Farzad Sedaghat, MD

Irene Kuo has been designated one of America's top ophthalmologists, and received the Patient's Choice Award. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a member of the Cornea Society, an honorary society to which membership is based on a thesis and publications. She serves as president (2023-24) of the Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group, an international group of ophthalmologists and scientists dedicated to studying ocular infections and inflammatory conditions. Dr. Kuo is co-investigator of the National Institutes of Health/National Eye Institute-funded Maximizing Use of High-Quality Evidence in Eye Care: Cochrane Eyes and Vision US Project (CEV-US), which produces gold-standard Cochrane systematic reviews of treatments for eye diseases and conditions for stakeholders including patients, doctors and policymakers. She is an examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology, and is on the editorial boards of Ophthalmology Science, Translational Vision Science and Technology (a journal of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) and Cornea Open, the open access journal accompanying Cornea, the official journal of the Cornea Society. Dr. Kuo received her doctor of medicine degree from the University of California, San Francisco and completed her ophthalmology residency at the University of Southern California's Doheny Eye Institute. She then completed a fellowship in cornea, refractive surgery, and uveitis at the University of California, San Francisco. As chief of infection control for the Wilmer Eye Institute, Dr. Kuo worked with the occupational health, virology and hospital epidemiology and infection control departments to develop a policy to quickly diagnose employees who have a highly contagious and damaging form of viral conjunctivitis ("pink eye") so they can be sent home and not infect patients and other employees.

Somajita Ghosal, M.D., practices internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians in White Marsh. She received her medical degree from Calcutta National Medical College, and also completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville.

Katelyn Uribe is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist with an interest in multiple gestations, fetal medicine and fetal intervention, and complex care coordination. She is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and is thrilled to serve her community. Dr. Uribe received her undergraduate degree from Dickinson College and her medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. She completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency and maternal-fetal medicine fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Over her years of training at Johns Hopkins, she has developed a passion for caring for the most medically complex patients and fetuses, and has honed her skills in complex obstetric surgery and ultrasound — particularly operative vaginal delivery, vaginal delivery of twins, and ultrasound evaluation of complex multiple gestations. Her research interests include predicting and optimizing outcomes in complex twin pregnancies and improving clinical outcomes for preterm neonates as an obstetric provider. Dr. Uribe has authored several publications on these topics and is actively involved in ongoing clinical trials and research within the maternal-fetal medicine division. She also serves as director of the maternal-fetal medicine selective for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Nelson 2 Clinic. When not working, Dr. Uribe enjoys passing time in the city with her husband and two children.