Episode 27: A Patient Story about Diabetic Retinopathy

For Podcast Episode 27, Dr. Rita Kalyani welcomes a person with diabetes, Derrell, who will be sharing his journey, living with diabetes particularly focused on the effect of diabetes related eye disease on his life. Along with Derrell, we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Sharon Solomon, an expert on diabetic eye disease, and one of Derrell’s care providers. Dr. Solomon is the Katherine M. Graham, Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, a retina specialist and board certified ophthalmologist. Her clinical expertise includes medical and surgical treatment of age, related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy epiretinal membranes, macular holes and retinal tears and detachment. She has a large national and international referral practice at Wilmer Eye Institute. Dr. Solomon is the first Wilmer faculty inducted into the prestigious Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence at Johns Hopkins.