Dr. Rowen founded Mercy Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology in Baltimore in 1996 and served as the medical director of this full-service ophthalmology and aesthetics practice until 2015, when she moved to Newport Beach, California to be close to her family.
Dr. Rowen is a board-certified physician who pioneered new treatments and techniques for cataract surgery, being one of only a handful of eye surgeons to introduce topical clear cornea cataract surgery with foldable lenses. She demonstrated these techniques in live surgery in France, Italy, Sweden, Brazil and Australia and was one of the first surgeons to pioneer CO2 laser eyelid surgery. She was one of the first ophthalmologists to introduce Multifocal and Accommodating lenses in her practice.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Maryland College Park, Dr. Rowen received her medical degree from the University of Maryland in Baltimore. She completed her surgical internship and fellowship at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital and a two-year vitreoretinal research fellowship at the renowned Wilmer Eye Institute. Her residency training for ophthalmology was completed at the University of Maryland.
Dr. Rowen has served as clinical instructor at the Wilmer Eye Institute and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Maryland, training residents for many years. She is considered a key opinion leader in ophthalmology and enjoys teaching residents and her peers by sharing new concepts about surgical innovations and related pharmaceutical treatments. Her scientific articles, papers and interviews continue to populate the field. Honored with a 20-year Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology for continued service in teaching each and every year.
Dr. Rowen was an early adopter of refractive surgery since the early 1990s and brought the first Flying Spot excimer laser for LASIK procedures to Maryland. Her blending of cataract, refractive, and oculoplastics in one practice was one of the first in the country and has been emulated by many others. She has become known for her expertise in Refractive Cataract Surgery and Dry Eye Disease.
She is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American College of Surgeons. She is an active member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons as well. She is President Emeritus of Cedars Aspens Society and serves on the Medical Editorial Board of CRST and Presbyopia Physician. She has served as Principal Investigator for numerous FDA trials and continues this research in her current role as Medical Director at NVISION Eye Centers. Dr. Rowen consults for multiple strategic companies advising them on how to construct new technologies for eye health and surgeries. She is very active in helping to pave the way for new innovations coming to market and serves as an advisor on several medical and scientific advisory boards.
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