This book offers an overview on the most recent advances in global neuro-opthalmic care. Global variation in the incidence and prevalence of specific neuro-ophthalmic conditions results in geographic differences in differential diagnosis, evaluation, management, and treatment of specific disorders. It covers a variety of disorders from optic neuritis, idiopathic intracranial hypertension to traumatic optic neuropathy. To understand the key differences in neuro-ophthalmic health care, this book has gathered recognized experts from around the world to describe and define these regional and geographic variations of care.
By highlighting various international approaches to diagnosing and treating neuro-ophthalmic disorders, this book will be an essential guide for neuro-ophthalmologists, ophthalmologists, and neurologists seeking to build upon their clinical skills in a global context.
About the Author: Andrew G. Lee, M.D.: Dr. Lee is a Professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medicine. He is a Neuro-ophthalmologist and is the Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, Blanton Eye Institute, at Houston Methodist Hospital. He is also an adjunct and clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the Univerisity of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Baylor College of Medicine, Texas A and Me College of Medicine, University of Iowa, and The University of Buffalo. He was an Alpha Omega Alpha Graduate of the University of Virginia School of Medicine (MD, 1989).
Dr. Lee did his Ophthalmology Residency at the Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (90-93, Ophthalmology Chief resident, 92-93). He did a Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, and was a Fight for Sight (Herbert Tenzer Memorial) Post-doctoral Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Neuropathology. Dr. Lee has published over 400 peer reviewed publications and been the invited speaker at over 300 regional, national, and international medical meetings. He has been on the editorial board of 14 scientific journals including JAMA Ophthalmology, the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, the American Journal of Ophthalmology, the Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, Eye, Survey of Ophthalmology, and the Journal of Neuro-ophthalmolog
Dr Alexandra Sinclair MBChB FRCP, PhD graduated from the University of Birmingham School of Medicine in 2000 and attained her MRCP in 2003. She completed her PhD in 2010 as a Medical Research Council, Clinical Research Training Fellow at the University of Birmingham. She subsequently worked as an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Neurology. Since 2013 she has worked as an NIHR funded Clinician Scientist & Neurology Consultant. She runs the translational Metabolic Neurology Group which focuses on clinical trials as well as in vitro and in vivo research evaluating Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. Her clinical role has a specialist interest in Neuro-opthalmology, particularly Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and headache at University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
Ama Sadaka is an ophthalmologist at the Lebanese American University Medical Center Rizk Hospital (LAUMC-RH). She received her Medical Degree from the American University of Beirut (AUB). Following that, Dr Sadaka moved to the United States of America and completed a research fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston. She, then completed her Ophthalmology Residency at University of Cincinnati and moved to Houston where she did her neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at Houston Methodist Hospital along with oculoplastics training. She returned to her home country, Lebanon, after completing all her training in USA and joined LAUMC-RH as an assistant professor and a program director for their residency program.
Shauna Berry is an ophthalmologist at The Children's Hospital of Orange County. She received her Medical Degree from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-COM) in Ft.Lauderdale, where she also stayed to complete her ophthalmology residency. She then moved to Houston where she did her neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at Houston Methodist. Hospital. She then went on to complete a pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus fellowship at the prestigious Stein Eye Institute at The University of California- Los Angeles (UCLA). After completing all her training, she moved to Orange County where she is an associate clinical professor in pediatric ophthalmology with a strong emphasis in pediatric neuro-ophthalmology.
Susan P. Mollan, FRCOphth. Miss Mollan trained in Ophthalmology in the West Midlands and Oxford, England. She has advanced training in neuro-ophthalmology and adult strabismus. She has worked for the United Kingdom professional bodies including the Postgraduate Medical Education Training Board, the General Medical Council, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.
Her consultant position is at University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in Neuro-Ophthalmology and she has an honorary contract with the University of Birmingham. She enjoys clinical research, and is situated well within the large team at UHB to investigate rare conditions that affect the eye and brain. Her professional research specialties include Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, Giant Cell Arteritis and the development of quantification of disease through ocular imaging. She works closely with her academic partners and patient groups to deliver translational research.
