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The Emory Eye Center Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection contains a variety of lectures, videos and images created by faculty at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.

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Anatomy and Physiology

    1. Bony Anatomy
      1. Orbit
      2. Optic Canal
    2. Anatomy of the Optic Nerve
    3. Afferent Visual Pathways
      1. Retina
      2. Optic Nerve
      3. Optic Chiasm
      4. Calcarine Cortex
    4. Efferent Visual Pathways
      1. Nuclear Centers: Trochlear
      2. Ocular Motor Nerves: Oculomotor
    5. Trigeminal system
    6. Vascular Anatomy
      1. Arterial Anatomy
      2. Vertobrobasilar System: Posterior Cerebral Artery and Its Branches
      3. Venous Anatomy: Cerebral venous sinuses
      4. Venous Anatomy: Cavernous Sinus
      5. Arterial Anatomy: Ophthalmic Artery

 

Ocular and Neurologic Evaluation

    1. Ocular and Neurological Examinations
      1. Funduscopic Examination
      2. Use of Slit Lamp
      3. Pupillary Examination: Measuring the RAPD
    2. Diagnostic tests- ophthalmic
      1. Imaging the macula
        1. Ganglion cell layer (GCL)
    3. Ancillary Tests Obtained in Neuro-Ophthalmology
      1. Imaging: CTA
      2. Imaging: MRI
      3. Imaging: Functioning Neuro-Imaging

Neuro-Ophthalmologic Symptoms and Signs

    1. Visual Loss
      1. Transient
    2. Visual Field Loss
    3. Normal and Abnormal Optic Nerve
      1. Optic disc edema
      2. Papilledema
    4. Orbital Signs
      1. Proptosis
      2. Pulsating Exophthalmus
    5. Ptosis
      1. Nuclear Third Nerve Palsy
      2. Fascicular Third Nerve Palsy
  2. Disorders of the Afferent and Efferent Visual Pathways
    1. Diseases of the Optic Nerve
      1. Compression/Infiltration: Gliomas
      2. Raised Intracranial Pressure
      3. Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
      4. Optic Disc Melanocytoma
      5. Neuroretinitis
    2. Orbital Pathology Causing Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations
      1. Mass Lesions: Neoplasms
      2. Mass Lesions: Optic Nerve Glioma
      3. Inflammation/Infection: Scleritis
      4. Inflammation/Infection: Myositis
      5. Thyroid Orbitopathy: Thyroid Orbitopathy and Myasthenia
      6. Infection
        1. Orbital Infections (Cellulitis)
        2. Abscess
    3. Diseases of the Chiasm
      1. Chiasmal Visual Field Defects
      2. Compression/Infiltration: Chiasmal Compression
      3. Compression/Infiltration: Pituitary Adenoma
    4. Pupillary Pathology
      1. Evaluation and Management of Specific Pupillary Disorders: Third Nerve Palsy
    5. Eye Movement System Pathology
      1. Specific Ocular Motor Syndromes: Cranial Nerve Palsies: Third
      2. Specific Ocular Motor Syndromes: Ocular Tilt Reaction
      3. Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia (INO)

Systemic, Neurologic, and Ophthalmic Disorders Commonly Associated with Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations

    1. Developmental and Congenital Anomalies with Neuro-Ophthalmologic Consequences
      1. Congenital Hydrocephalus
    2. Systemic Disorders Commonly Associated with Neuro-Ophthalmologic Manifestations
      1. Specific Hereditary Ocular and Neurologic Diseases with Neuro-Ophthalmic Presentation
        1. Marfan Syndrome
      2. Neurocutaneous Syndromes
        1. Sturge-Weber
        2. Neurofibromatosis
      3. Mitochondrial Disease
        1. Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
    3. Vascular Disease
      1. Carotid Cavernous Fistula
      2. Carotid Occlusive Disease
      3. Hypertensive Retinopathy
    4. Autoimmune diseases, classification of vasculitides
      1. Giant cell arteritis
      2. Neurosarcoidosis
      3. Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)
    5. Complications of infections
      1. Toxoplasmosis
    6. Neurologic Disorders Commonly Associated with Neuro-Ophthalmologic Manifestations
      1. Increased Intracranial Pressure
      2. Vascular Disease of the Brain and the Eye
        1. Ocular Ischemia
        2. Hemorrhage: Terson Syndome
        3. Venous Sinus Thrombosis: Superior Ophthalmic Vein Thrombosis
        4. Cavernous Venous Thrombosis
        5. Selected Causes of Stroke
        6. Intracranial Vascular Malformations, Diagnosis, and Neuro-Ophthalmologic Manifestations: Aneurysms
        7. Cavernous hemangiomas
      3. Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations of Neoplasms
        1. Intracranial Tumors
        2. Gliomatosis Cerebri
      4. Infections (neuro-ophthalmic manifestations of localized and systemic infections)
        1. Intracranial infections – Abscess

People

Nancy J. Newman, M.D.

Nancy J. Newman

Dr. Nancy J. Newman is the LeoDelle Jolley Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology and Instructor in Neurological Surgery at the Emory University School of Medicine, where she serves as the Director of Neuro-Ophthalmology. She serves on numerous editorial boards and has over 400 publications, including scientific articles, book chapters and books, including the primary textbook in Neuro-Ophthalmology, Walsh & Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 5th and 6th Editions. She has lectured widely throughout the world and is known for her innovative teaching style. Her main research interests include disorders of the optic nerve and mitochondrial diseases.

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Valérie Biousse, MD

Valérie Biousse, MD

Dr. Valérie Biousse is the Cyrus H. Stoner Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology at the Emory University School of Medicine. She serves on numerous editorial boards and has over 300 publications, including scientific articles, book chapters and books, including the primary textbook in Neuro-Ophthalmology, Walsh & Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition and the didactic book she co-authored with Nancy Newman, Neuro-Ophthalmology Illustrated. She lectures widely throughout the world and is a renowned educator. Her main research interests include cerebrovascular diseases and the eye, disorders on intracranial pressure, and the use of new technology in education.

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Sachin Kedar, MD

Sachin Kedar, MD

Dr. Kedar is Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology and Vice Chair for Education in the department of Ophthalmology at the Emory University School of Medicine. He has significant expertise in undergraduate and graduate medical education. As chair of the NANOS Curriculum committee, he authored the most recent update to the Neuro-ophthalmology curriculum and serves as the editor in chief of the Illustrated Curriculum. He has received numerous teaching awards including the NANOS Merit Award, AAO achievement award and the AAN excellence in teaching certificate. He has more than 80 journal publications, book chapters and online educational materials. His research interests include development of novel teaching methods, ophthalmic biomarkers of neurological diseases, clinical trials in neuro-ophthalmology and the impact of visual impairment on cognition. His clinical practice includes the entire gamut of visual disorders resulting from neurological diseases.

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Jason H. Peragallo, MD

Jason H. Peragallo, MD

Dr. Peragallo is trained in pediatric ophthalmology, adult strabismus, and neuro-ophthalmology. His practice encompasses ocular misalignment from any cause, diplopia, and afferent visual disorders in adults and children. His interests include cranial nerve palsies, afferent visual disorders, and prevention of vision loss from pediatric brain tumors.

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Beau B. Bruce, M.D., Ph.D.

Beau B. Bruce, MD, PhD

Dr. Beau Bruce is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. He is a clinical neuro-ophthalmologist and an academic clinician scientist with a PhD in Epidemiology. He is interested in the use of non-mydriatic photography in non-ophthalmic settings, the epidemiology of idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and in the design, conduct, and analysis of clinical trials and observational research studies.

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