James Handa
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Office
(410) 955-5080
Fax (410) 955-0869 1800 Orleans Street Maumenee Lobby Baltimore, MD 21287
Primary Specialty
Ophthalmologist
Practice
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Gender
Male
About
James Handa
James T. Handa, M.D., is Chief of the Retina Division and the Robert Bond Welch, M.D., 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.He has been funded by the National Eye Institute for the last 19 years, and he currently holds two R01 awards for his work in AMD. He has also been funded by the Thome Foundation, Research to Prevent Blindness, Fight for Sight and the American Health Assistance Foundation. His other research focuses on surgical innovation using an integrated robotic surgical system. 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.Services
James Handa practices in Baltimore, MD. Ophthalmologists examine and treat common vision disorders, eye injuries and eye diseases. Ophthalmologists such as James Handa are licensed medical doctors and can prescribe medication as well as perform eye surgery.To determine if James Handa can help you, please call the Baltimore, MD office at (410) 955-5080 for more information.