh
- 4924 Campbell Boulevard, Suite 100, Nottingham, MD 21236
- phone: 443-442-2020
- fax: 443-442-2021
- Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
- 10753 Falls Road, Pavilion II STE 455, Lutherville, MD 21093
- phone: 410-583-2800
- fax: 410-583-2842
Expertise
Education
VA Maryland Healthcare System
Residency, Ophthalmology, 2008State University of New York College of Optometry
Graduate School, Optometry, OD, 2007Insurance
- Aetna
- Amerigroup District of Columbia
- AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program (FEP)
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- Evernorth Behavioral Health
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- JAI Medical Systems
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- Kaiser Permanente
- KeyCare
- Maryland Physicians Care
- Medicaid Maryland
- Medicare Maryland
- MedStar Family Choice District of Columbia
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Provider Partners Advantage HMO SNP Medicare Advantage
- South Central Preferred (SCP)
- Superior Vision
- TRICARE (Humana Military East)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)
- Wellpoint (Amerigroup MD)
Reviews
5 of 5 stars
473 Ratings, 135 ReviewsThe Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to physician related questions on the national CG-CAHPS Medical Practice patient experience survey through Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score. Comments are also gathered from our CG-CAHPS Medical Practice Survey through Press Ganey and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/9/2024
Great
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/21/2024
Caring and comprehensive
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/21/2024
Dr. Dunlap is extremely professional and knowledgeable but also down to earth and very responsive and helpful. She responds quickly, is always punctual, and knows exactly what she's doing. She always responds as soon as possible on the portal and is always willing to help. That's a rarity among doctors these days, even at Hopkins.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/21/2024
Always happy with Karen Dunlap Parker very good at remembering my health history
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/20/2024
I was quite impressed with John Hopkins Medicine. I will definitely will be coming here for future visits.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/18/2024
I trust Dr. Karen Dunlap [name] and would not go to any other optometrist. She is thorough, knowledgeable and trustworthy. I feel confident in her decisions and am so pleased with her expertise.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/18/2024
Wonderful visit. Provider answered and addressed all my vision concerns.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/18/2024
Dr. Dunlap is wonderful!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/18/2024
They were very efficient
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/18/2024
Dr. Dunlap is the BEST! She listens and responds in a a caring, professional manner. I never feel rushed. She also immediately solved a contact lens issue I was experiencing.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/17/2024
This was my first time appointment with Dr. Dunlap. She was very thorough, explained everything as we went along and spent time with me. I have every intention of now switching from my previous opthamologist to Dr. Dunlap.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/12/2024
She is very nice & very good I've seen her for the last couple of years she is excellent. There hasn't been any.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/10/2024
Knowledgeable about current trends
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/7/2024
I like her a lot. She is caring & listens to you. She's good at what she does.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/7/2024
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/7/2024
Dr. Dunlap was excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/5/2024
She's fantastic
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/5/2024
Very knowledgeable and clear in explaining my condition
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/5/2024
Dr Dunlap is a concerned and caring physician.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/5/2024
Excellent provider. Very personable. Going to her for years and my family as well.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/4/2024
Doctor was very kind, answered all my questions and concerns
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/29/2024
Excelent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/29/2024
Dr Dunlap is incredibly professional, kind, intelligent, caring, patient - an excellent doctor.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/28/2024
Karen Dunlap is excellent. She listens but also thinks outside the box.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/27/2024
Dr. Dunlap is a consummate professional. She readily answers any questions I have and always provides clear, precise answers in a respectful, considerate manner.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/25/2024
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/21/2024
I really like Dr. Dunlap a lot. She is very thorough with examining my eyes.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/19/2024
Dr. Dunlap is very good at what she does.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/18/2024
Excellent provider
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/15/2024
Very professional. Very open to my questions.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/15/2024
Excellent and I'll go back to her
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/12/2024
Very warm and pleasant, knowledgeable and communicates clearly
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/6/2024
Dr. Was excellent. Very patient
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/1/2024
Dr. Dunlap was patient, informed and interested in what I had to say.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/30/2024
Dr. Dunlap has been my eye specialist eversince. She's always professional, calm and composed. Display excellent work ethic. I am bery fortunate to have an exceptional eye doctor!!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/30/2024
Dr. Dunlap is a natural when taking care of children. [name] was comfortable and relax during the examination. She displayed compassion during [name]'s visit. She talked to her accordingly and appropriately.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/29/2024
