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Kraig Bower

Kraig Bower, MD

Comprehensive Ophthalmology

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Young Adult 18-25
  • Adult 26-64
  • Older Adult 65+

Languages

  • English

Gender

Male

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

About Kraig Bower

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Background

Dr. Kraig Scot Bower is an associate professor of ophthalmology and the director of refractive surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute. He specializes in refractive surgery (LASIK), cornea and external diseases of the eye and anterior segment surgery. Dr. Bower is a retired Army colonel, Medical Corps. From 2001 to 2010, he was the director of refractive surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and served as the Army's refractive surgery subject matter expert, advising the Army Surgeon General on laser refractive surgery and managing the Army's Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program.

Centers and Institutes

Research Interests

ocular microbiology, ocular trauma, refractive surgery, teleophthalmology

Memberships

  • American College of Surgeons, Fellow
  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
  • International Society of Refractive Surgeons

Locations

  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Cornea and External Diseases, 1996
  • Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Ophthalmology, 1995
  • Medical Education: University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas, MD, 1984

Board Certifications

  • Ophthalmology: American Board of Ophthalmology, 1997

Insurance

Search plans
  • Aetna
  • CareFirst
  • Cigna
  • First Health
  • Geisinger Health Plan
  • HealthSmart/Accel
  • Johns Hopkins Health Plans
  • MultiPlan
  • Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
  • Point Comfort Underwriters
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)