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Dr. Neal A. Adams

Dr. Neal A. Adams is a retinal physician and surgeon at The National Retina Institute.  He is the former Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.  Prior to his position in Texas he was Chief of the Division of Visual Physiology at the Wilmer Eye Institute of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr. Adams earned his Bachelors in Chemistry from Yale University and his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University.  He is a graduate of the Wilmer Eye Institute Residency Program.  Following completion of a Retina Fellowship at Wilmer, he was selected to join the Faculty at Johns Hopkins and honored with Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute's highest award to a junior faculty member - the Maumenee Scholar.  He was then selected to lead the Division of Visual Physiology.  Dr. Adams is Board-Certified in ophthalmology.

Dr. Adams has received many honors as a highly skilled surgeon and clinician.  He also devotes time to research endeavors focused on retinal disorders.  Dr. Adams has coined a new category of retinal degenerations, called the "retinal ciliopathies."

He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the ophthalmic journal, Eye Reports, which is a peer-reviewed scientific medical journal.  Dr. Adams is author of numerous scientific publications, as well as author of the book, Nutrition for the Eye.  He has appeared on ABC, CBS, and Fox News programs.  His expert analysis has appeared in papers across the country, including The New York Times and Boston Globe, as well as in a US News & World Report's Good Vision Guide.