Adrienne Williams Scott facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Adrienne Williams Scott
Scott in 2018
Alma mater	Drexel University College of Medicine
Scientific career
Fields	Ophthalmology, vitrectomy
Institutions	Johns Hopkins Medicine

Adrienne Williams Scott is an American eye doctor, also known as an ophthalmologist. She is an expert in treating eye problems like diabetic retinopathy (eye damage from diabetes), epiretinal membranes (a thin layer on the retina), and macular degeneration (a common cause of vision loss). She leads the Wilmer Eye Institute in Bel Air, Maryland. She also teaches as a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

About Adrienne Williams Scott

Her Education and Training

Adrienne Williams Scott earned her medical degree (M.D.) from Drexel University College of Medicine. After medical school, she trained to become an eye doctor. She completed her special training in ophthalmology at the Duke University Eye Center.

During her training, Dr. Scott received several important awards. These awards recognized her excellent work and new ideas in eye care. She then spent two more years at the Duke Eye Center. There, she learned advanced surgery for the back of the eye, called vitreoretinal surgery.

Her Work and Research

Today, Dr. Scott is the chief of the Wilmer Eye Institute in Bel Air. She is also a professor and a surgeon at the Wilmer Eye Institute, which is part of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr. Scott's research focuses on using new imaging tools to look at the retina. The retina is the light-sensitive part at the back of your eye. She uses these tools to check on patients, especially those with sickle cell disease. Her goal is to help prevent vision loss caused by sickle cell retinopathy, an eye problem linked to sickle cell disease.

She also helps train other eye doctors. Dr. Scott leads the program for doctors who want to specialize in retina care. She is also the medical director for the Wilmer Bel Air clinic and its surgery center.