The provider was friendly, kind, and very thorough and explaining to me my options
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/29/2024
She was professional, responsive and inclusive when speaking and thoroughly explained all aspects of exam.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/25/2024
Dr Dunlap is as great. No complainrs. Pleasant and communicative.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/25/2024
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/24/2024
This was my first visit with Dr. Dunlap and it was a pleasure. She cared for me and my concerns. Dr. [ ] had referred me after she retired to Dr. Dunlap and I am happy she is now my provider for vision care.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/22/2024
Great doctor
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/21/2024
She was excellent, skilled, personable, and professional.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/21/2024
Dr Dunlap is outstanding. She has a combination of personal and professional strengths that make me extremely grateful (and coming back despite considerable distance). She gives expert, concise advice/explanations, plus is warm, caring, and attentive. She represents the best of my overall health care team and my JH experience.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/17/2024
Very thorough and easy to work with.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/15/2024
Dr Dunlap is consistently professional and compassionate.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/11/2024
Talked us through the entire exam as this was our first! Very calm and easy to understand.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/11/2024
Very kind, thorough and professional
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/9/2024
Very knowledgeable and helpful
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/9/2024
Very pleasant. Showed interest and care and great at explaining things
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/8/2024
Very thorough and caring. Everything went well
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/8/2024
I been seeing her for 5 years. She is the best eye doctor I have ever had.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/4/2024
Very good and show care about patients
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/4/2024
Dr Dunlap was very professional and thorough, the best and most detailed exam ever given to me for glasses. She was informed with my history and concerned to give me the best care in her ability at this visit. Dr. Dunlap also followed up with me thru my chart to give me the details and info for a follow up test.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/1/2024
Dr. Dunlap is amazing. Friendly, caring and professional. I trust her implicitly.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/1/2024
Dr. Dunlap was outstanding. I couldn't ask for a better doctor.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/21/2023
She made me feel very comfortable. I felt like she listened to me, didn't feel like that with my other doctor.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/20/2023
Great!!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/20/2023
Dr. Dunlap is the best! I have been her patient more than 10 years. We now live full time in [state] full time, but return to see her for eye exams and treatment.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/20/2023
Very professional and very warm and very knowledgeable.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/14/2023
Dr Dunlap is both pleasant and professional. She is very thorough in exams and very clear in her explanations of conditions.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/12/2023
Dr Dunlap was extremely helpful at our 6 month follow up appt. She was thorough and answered all of our questions.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/11/2023
Provider was excellent and professional.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/11/2023
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/5/2023
Karen Dunlap is awesome. She takes time to talk with you and remembers you. Not just look at a chart. Very thorough.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/4/2023
Dr. Dunlap is a pleasure to deal with and is always courteous and informative
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/4/2023
Dr dunlap is a consummate professional. Shes personable and thorough. Great eye doc.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/30/2023
She is fast and moves very quickly, but gets the job done.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/30/2023
Friendly, clear about options, knowledgable.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/28/2023
Dr. Dunlap has been my doctor. She is efficient and thorough
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/28/2023
Eye Exam Only - nothing else
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/28/2023
Dr Dunlap was very professional, knowledgeable, and responsive. I am very grateful she was able to see me so quickly. She solved the problem.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/21/2023
Outstanding
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/20/2023
I've been a patient of Dr. Dunlap for many years, she's the best! Always friendly and puts you at ease during the examination.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/16/2023
Karen Parker Dunlap is always friendly and caring. She has a great personality and cares about what is happening in my life. I think she takes excellent care of my eyes.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/14/2023
Great service.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/14/2023
Dr. Dunlap was very thorough in her examination of my eyes. As far as I know she did all of the tests that were necessary. I'm just lucky that the only thing that was needed was a change in prescription. Dr. Dunlap is a keeper.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/14/2023
My provider was excellent. She did not rush my appointment. Treated me as an individual. She didn't try to get me to have surgery. We even talked about other things than health.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/13/2023
I felt very relaxed with going to the dr for the first time
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/8/2023
As always, Dr. Parker takes enough time to listen to me and to explain what she is doing to help make my eyesight as good as it can be for my age(82 years as of Mach of 2024).
