Meet Dr. Sezen Karakus

Dr. Sezen Karakus, M.D., M.P.H., is an assistant professor of ophthalmology specializing in corneal and external eye diseases, with a particular focus on ocular surface conditions in patients with autoimmune and inflammatory disorders such as Sjögren's syndrome and ocular rosacea. Her expertise extends to corneal diseases involving abnormal sensory nerves, such as neurotrophic keratitis and neuropathic corneal pain. She is skilled in performing routine and complex procedures, including cataract and intraocular lens surgeries, refractive surgeries, corneal transplants, ocular surface reconstructions, and amniotic membrane transplantations.

At the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine's Ocular Surface Diseases and Dry Eye Clinic, she provides clinical insights and expertise. She also serves as an ophthalmologist in the Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) program at Hopkins, addressing dysautonomia-related neuropathic eye pain and ocular surface diseases in patients with POTS. Her research focuses on the ocular surface microbiome in ocular rosacea and serological and tear biomarkers in Sjögren's disease.