Catherine Anne Kashmer, PA-C

Dr. Richard J. Rivers is an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is ophthalmological anesthesia. He serves as chief of anesthesia at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins.Dr. Rivers received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Clarkson University and his medical degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine. He was a transitional resident at the University of Toledo Hospital before performing an anesthesiology research fellowship and a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center. Dr. Rivers then completed a Ph.D. in physiology at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center.Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Rivers was on faculty at the University of Rochester and then became chief of anesthesia at Lattimore Surgical Center in Rochester. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty as chief of Anesthesia in 2002 and completed an M.B.A. at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in 2009.Dr. Rivers’ primary research interest is vascular communication and the regulation of blood flow.He is past president of the Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society and is a member of many professional organizations including the Maryland Society of Anesthesiologists, the International Anesthesia Research Society and the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Jennifer Yui, M.D., serves as the medical director for Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center's Anticoagulation Management Services. She received her M.D. from the Ohio State University, and completed her Internal Medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic, followed by her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Yui has also received a Master of Science in Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Yui's research and clinical interests are focused on non-malignant hematologic disorders and improving care delivery to patients with a wide array of non-malignant hematologic conditions.