Semba, Richard David

Richard David Semba, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Semba is the inaugural W. Richard Green Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute.  He holds joint appointments in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and the Department of International Health.  He has been a faculty member at Wilmer since 1987.  His areas of research include nutritional blindness (vitamin A deficiency disorders) in developing countries, nutrition and aging, and the history of nutrition.  Dr. Semba has authored or co-authored over 200 scientific publications.  He is the author of Handbook of Nutrition and Ophthalmology (Humana Press, 2007), co-editor of the widely used textbook Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries (Humana Press, first edition, 2001; second edition, 2008), and an Associate Editor of the Journals of Gerontology A Biological Sciences Medical Sciences.  Dr. Semba is a board-certified ophthalmologist, and he practices general ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Green Spring Station in Lutherville, Maryland.

Addresses

Academic Office Address:
The Wilmer Eye Institute
Division of Ocular Immunology
550 North Broadway, Suite 700
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: (410) 955-3572
Fax: (410) 955-0629

Clinical Practice Address:
The Wilmer Eye Institute at Green Spring Station
10753 Falls Rd., Pavilion 2, Suite 455
Lutherville, MD  21093
Phone: (410) 583-2802
Fax: (410) 583-2842
Email: rdsemba@jhmi.edu

Education

• Yale College, B.S., 1978
• Stanford University, M.A., 1983
• Stanford University, M.D., 1983
• Johns Hopkins University, M.P.H., 1991

Awards and Honors

• William R. Belknap Prize for Excellence in Biology, Yale College (1978)
• Physician Scientist Award, National Institutes of Health (1987-1992)
• Eli Lilly Clinician Scientist Award (1992-1994)
• Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award, Research to Prevent Blindness (2006)

Board Certification

Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology (1991)

Clinical Training

Intern, Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (1983-1984)
Resident, Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital (1984-1987)

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