The Neuro-Ophthalmology Service is equipped to diagnose and manage a wide range of neurological and medical disorders related to the visual pathways and ocular motor systems including:

• optic neuritis (including multiple sclerosis)
• papilledema (including pseudotumor cerebri)
• ischemic optic neuropathy (including temporal arteritis)
• compressive optic neuropathy (including pituitary tumors)
• cerebrovascular disease involving vision
• thyroid eye disease
• myasthenia gravis
• ocular motor nerve disorders
• gaze palsies and nystagmus
• blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm

Diagnostic services include visual field testing, Tensilon tests for myasthenia gravis and electrophysiology. We have direct and immediate access to:

• MRI/MRA
• CT scan
• carotid noninvasive testing
• cerebral angiography
• color Doppler imaging of the eye and orbit
• Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
• multifocal and full-field electroretinography
• multifocal and standard visual evoked potential recording

Therapeutic procedures available include:

• optic nerve sheath decompression for papilledema
• Botulinum injections for blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm

Neuro-Ophthalmology Physicians