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Research Interest Summaries

Sophia Chung, MD

  • Laser speckle flowgraphy of the optic nerve
  • Clinical neuro-ophthalmology

Randy Kardon, MD, PhD

  • Relationship of visual dysfunction to pupillomotor responsiveness to light
  • Pharmacology of the central and peripheral pupillomotor pathways
  • Autonomic disorders of pupillary function
  • Risk factors in the pathogenesis of optic nerve diseases
  • Multifocal electroretinogram in diagnosing visual loss
  • Correlation of structure and function of the visual system
  • Studies of the dynamics of the blood flow to the choroid and retina
  • Optical imaging of retinal function

Edward Linton, MD

  • Smartphone perimetry without eye tracking
  • Laser Speckle Flowgraphy in Carotid Cavernous Fistula

Adriana Rodriguez Leon, MD

  • Migraine and headache disorders
  • Photophobia in migraine and non-migraine conditions
  • Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and pulsatile synchronous tinnitus

Matthew Thurtell, MBBS, MSc

  • Eye-movement disorders and their treatment
  • Eye movement kinematics
  • Clinical neuro-ophthalmology
  • Clinical neuro-otology

Michael Wall, MD

  • Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Etiology and Treatment
  • Mechanisms of perimetric variability
  • Use of large sized perimetric stimuli
  • New perimetric techniques
  • Sensory visual system information processing with emphasis on the application of visual physiology and neural networks to development of new clinical visual tests.