The cornea is the clear layer of tissure that covers the front of the eye.  At Maryland Eye, we provide highly specialized ophthalmologists who have expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of corneal and external diseases which include the conjunctiva and sclera.  Such diseases include:

• Dry Eye/Sjögren's Syndrome
• Conjunctivitis
• Blepharitis
• Episcleritis/Scleritis
• Keratitis (Corneal Ulcers)
• Ocular Herpes Simplex and Zoster
• Corneal Dystrophies
• Keratoconus
• Fuchs' Dystrophy
• Pterygium

Our corneal surgeons offer advanced surgical techniques in corneal transplantation including Descemet's Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty and other procedures involving the ocular surface.