Ophthalmologists
Marlet Gibson Bazemore, MD, MPH
- Program Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship
- Ophthalmologist
Marlet Gibson Bazemore, MD, MPH
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Richard Hampden Birdsong, MD
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Malack Hamade, MD
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William Patrick Madigan, MD
- Division Chief, Ophthalmology
- Chair, Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship Program
William Patrick Madigan, MD
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Jonathan O.M. Taylormoore, MD
- Medical Director, Ophthalmology, Pediatric Specialists of Virginia
Jonathan O.M. Taylormoore, MD
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Optometrists
Justine Marjorie Grier, OD
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Geetha Janejothi Susai, OD
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Orthoptists
Cori Abrams
- Orthoptist
Cori Abrams
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- English
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Biography
Cori Abrams, C.O, graduated with a Bachelors of Science from the University of Maryland. She then went to Mount Sinai's New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and became a certified orthoptist and certified ophthalmic medical technologist in 1996. She has worked at the Retina Group of Washington and has been an orthopist at Children’s National Hospital since 1997.
Hanna Chang
- Orthoptist
Hanna Chang
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- English
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Hanna Chang has completed her orthoptic training at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center and has obtained her American Orthoptic Council certification in 2016. She had graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science. She has been working previously with Northern Virginia Ophthalmology Associates for several years before joining Children's National Hospital in the Fall of 2023. As an orthoptist, Hanna specializes in evaluating and diagnosing patients' eye movement disorders while creating treatment plans with the pediatric ophthalmologist to help improve patients' visual functions.
Helia Garcia
- Orthoptist
Helia Garcia
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- English
- French
- German
- Spanish
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Helia Garcia completed her orthoptic training at the School for Orthoptics at the University Eye Clinic in Zurich, Switzerland in 1998. She obtained the American Orthoptic Council certification in 1999. Helia joined Children's National Hospital in 2007 after working for years at the Dept. for Orthoptics/LV services Hans Goldmann Stiftung at lnselspita/Univ. of Berne in Switzerland eventually co-leading the department.
She specializes in evaluations and treatments of disorders of the visual system, particularly involving binocular vision and eye movements to detect and manage conditions such as amblyopia, diplopia and complex strabismus. She outlines a customized treatment plan for the pediatric ophthalmologist and in given cases administers orthoptic exercises.
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Aya Bourdi
- Clinical Research Coordinator
Aya Bourdi
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- English
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- Aya Bourdi graduated from Virginia Tech in 2023 with a degree in biology and a minor in chemistry. Her extensive research experience and commitment to advancing medical knowledge fuel her passion for clinical research. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, trying new recipes and reading.