Kristin M. Hammersmith, MD

Ophthalmology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Scheie Eye Institute Perelman
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

My education and training

  • Medical School: West Virginia University
  • Residency: Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Program
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Fellowship: Wills Eye Hospital

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Hammersmith is a Penn Medicine physician. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Linaburg T, Hammersmith KM Contact lens-related Corneal Infections , Infectious Disease Clinic North America, 38(4): 2024,795-811

Oh GJ, Khalili A, Hammersmith KM, Nagra PK, Rapuano CJ, Syed ZA Determinants of clinical outcomes after infectious scleritis , Cornea, 43(7): 2024,828-834

Duman F, Guler A, Kosker M, Azari AA, Marangoz D, Hammersmith KM, Nagra PK, Rapuano CJ. A Detailed Analysis of Individuals Having Graft Failure After Corneal Transplantation , Semin Ophthalmol: 2024

Morales-Mancillas NR, Velazquez-Valenzuela F, Kinoshita S, Suzuki T, Dahlmann-Noor AH, Dart JKG, Hingorani M, Ali A, Fung S, Akova YA, Doan S, Gupta N, Hammersmith KM, Tan DTH, Paez-Garza JH, Rodriguez-Garcia A. Definition and Diagnostic Criteria for Pediatric Blepharokeratoconjunctivitis , JAMA Ophthalmol, 142: 2024,39-47

Cherkas EG, Shields CN, Mandava N, Zhang L, Sivalingam A, Kaiser RS, Myers JS, Hammersmith KM, Razeghinejad R, Finklea BD, Shields CL, Sridhar J; Wills Fellowship Study Group; Klufas MA. Virtual versus In-Person Ophthalmology Interviews: Perceptions of U.S. Ophthalmology Fellowship Applicants in 2022-2023 , J Acad Ophthalmol (2017), 15: 2023,e197-e203

Oh GJ, Khalili A, Hammersmith KM, Nagra PK, Rapuano CJ, Syed ZA. Determinants of Clinical Outcomes After Infectious Scleritis , Cornea: 2023

Yu J, Shalaby WS, Shiuey EJ, Rapuano CJ, Yonekawa Y, Hammersmith KM, Nagra PK, Syed ZA. Graft Outcomes After Temporary Keratoprosthesis in Combined Penetrating Keratoplasty and Vitreoretinal Surgery , Cornea, 42: 2023,584-589

Shiuey EJ, Zhang Q, Rapuano CJ, Ayres BD, Hammersmith KM, Nagra PK, Syed ZA. Prior Contralateral Penetrating Keratoplasty Is a Risk Factor for Second Eye Graft Rejection , Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 31: 2023,257-262

Cherkas E, Cinar Y, Zhang Q, Sharpe J, Hammersmith KM, Nagra PK, Rapuano CJ, Syed ZA. Development of a Nomogram to Predict Graft Survival After Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty , Cornea, 42: 2023,20-26

Safran JP, Hammersmith KM, Milman T. Posterior Polymorphous Corneal Dystrophy: Clinical-Pathologic Correlation , Ophthalmology: 2023