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Matthew J. Thurtell, MBBS, MSc

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Current Positions

  • Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
  • Associate Professor of Neurology
  • Director, Neuro-Ophthalmology Service, Ophthalmology
  • The Captain Jim and Donnita Gross Fund Professor, Ophthalmology

Education

  • BS in Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • MBBS in Medicine and Surgery, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • MSc in Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • Internship, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia
  • Resident in Internal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
  • Fellow in FRACP, Written & Clinical Examinations, Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Sydney, Australia
  • Resident in Neurology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
  • Fellow in FRACP, Advanced Training in Neurology, Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Sydney, Australia
  • Fellow in Neuro-Ophthalmology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
  • Fellow in Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Research Interests

  • Research Interests: Eye-movement disorders, Eye movement kinematics, Clinical neuro-ophthalmology, Clinical neuro-otology
  • Eye movement perimetry
  • Medical and surgical treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension
  • Optical coherence tomography in optic neuropathy, chiasmal compression, and papilledema
  • Clinical neuro-ophthalmology
  • Eye movement disorders and their treatment
  • Eye Movement Kinematics

Licenses & Certifications

  • Iowa Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa
  • Australian Specialist Registration, Medical Board of Australia

Selected Publications

  • Boyce TM, Fortenbach C, Thurtell M, Stone EM, Han IC. (2025). Split Outer Plexiform Layer Appearance Represents an Acquired Cone Dysfunction Phenotype of Autoimmune Retinopathy. Retina 45(3):522-531. DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000004332. PMID: 39964825.
  • Yom KH, Simmons BA, Hock LE, Syed NA, Carter KD, Thurtell MJ, Shriver EM. (2022). A direct transcutaneous approach to infraorbital nerve biopsy. Orbit 41(1):130-137. DOI: 10.1080/01676830.2021.1920041. PMID: 33951986.
  • Thurtell, M. J. (2019). Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) 25 (5) 1289-1309. DOI: 10.1212/CON.0000000000000770. PMID: 31584538.
  • Wall, M., Subramani, A., Chong, L. X., Galindo, R., Turpin, A., Kardon, R. H., Thurtell, M. J., Bailey, J. A. & Marin-Franch, I. (2019). Threshold Static Automated Perimetry of the Full Visual Field in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 60 (6) 1898-1905. DOI: 10.1167/iovs.18-26252. PMID: 31042797.
  • Thurtell, M. J. & Tomsak, R. L. (2019). What do I do now? Neuro-ophthalmology. (2nd Ed) New York: Oxford.
  • Islam, M. S., Wang, J., Johnson, S. S., Thurtell, M. J., Kardon, R. H. & Garvin, M. (2019). Deep Learning Based Retinal Blood Vessel Segmentation of Multiple Optical Coherence Tomography En-Face Images in Cases of Optic Disc Swelling. (Vols. 60). (9) INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE.
  • Wall, M., Subramani, A., Chong, L. X., Galindo, R., Turpin, A., Kardon, R. H., Thurtell, M. J., Jane, B. & Marin-Franch, I. (2019). Detection of Visual Loss in IIH with Static Automated Perimetry: Temporal Wedge Defects. (Vols. 60). (9) INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE.
  • Cheng, J. L., Beebe, J. D., Nepple, K. G., Zakharia, Y., Mullins, R. F., Flamme-Wiese, M. J., Thurtell, M. J. & Han, I. C. (2018). Autoimmune retinopathy and optic neuropathy associated with enolase-positive renal oncocytoma. (Vols. 12). pp. 55-60. American journal of ophthalmology case reports. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.09.005. PMID: 30229140. PMCID: PMC6140802.
  • Buckingham, E. M., Foley, M. A., Grose, C., Syed, N. A., Smith, M. E., Margolis, T. P., Thurtell, M. J. & Kardon, R. (2018). Identification of Herpes Zoster-Associated Temporal Arteritis Among Cases of Giant Cell Arteritis. American journal of ophthalmology 187 51-60. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2017.12.017. PMID: 29294312. PMCID: PMC5866091.
  • Mallery, R. M., Poolman, P., Thurtell, M. J., Full, J. M., Ledolter, J., Kimbrough, D., Frohman, E. M., Frohman, T. C. & Kardon, R. H. (2018). Visual Fixation Instability in Multiple Sclerosis Measured Using SLO-OCT. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 59 (1) 196-201. DOI: 10.1167/iovs.17-22391. PMID: 29340646.