Wilmer Eye Institute - Bethesda
6430 Rockledge DriveWestmoreland Building, Suite 600Bethesda, MD 20817United States
To make an appointment, please call PROSE coordinator Kathy Kahn at 240-482-1100 ext. 232.
Medical professionals: to refer a patient for BostonSight® PROSE treatment at Wilmer Eye Institute, please complete the referral form and fax it, with your last note, to the attention of the PROSE Clinic at 240-482-1105.
YOUR PROSE PROVIDER
Dr. Anisa Gire earned her Doctor of Optometry from the University of Houston College Of Optometry. Her training includes a cornea and contact lens fellowship, also at the University of Houston. Following her fellowship training, Dr. Gire worked with Steven Pflugfelder, MD, in establishing the PROSE satellite clinic at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Gire is currently an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute and a member of the Ocular Surface Disease and Dry Eye team. As a member of the team she cares for patients with inflammatory eye disorders such as Sjögren’s Syndrome and allergic and immunologic diseases of the cornea and the conjunctiva.
Dr. Gire practices at Wilmer Eye Institute, Bethesda Medical Office and Optical, Bethesda, MD.
OPHTHALMOLOGY TEAM
Dr. Shameema Sikder is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, in addition to being the medical director of Wilmer’s Bethesda location. She specializes in corneal disorders, including Fuchs dystrophy and keratoconus, refractive surgery, cataracts, and external eye diseases. Dr. Sikder’s clinical interests include surgical treatments for corneal diseases, such as endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK, DSAEK), complex cataracts and treatments for keratoconus. She is particularly interested in surgical education and is the director of the Hopkins Center of Excellence in Surgical Innovation and Education.
Dr. Sikder received her MD from the University of Arizona. She completed her ophthalmology residency at the Wilmer Eye Institute and fellowship in cornea and refractive disease at the Moran Eye Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she received the Claes Dohlman Fellow of the Year Award, recognizing the most distinguished cornea fellow in the nation. Dr. Sikder returned to Wilmer in 2011 and served as assistant chief of service and associate director of ocular trauma. Currently, she sees patients at the Wilmer Eye Institute – Bethesda clinic.