Thomas R. Hedges III, MD Director, Neuro-Ophthalmology Service Co-Director, Electrophysiology Service Director, Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship Program

Medical School

Tufts University School of Medicine

Residency

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Fellowships

Ophthalmic Pathology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Neuro-Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco

Academic Appointment

Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Tufts University School of Medicine

Dr. Hedges is an expert in the diagnosis and management of diseases affecting the optic nerve and intracranial visual pathways, as well as disorders of ocular motility. He is available for consultation in any suspected or diagnosed case of neurological disease with ocular involvement.  As co-director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory, Dr. Hedges is sees patients with occult macular disease as well. Dr. Hedges also provides botulinum toxin injections for patients with blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm. 

His major research interests are multifocal electrophysiology,  and the evaluation of retinal nerve fiber layer changes due to optic neuropathy and papilledema.