Adam S. Wenick, M.D., PhD
Dr. Wenick is a board certified, fellowship trained ophthalmologist specializing in diseases of the retina, macula and vitreous. Dr. Wenick received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and then attended Columbia University where he received both his medical degree and a PhD in molecular genetics. Following medical school Dr. Wenick completed both his residency and fellowship training at the the world renowned Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital. At the end of fellowship, Dr. Wenick stayed on as faculty at Johns Hopkins for 13 years before joining Mid-Atlantic Retina Specialists.
While at Wilmer, Dr. Wenick served as the head of resident retina education as well as director of retina fellowship program. Dr. Wenick is an author on numerous peer-reviewed research articles and book chapters and has participated in dozens of clinical trials. While on faculty at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Wenick maintained practice locations at the main Wilmer location at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore as well as Wilmer’s satellite office in Bethesda Maryland, where he become one of Wilmer’s busiest clinicians and retina surgeons. His practice included patients who traveled to see him from across the US and from around the world. He was named as a Top Doctor in the Washington, DC area by both Bethesda Magazine and Washingtonian Magazine.
Dr. Wenick provides care for patients with all types of medical and surgical retinal disease, including patients with age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusion, macular hole, epiretinal membrane, and retinal detachments. He also cares for children over the age of one with medical and surgical retinal disease. Dr. Wenick is an active member of the American Society of Retina Specialists and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Undergraduate:
- Bachelor of Science, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, 1998 - Yale University
Medical School:
- Doctorate of Philosophy, 2004 - Columbia University
- Doctorate of Medicine, 2005 - Columbia University
Internship
- NYP Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center, 2006 - 2007
Opthalmology Residency
- Johns Hopkins Hospital – Wilmer Eye Institute, 2007 - 2010
Vitreoretinal Fellowship
- Johns Hopkins Hospital – Wilmer Eye Institute, 2010 - 2012
- American Board of Ophthalmology
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- American Society of Retina Specialists
- Maryland Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
Review for Dr. Wenick
“I have unconditional trust in the medical care for my very rare retinal condition provided by Dr. Adam Wenick. He is very responsive to my questions and concerns and is very meticulous and conscientious. I have recommended Dr. Wenick to my family and friends who are also his patients.”— Patient
