Neuro-Ophthalmology

Matthew Thurtell, MBBS, is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology at the University of Iowa, with appointments in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Department of Neurology. He is Director of the Neuro-Ophthalmology Service at the University of Iowa, where has been on faculty since 2010. His clinical practice incorporates the spectrum of neuro-ophthalmic disorders. His research interests include eye movement disorders and idiopathic intracranial hypertension. He is currently Study Co-Director for the Surgical Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension trial (SIGHT). Robert L. Tomsak, MD, PhD is Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit Michigan, and Specialist in Neuro-ophthalmology at Kresge Eye Institute. He has practiced neuro-ophthalmology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Cleveland and University Hospitals of Cleveland before moving to Kresge Eye Institute in Detroit, Michigan in 2010. His clinical practice includes a wide variety of neuro-ophthalmic disorders. His current research interests include the use of multifocal ERG in the diagnosis of nutritional amblyopia and the use of OCT and OCT-A in assessing papilledema in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.