Adrienne Williams Scott is an American ophthalmologist specialized in

diabetic retinopathy Diabetic retinopathy (also known as diabetic eye disease) is a medical condition in which damage occurs to the retina due to diabetes. It is a leading cause of blindness in developed countries and one of the lead causes of sight loss in the wor ...

epiretinal membrane Epiretinal membrane or macular pucker is a disease of the eye in response to changes in the vitreous humor or more rarely, diabetes. Sometimes, as a result of immune system response to protect the retina, cells converge in the macular area as ...

s, and

macular degeneration Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD), is a medical condition which may result in blurred vision, blurred or vision loss, no vision in the center of the visual field. Early on there are often no sym ...

. She is chief of the Wilmer Eye Institute in

Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland The town of Bel Air is the county seat of Harford County, Maryland, Harford County, Maryland. According to the 2020 United States census, the population of the town was 10,661. The United States Census Bureau defines an urban area in northeast ...

. She is an associate professor of ophthalmology at

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM) is the medical school of Johns Hopkins University, a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Established in 1893 following the construction of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, th ...

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Scott received a M.D. degree from Drexel University College of Medicine and completed her ophthalmology residency at the

Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...

Eye Center. During her residency, Scott received the Ocular Innovation Award, the K. Alexander Dastgheib Eye Surgery Award and the Edward K. Isbey Jr. M.D. Award for clinical excellence. She remained at the Duke Eye Center to complete her two-year fellowship training in vitreoretinal surgery prior to joining the Wilmer faculty. Scott is the chief of the Wilmer Eye Institute – Bel Air, and associate professor of ophthalmology and vitreoretinal surgeon at the Wilmer Eye Institute,

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM) is the medical school of Johns Hopkins University, a Private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Established in 1893 following the construction of the Johns Ho ...

. Scott's research focus is the application of novel retinal imaging technology to evaluate patients and screen patients with sickle cell disease with the goal of reducing vision loss from sickle cell retinopathy. Scott serves as the head of the Retina fellowship training program, and is the medical director of the Wilmer Bel Air clinic and the Wilmer Bel Air ambulatory surgery center.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Adrienne Williams Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women physicians 21st-century American physicians African-American women physicians 21st-century African-American scientists American ophthalmologists American women ophthalmologists Drexel University alumni Johns Hopkins School of Medicine faculty