neuro-ophthalmology

Only the most complex and difficult cases get referred to neuro-ophthalmology.

However, approximately five ophthalmology residents enter the field of neuro-ophthalmology per year.

This has been attributed to decreased compensation in neuro-ophthalmology as an ophthalmic subspecialty.

If possible, an urgent neuro-ophthalmology consult is most likely to lead to the correct diagnosis [12].

Neuro-ophthalmology.

Neuro-ophthalmology is the subspecialty of both neurology and ophthalmology concerning visual problems that are related to the nervous system.

Henri Parinaud (1844-1905) was a French ophthalmologist and neurologist, most noted for his work in the field of neuro-ophthalmology.

Wilbrand specialized in the field of neuro-ophthalmology and did extensive research involving the pathology and physiology of the eye.

Dr. J. Lawton Smith, a neuro-ophthalmologist created the nation's first post-graduate neuro-ophthalmology course.

After selling his practice, Morgan enrolled at the University of Connecticut Health Center, spending two years studying glaucoma and neuro-ophthalmology.

Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th ed, vol.

North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (website)

He is considered the founder of the subspecialty of neuro-ophthalmology, and his 1966 text, "Neurology of the Visual System," was a major contribution.

Hamroush is a member of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists, specialising in glaucoma, medical retina, and neuro-ophthalmology.

Glaser, Joel S. Neuro-Ophthalmology.

She completed an ophthalmology residency at the University of Rochester and a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

The Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library (NOVEL)

To qualify for the study, a participant's diagnosis had to be confirmed by a specialist in neuro-ophthalmology, and the best corrected vision had to be 20/64 in an affected eye.

Graduates of residency programs can receive further training in subspecialties of ophthalmology such as neuro-ophthalmology, etc. by completing a fellowship program which varies in length depending on each program's requirements.

It is important that residency training programs emphasize "endangered" fields such as neuro-ophthalmology, uveitis and pediatrics with early exposure, and commit to training residents with an interest in these fields.

After leaving Harvard, he joined the National Eye Institute, where he served as chief of neuro-ophthalmology for 11 years and then as a senior medical officer for the last eight years.

The largest international society of neuro-ophthalmologists is the North American Neuro-Ophthalmological Society] (NANOS), which organizes an annual meeting and publishes the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology.

The Editors-in-Chief of Neuro-Ophthalmology are Gordon Plant (National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK) and Walter Jay (Loyola University Medical Center).

Organizational partnerships with Fight for Sight include The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration, Streilein Foundation for Ocular Immunology, the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, and WomensEyeHealth.org.

In their 2007 article in the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, ME Ritsema and MA Murphy advise that "palinopsia, or perseveration of a previously viewed image, may be caused by drug use or by posterior visual pathway lesions.