Emergency Services
410/955-5347
Wilmer Building, Room 317
Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe St.
Baltimore, MD 21287
The Wilmer Eye Emergency Service, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, is equipped to handle eye emergencies and trauma in patients of all ages, and is the designated Eye Trauma Service of the State of Maryland. It is staffed by a surgeon at all times and by ophthalmic nurses specifically trained to treat eye injuries. Sophisticated and specialized diagnostic services are immediately available, including MRI, CAT scans, ophthalmic photography, ophthalmic ultrasound, and an ocular microbiology laboratory.
Patients may be immediately released from the Eye Emergency Room, located at the Wilmer Eye Institute's main downtown campus in East Baltimore, or referred, if necessary, to the Institute's inpatient unit.
