Current Address
Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute
Maumenee Bldg. Room 321
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
PHONE: (410) 955-7928
FAX: (410) 614-2816
e-mail: jgottsch@jhmi.edu
Dr. Gottsch is the Margaret C. Mosher Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute. Dr. Gottsch's clinical expertise is in the management of hereditary corneal disorders including Fuchs' dystrophy, the surgical treatment of cataract and complications of cataract surgery, and corneal transplantation surgery. His referral clinical practice involves the medical treatment of allergic eye diseases and severe corneal inflammation from rheumatoid and other related disorders including Mooren's ulcer. His research interests include determining the gene expression of the cornea and elucidating the genetic basis for hereditary corneal dystrophies such as Fuchs' dystrophy. He has created a website, corneanet.net, which catalogues the genes identified to date in normal and Fuchs' corneas.
AwardsCullen Eye Institute, Goar Award, 1982
Johnson & Johnson Focused Giving Award, 1992
Troutman-Veronneau Prize, Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology Congress, 1993
Honor Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1994
Physician-Scientist Award, Research to Prevent Blindness, 2001
Education
Trinity College, Connecticut, B.A., 1969-1972
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, M.A., 1972-1974
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, M.D., 1976-1980
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, Internship, 1980-1981
Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, Residency, 1981-1984
Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, Fellowhip in Cornea,
Anterior Segment Surgery, and External Disease, 1984-1985
Appointments
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Baltimore, MD, 1991
Chief of Ophthalmology, Wyman Park Health Systems, Baltimore, MD, 1985-1988
Director, Department of Ophthalmology, Homewood Hospital Center North, Baltimore, MD 1988-1990
Professor of Ophthalmology, The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Baltimore, MD, 1999-present
