Jennifer Thorne

Jennifer Thorne, M.D., Ph.D., is the Cross Family Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, where she is also chief of the Division of Ocular Immunology and Uveitis. Prof. Thorne holds a joint appointment as professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

An internationally recognized and board-certified ophthalmologist, Prof. Thorne is an expert in the evaluation and management of patients with uveitis and other related immune-mediated disorders. She has published over 200 articles and book chapters on uveitis and ocular immunology, won approximately 30 scientific and clinical awards, and has participated in numerous uveitis clinical trials.

Prof. Thorne’s research interests include white dot syndromes including birdshot chorioretinitis, multifocal choroiditis and punctate inner choroiditis. She also studies juvenile idiopathic arthritis-related uveitis and treatment outcomes of immunosuppressive drug therapy.

Dr. Thorne is active in American and international Ophthalmology and uveitis-related forums, for example, she was President of the American Uveitis Society and remains part of its leadership team, was a member of the Executive and Steering Committees of the Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) Working Group and played advisory and editorial roles in the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Ocular Immunology and Inflammation journal, and more. She has also served as an advisor and consultant for ophthalmic pharma companies, such as Allergan, AbbVie, Gilead, and more.

Prof. Thorne received her M.D. degree from the University of Virginia and completed her ophthalmology residency at the University of Pennsylvania’s Scheie Eye Institute. She completed her uveitis fellowship at Wilmer and completed her Ph.D. in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.