Dr. Lisa Abrams

Dr. Richard Adler is a board-certified ophthalmologist who provides comprehensive eye care and vision-restoring surgery for patients in the Baltimore area. He is known for a thoughtful, personalized approach and for combining experience with modern technology to help patients see more clearly and comfortably. Dr. Adler’s clinical interests include cataract surgery with premium lens options, refractive lens exchange (RLE), and LASIK, as well as care for corneal diseases and dry eye disease. He also evaluates urgent eye problems such as sudden vision changes, infections, and eye injuries. Dr. Adler completed his medical degree at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and trained in ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins, after undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Rachel Jessica Bishop provides comprehensive eye care at the Wilmer Eye Institute locations in Frederick and Bethesda, Maryland. An assistant professor of ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins, she brings decades of service in military and public health settings to her patient-focused practice. Before medicine, Dr. Bishop served as an officer in the U.S. Army. She completed medical school at the University of Pennsylvania and ophthalmology residency at Walter Reed, later leading refractive surgery and eye care for active-duty personnel and families. After joining the U.S. Public Health Service, Dr. Bishop served as chief of the consult service at the National Eye Institute, caring for patients enrolled in NIH clinical trials and monitoring ocular effects of treatments across institutes. Her interests include dry eye disease—including ocular graft-versus-host disease—medication side effects, low-vision quality-of-life, and improving access to care through technology. Patients value her clear explanations, thoughtful counseling, and broad experience spanning academic, military, and federal medicine.

Dr. Neal Adams is a board-certified ophthalmologist who specializes in retina care, helping patients with complex retinal conditions and vision-threatening retinal disorders. He brings decades of academic and clinical leadership, having served as Chair of Ophthalmology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and previously as Chief of the Division of Visual Physiology at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins. After earning a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Yale University and his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Adams completed ophthalmology residency and retina fellowship training at the Wilmer Eye Institute. He is known for research that helped define “retinal ciliopathies,” and he continues to support advances in retinal medicine through scholarship and education. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Eye Reports and is the author of the book Healthy Vision, and he has shared eye-health expertise with national media outlets.