Esen K. Akpek

Esen K. Akpek, M.D., is recognized as a world-renowned leader in advanced corneal transplantation, stem cell transplantation, and ocular surface reconstruction procedures. She is the Bendann Professor of Ophthalmology and Rheumatology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Active in many professional organizations, Dr. Akpek’s appointments include serving as the director of the Ocular Surface Disease and Dry Eye Clinic at Wilmer and the associate director of the Jerome L. Greene Sjögren’s Center at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She is the medical director for CorneaGen, member of the Clinical Trials Consortium-Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation/SSF, member of the Medical & Scientific Advisory Board of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society (TFOS), and president of the Foster Ocular Immunology Society. Dr. Akpek is an associate editor with the journal Cornea and the American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports and serves on the editorial board of 6 other scientific journals. She also led KeraLink’s International Medical Advisory Board between 2014 to 2019.