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/7/2023
Professional. Friendly. Competent.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/7/2023
She is warm and empathetic. Just lovely.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/5/2023
Dr. Dunlap is awesome!!!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/31/2023
Dr was very knowledgeable and professional
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/31/2023
Excellent!!!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/31/2023
I really like Dr. Dunlap Parker.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/30/2023
She practiced great listening skills. She was very thorough and knowledgeable with my history and care that was needed.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/26/2023
Informative and thorough
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/26/2023
Dr Dunlap was thorough, courteous and professional
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/23/2023
Dr. Dunlap was incredibly friendly! She's knowledgeable, friendly, empathetic, thorough and much more. She's fabulous!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/23/2023
Excellent doctor!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/22/2023
Dr. Parker is very easy to talk to, she listens to my concerns, explains options. I feel it is a collaborative visit.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/17/2023
Wonderful provider.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/17/2023
This was my first appointment with Dr. Dunlap. I came to her because I felt I was not receiving adequate post-operative care from another eye-care provider (not associated with Hopkins). Dr. Dunlap was absolutely outstanding! I am switching to Dr. Dunlap for all my eye care going forward.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/16/2023
My provider was very thorough in her examination. She's very easy to talk to and takes the time to listen to my concerns. I am very happy with her as my doctor.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/16/2023
Dr. Parker is very good. Shows care, ask you about any problems and provides any needed information.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/12/2023
I really like Dr. Dunlap. She has been my opthomologist for a while. I enjoy working with her.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/12/2023
Dr. Parker is very efficient and thorough. She explains things.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/11/2023
I thought I received good info and a thorough explanation of my condition. Additionally the provider explained something to me that my previous providers had not that was helpful.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/5/2023
Great Dr in my opinion
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/5/2023
I only saw Dr Parker...no nursing asst.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/5/2023
Dr. Dunlap is wonderful! She's extremely thorough, passionate about her profession, very communicative, and kind.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/4/2023
Dr. Dunlap is friendly and very professional, and she always provides excellent explanations and answers to my questions.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/4/2023
Top of the line Doctor
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/3/2023
Very accurate and very informative
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/3/2023
Dr Dunlap is excellent. I've been seeing her for a few years now and have recommended her to my family.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/2/2023
Very nice, professional and caring.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/2/2023
Dr Dunlap always takes her time with me and addresses my concerns
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/27/2023
KAREN DUNLAP is an excellent doctor...kind and courteous and knows the subject very well. She is an excellent asset to your practice.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/27/2023
I would highly recommend Dr. Dunlap.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/25/2023
Dr. Dunlap is always so cheerful and personable. She is also very detailed about what she is preforming (when doing eye exam) and makes sure you understand changes
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/24/2023
She explained everything well, after completely examining my eye.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/21/2023
I found my provider to be efficient and friendly.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/14/2023
Perfect focused attention given.Very good.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/12/2023
My husband sees Dr Dunlap regularly so I wanted to get a good optometrist to do my glasses check with my Fuchs Dystrophy and White Marsh is very close to our home.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/10/2023
Dr Dunlap is an excellent physician. So so knowledgeable and answered all my questions and concerns in an informative and detailed matter. She is a great communicator and educated me about my eye conditions.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/7/2023
This was my first visit with Dr Dunlap although I am a longtime Wilmer patient. I was changing providers because my previous provider was not a good listener or explainer. Dr Dunlap was a great find for me - excellent listener & explainer.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/7/2023
This is the patient's mother answering for her. Dr Dunlap-Parker is hands-down, her favorite doctor. Our visits are overall pleasant, efficient and you leave satisfied knowing all your concerns were addressed.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/7/2023
Dr. Dunlap was very thorough and friendly. I felt confidence in her ability to treat my issue.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/7/2023
Dr Dunlap-Parker is her usual awesome self. She would be the bar other providers should aspire to: she engages with her patients and explains in a way they could understand, and she's sincere in her interactions. (This is the patient's mother commenting about the visit).
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/6/2023
Dr. Dunlap is a very caring person
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/31/2023
She is the best and I have recommended her to others including my internist who also recommends her.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/29/2023
Very nice and thorough
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/28/2023
Very personable, didn't make me feel rushed
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/28/2023
Not just excellent, exceptional
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/24/2023
Keep up the good work!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/23/2023
Doctor Parker reviewed my chart before she saw me. So she asked me some follow-up questions about an issue that arose earlier this summer.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/22/2023
I appreciate Dr Dublap explaining everything to regarding my contacts .
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/21/2023
Always a professional, kind, comfortable experience here
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/20/2023
Competant
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/5/2023
Provided guidance on available options. Listened to questions and took time to answer them.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/3/2023
Great Opthalmology appointment
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/2/2023
Great experience!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/31/2023
Efficient, knowledgeable, friendly