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Kraig Bower, MD
Comprehensive Ophthalmology
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
About Kraig Bower
Johns Hopkins Physician
Background
Dr. Kraig Scot Bower is an associate professor of ophthalmology and the director of refractive surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute. He specializes in refractive surgery (LASIK), cornea and external diseases of the eye and anterior segment surgery. Dr. Bower is a retired Army colonel, Medical Corps. From 2001 to 2010, he was the director of refractive surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and served as the Army's refractive surgery subject matter expert, advising the Army Surgeon General on laser refractive surgery and managing the Army's Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program.
Centers and Institutes
Research Interests
ocular microbiology, ocular trauma, refractive surgery, teleophthalmology
Memberships
- American College of Surgeons, Fellow
- American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
- International Society of Refractive Surgeons
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Fellowship, Cornea and External Diseases, 1996University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Residency, Ophthalmology, 1995University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas
Medical Education, MD, 1984Board Certifications
Ophthalmology
American Board of Ophthalmology, 2022Insurance
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