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6569 N Charles StSte 504Baltimore, MD 21204
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Education & Training
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Ophthalmology, 1983 - 1985
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical CenterResidency, Ophthalmology, 1979 - 1982- One Brooklyn Health System/Brookdale University Hospital and Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1978 - 1979
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1978
Certifications & Licensure
MD State Medical License 1984 - 2027
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eClinicalWorks EHR, eClinicalWorks LLC, 2012-2013
- Fellow (FAAO) American Academy of Ophthalmology
Clinical Trials
- A Natural History of the Progression of Stargardt Disease: Retrospective and Prospective Studies Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Patient-reported visual difficulties associated with geographic atrophy from age-related macular degeneration.Liangbo Linus Shen, Carol A Applegate, Gary S Rubin, Janet S Sunness
International Ophthalmology. 2025-10-18 - 5 citationsDeterminants of Four-Year Visual Acuity Loss in Geographic Atrophy: An Analysis of Age-Related Eye Disease Study and Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2.Liangbo Linus Shen, Peter K Kaiser, Jeremy Liu, Jay M Stewart, Michael Heyang
Ophthalmology. 2025-07-01 - HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE CAN BE RESUMED WITH CLOSE MONITORING AFTER RETINOPATHY HAS DEVELOPED, WITHOUT MAJOR VISUAL LOSS: CASE REPORT.Janet S Sunness, Rivka Hadassah Sunness, David B Hellmann
Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. 2025-03-01
Journal Articles
- Longitudinal Microperimetric Changes of Macular Sensitivity in Stargardt Disease After 12 MonthsJanet S Sunness, Srinivas R Sadda, JAMA Ophthalmology
Authored Content
- Longitudinal Microperimetric Changes of Macular Sensitivity in Stargardt Disease After 12 MonthsMay 2020
Press Mentions
Prevent Blindness Declares 5th Annual Geographic Atrophy Week as Dec. 1-7November 26th, 2025- Prevent Blindness Declares Fourth Annual Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week as Dec. 2-8, 2024November 26th, 2024
Learning to Cope with Low Vision TogetherApril 30th, 2019
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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