Ocular Surface Disease and Dry Eye - Wilmer Eye Institute

The Dry Eye clinic team at the Wilmer Eye Institute

The Ocular Surface Disease and Dry Eye team provides specialty dry eye disease care across multiple Wilmer Eye Institute locations.

Our experts include Wilmer Eye Institute faculty members and allied health professionals who are dedicated to providing comprehensive eye care for patients suffering from dry eye and associated systemic diseases such as Sjögren’s Syndrome. We offer cutting-edge diagnostic testing and procedure-based treatments for all types and levels of dry eye disease.

Our hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

4th Annual Mid Atlantic Ocular Surface Forum

Topic: Effective Solutions for Challenging Cases

When: 11/5/2022, 7:15 A.M. - 2:45 P.M., E.S.T.

Where: The Thomas B. Turner Building on the Johns Hopkins University Medical Campus located in Baltimore, Maryland

Meet the Director

The founder of the Ocular Surface Disease and Dry Eye clinic, Esen Karamursel Akpek, M.D., is world-renowned for her expertise in the medical and surgical treatment of ocular surface diseases. She specializes in surgeries that reconstruct the ocular surface, including lamellar and penetrating keratoplasty, amniotic membrane and scleral grafting, and limbal stem cell transplantation.

She is among the few ophthalmologists in the world with extensive experience in artificial cornea surgery. Her unique specialties in ocular immunology and corneal surgery qualifies her expertise in all aspects of the ocular surface.