Ophthalmology

The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine commemorated the grand opening of its Bel Air and Havre de Grace locations (both formerly Parris-Castoro Eye Care Centers) during a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony. These two sites represent the ninth...

The active lives that children lead often lead to a few bumps and bruises along the way. While a few bandages and antiseptic creams are par for the course when caring for a child, parents worry about more significant injuries, including eye injuries....

After learning she needed cataract surgery for her weakening eyesight, Merle Gordon decided to wait a few months until her ophthalmologist could offer laser surgery with more precision. She's glad she did. Gordon received a new type of laser surgery on...

Dr. Kimberly Neutze, wife of Christopher Heaney and daughter of Richard and Mary Neutze of Abingdon, graduated May 18, from Geisinger Medical Center's Ophthalmology residency program in Danville, Pa. Neutze has accepted a pediatric ophthalmology...

The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine has acquired Parris Castoro Eye Care Center, an outpatient eye and laser surgical center that has served the Bel Air and Havre de Grace communities for more than 35 years. "As an internationally-renowned...

Dr. Howard S. Williams, a former staff physician at Father Martin's Ashley, a Harford County alcohol and substance abuse treatment center, died May 20 of meningoencephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at Gilchrist Hospice in...

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Erik Bergman was a man who loved his family dearly, a man whose presence will be deeply missed this Father’s Day. When Erik and Sheri Bergman married — they would have celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary June 13, just days after Erik&...

Even if you are reading this without glasses, it's not too early to start taking your eye vitamins. Some nutrients can stave off the burdensome vision loss and eye disease that occur as we age, mounting research suggests. But claims by supplement...

As revelers ring in 2012, there's bound to be bubbly nearby.  Jennifer Pomrenke is the wine manager at Rouse's.  She says sales skyrocket this time of year.  "Doubles, if not triples in sales.  We can barely keep the champagne on the shelves right now."...

TUCSON, AZ -- An 86-year-old man who was impaled through the skull with pruning shears in a freak gardening accident was expected to make a full recovery, his doctors said. Leroy Luetscher dropped a pair of pruning shears while working in his yard in...

When Tamika Morgan developed red irritated eyes in the fall of 2010, she wasted no time heading to an optometrist at a local retail store who gave her drops for pink eye. Her eyes got worse over the next few days so she went to a local hospital to see an...