Frontiers in Vision Research: James Handa, MD
Sep 14 2017
Please join us for a collective exploration into the ever-changing landscape of sight saving discovery with colleagues and peers from across the globe. Our next discussion will feature James Tahara Handa, MD, Robert Bond Welch, MD, Professor,…
Read MorePlease join us for a collective exploration into the ever-changing landscape of sight saving discovery with colleagues and peers from across the globe.
Our next discussion will feature James Tahara Handa, MD, Robert Bond Welch, MD, Professor, Professor of Ophthalmology at Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins University.
About Dr. Handa
Dr. Handa is the Robert Bond Welch, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute. He specializes in medical and surgical management of complex vitreoretinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, retinopathy of prematurity and other pediatric retinal diseases. He also has expertise in intraocular oncology and manages patients with choroidal melanomas and metastatic tumors of the eye. Not only is he a highly skilled surgeon and clinician, but he also devotes significant effort to research related to the early causes of age-related macular degeneration using molecular pathological approaches to understand how the eye transforms from normal aging to early disease. Dr. Handa is currently the Wilmer Eye Institute’s implanting surgeon for the Argus II retinal chip implant, which was recently approved by the FDA after Dr. Handa participated in the clinical trial leading to its approval.