
She then completed one year of endoscopic ultrasound training in Venezuela.


She completed an internal medicine residency followed by a gastroenterology fellowship in Caracas, Venezuela. She received her medical degree from the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas in 2001. Olaya Brewer Gutierrez is a clinical associate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an attending gastroenterologist at The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Afghani is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology.ĭr. She is an accomplished researcher with multiple publications in prestigious peer-reviewed journals as well as presentations at national meetings. Afghani’s areas of expertise include acute and chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cysts and pancreatic exocrine insufficiency. With a unique specialization in pancreatic disease, she has participated in numerous research projects at the Cedars Sinai division of pancreatico-biliary diseases and was involved in a U01 Consortium for the study of chronic pancreatitis, diabetes and pancreatic cancer.ĭr. She then completed her gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship with additional training in pancreatic diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency as well as an extra year as chief resident at the University of California, Irvine, Medical Center. She received her medical degree from University of California, Irvine. She joins us from Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Elham Afghani is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Visionary Award, awarded by the Foundation Fighting Blindnessĭr.Dr. Richard Green Award and Lecture, awarded by the Macula Society Presidents’ Young Investigator Award, American Society of Retina SpecialistsĪRVO Foundation/Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras Translational Research Award, awarded by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, USA

Research Award Retina 2017 of the German Ophthalmic Surgeons (DOC)īest Paper of the Year 2016 by the Vision Research community (European Vision Institute) Paul Henkind Memorial Award and Lecture for outstanding retinal research of the American Macula SocietyĪmerican Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement AwardĪlfred-Vogt-Award for high quality scientific contribution to research in ophthalmology, Switzerland med.), Medical Faculty, University of Tübingen, Germany, and Magister Artium (Master of Arts), University of Tübingen (Faculty of Philosophy) Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Residency in Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen, Germany Several academic positions at the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn, GermanyĭFG Heisenberg Fellowship “Phenotyping, genotyping and genotype-phenotype correlation in age-related maculopathy (ARM) and macular degeneration (AMD)”Ĭlinical Research Fellowship (funded be the German Research Foundation, DFG) in Medical Retinal Disease, Moorfields Eye Hospital & Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK Prof. Health Management: Advanced training, mibeg-Institute Medicine, Cologne Head of the Retinal Degeneration Clinic (Retina Division, Wilmer Eye Institute) and Director of the Visual Neurophysiology Service (Johns Hopkins Hospital), Baltimore, Maryland, USA Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute of John Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore, USA Frieda Derdeyn Bambas Professor of Ophthalmology (inaugural recipient), Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore, USA Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Basel, SwitzerlandĬo-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for STem Cells and Ophthalmic Regenerative Medicine (STORM), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USAĮndowed Chair of Ophthalmology: The Dr. To view all publications of HPN Scholl, please click here Positions held 2018-ĭirector, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) Contact: Kerstin Schwarzwälder, Scientific Coordinator for the Director of Clinical Research
