J. Fernando Arevalo, MD, PhD
Contact information
LOCATION
SPECIALTY
Ophthalmic Oncologist
Education and Fellowships
-RESIDENCY
Ophthalmology: Dr. Domingo Luciani Hospital (Caracas, Venezuela)
-FELLOWSHIP
Retina and Vitreous Fellowship: Clinica Barraquer (Bogota, Colombia)
-FELLOWSHIP
Retina and Vitreous Fellowship: Fundacion Oftalmologica Nacional (Bogota, Colombia)
-FELLOWSHIP
Retina and Vitreous Fellowship: University of California San Diego with William Freeman, M.D.
-FELLOWSHIP
Uveitis and Intraocular Inflammation Fellowship: University of California San Diego with William Freeman, M.D.
-FELLOWSHIP
Ocular Oncology Fellowship: Wills Eye Hospital with Jerry Shields, M.D.
Current Positions
Past-president of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (2017-2019)
Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis Member (Chair: XXIX)
American Ophthalmological Society Member
Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Professor of Ophthalmology
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Retina Division, Wilmer Eye Institute
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
LOCATION
- The Wilmer Eye Institute-Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
600 N. Wolfe Street, Maumenee 713, Baltimore, MD 21287
443-287-9554
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SPECIALTY
Ophthalmic Oncologist
Education and Fellowships
-RESIDENCY
Ophthalmology: Dr. Domingo Luciani Hospital (Caracas, Venezuela)
-FELLOWSHIP
Retina and Vitreous Fellowship: Clinica Barraquer (Bogota, Colombia)
-FELLOWSHIP
Retina and Vitreous Fellowship: Fundacion Oftalmologica Nacional (Bogota, Colombia)
-FELLOWSHIP
Retina and Vitreous Fellowship: University of California San Diego with William Freeman, M.D.
-FELLOWSHIP
Uveitis and Intraocular Inflammation Fellowship: University of California San Diego with William Freeman, M.D.
-FELLOWSHIP
Ocular Oncology Fellowship: Wills Eye Hospital with Jerry Shields, M.D.
Current Positions
Past-president of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (2017-2019)
Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis Member (Chair: XXIX)
American Ophthalmological Society Member
Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Professor of Ophthalmology
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Retina Division, Wilmer Eye Institute
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
Biography
J. Fernando Arevalo, a holder of MD, and PhD degrees, completed his medical and ophthalmology training in Caracas, Venezuela (his native country), before traveling to Bogota, Colombia for a two-year Retina and Vitreous fellowship. After this intensive training, he traveled to the USA for a 2-year Retina and Vitreous/Uveitis and Intraocular Inflammation fellowship at UCSD. The following year, Dr. Arevalo went to Philadelphia for an Ocular Oncology fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital. Dr. Arevalo was invited by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to work as a Professor of Ophthalmology and the Chief of the Retina Division of the King Khaled Eye Hospital (KKESH) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a four-year tenure, followed by an appointment at the Wilmer Eye Institute as the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Professor of Ophthalmology in the Retina Division, and an appointment as chief of ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in 2015. As a clinical scientist, Dr. Arevalo has more than 800 scientific publications, 15 books, and more than 1300 invited lecture presentations that have led to international recognition and awards. Dr. Arevalo is a former President of the Pan-American Retina and Vitreous Society (2006-2008), and immediate Past-President (2017-2019) of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology.
Selected publications
J. Fernando Arevalo, a holder of MD, and PhD degrees, completed his medical and ophthalmology training in Caracas, Venezuela (his native country), before traveling to Bogota, Colombia for a two-year Retina and Vitreous fellowship. After this intensive training, he traveled to the USA for a 2-year Retina and Vitreous/Uveitis and Intraocular Inflammation fellowship at UCSD. The following year, Dr. Arevalo went to Philadelphia for an Ocular Oncology fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital. Dr. Arevalo was invited by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to work as a Professor of Ophthalmology and the Chief of the Retina Division of the King Khaled Eye Hospital (KKESH) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a four-year tenure, followed by an appointment at the Wilmer Eye Institute as the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Professor of Ophthalmology in the Retina Division, and an appointment as chief of ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in 2015. As a clinical scientist, Dr. Arevalo has more than 800 scientific publications, 15 books, and more than 1300 invited lecture presentations that have led to international recognition and awards. Dr. Arevalo is a former President of the Pan-American Retina and Vitreous Society (2006-2008), and immediate Past-President (2017-2019) of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology.
Selected publications
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