Aruoriwo M. Oboh-Weilke, MD has been a member of the medical staff at MedStar Washington Hospital Center since 2023, and on the faculty at MedStar Georgetown Hospital since 2009. Dr. Oboh-Weilke serves as Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and as 3rd Year Ophthalmology Clerkship Director/Medical Student Educator at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. She is on the active medical staff at both MedStar Georgetown Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
Training, Education and Research
Dr. Oboh-Weilke received her medical degree from the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey in 1997. She completed a research fellowship in the Laboratory of Wise Young, MD, PhD in 1998 and served her internship at New York Hospital in Queens in 1999. She completed her ophthalmology residency at State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center in 2002 and went on to serve a fellowship in cornea, external disease and refractive surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute/Johns Hospital University School of Medicine which was completed in 2003.
Honors, Awards and Society Memberships
Dr. Oboh-Weilke is a member of many professional societies, including the Association for Vision and Research in Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Women in Ophthalmology, the Roman Barnes Society, the Washington Academy of Ophthalmology, and the Cornea Society. She has served in several positions as Executive Team Member of the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Ophthalmological Society and is an active Advocacy Committee Member of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia.
Dr. Oboh-Weilke is an Oral Board Examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology and serves as Chair of the Interview Committee for the MedStar Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center Ophthalmology Residency Program. Dr. Oboh-Weilke has given 28 invited lectures, and has authored or co-authored 30 original papers, abstracts and posters.
Dr. Oboh-Weilke has received many honors for her achievements and excellence in the practice of ophthalmology. These honors include multiple “top Doctor” awards, academic scholarships, and nomination by the Washington DC Metropolitan Ophthalmological Society for and acceptance into the American Academy of Ophthalmology Leadership Development Program.
Credentialed Areas
American Board of Ophthalmology, 2003, recertification in 2033.
Licensed to practice medicine in the states of Maryland and Virginia and in the District of Columbia
Practice Focus
Dr. Oboh-Weilke’s clinical and research interests include cornea and cataract surgery, corneal disease, comprehensive ophthalmology and refractive surgery.