Table of Contents

Dedication About the Authors Contributing AuthorsPreface by Lanning B. Kline, MD Chapter 1 Visual FieldsRod Foroozan, MD and Michael S. Vaphiades, DO Chapter 2 Supranuclear and Internuclear Gaze PathwaysMark F. Walker, MD Chapter 3 Nystagmus and Related Ocular OscillationsMark F. Walker, MD Chapter 4 The Six Syndromes of the VI Nerve (Abducens)Michael S. Vaphiades, DO Chapter 5 The Seven Syndromes of the III Nerve (Oculomotor)Michael S. Vaphiades, DO Chapter 6 The Five Syndromes of the IV Nerve (Trochlear)Michael S. Vaphiades, DO Chapter 7 Cavernous Sinus SyndromeMichael S. Vaphiades, DO Chapter 8 The PupilMichael S. Vaphiades, DO Chapter 9 The Swollen Optic DiscRod Foroozan, MD Chapter 10 The Pale Optic Disc: Optic AtrophyRod Foroozan, MD and Michael S. Vaphiades, DO Chapter 11 Myasthenia and Ocular MyopathiesRod Foroozan, MD Chapter 12 V Nerve (Trigeminal) SyndromesRod Foroozan, MD and Michael S. Vaphiades, DO Chapter 13 The Seven Syndromes of the VII Nerve (Facial)Rod Foroozan, MD and Michael S. Vaphiades, DO Chapter 14 Eyelid DisordersJennifer T. Scruggs, MD and Saunders L. Hupp, MD Chapter 15 HeadacheJohn E. Carter, MD; Rod Foroozan, MD; and Michael S. Vaphiades, DO Chapter 16 Carotid Artery Disease and the EyeRod Foroozan, MD and Milton F. White Jr, MD Chapter 17 Nonorganic Visual DisordersRichard H. Fish, MD, FACS; Rod Foroozan, MD; and Michael S. Vaphiades, DO Chapter 18 Disorders of Higher Visual FunctionJason J. S. Barton, MD, PhD, FRCPC; Christopher A. Girkin, MD, MSPH, FACS; and Michael S. Vaphiades, DO Chapter 19 The Phakomatoses: Neurocutaneous DisordersAngela R. Lewis, MD and Rod Foroozan, MD Chapter 20 NeuroimagingRod Foroozan, MD Financial Disclosures Index

About the Author

Rod Foroozan, MD is a neuro-ophthalmologist at the Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology in Houston, TX. He graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, NY and completed his residency and fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. He has written and lectured on a number of topics in neuro-ophthalmology and is the editor of the International Ophthalmology Clinics.


Michael S. Vaphiades, DO completed his residency training in neurology at Loyola University Chicago in Illinois and his neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties in neuroimaging. He is a tenured full professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery and Chief of the Neuro-Ophthalmology and Electrophysiology Services at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is also the chair of the neuro-ophthalmology section of the One Network for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Vaphiades has well over 100 peer-reviewed publications, has given multiple presentations, and has garnered multiple awards including 2 Secretariat Awards and a Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He has been married for 25 years to his wife, Ann, an accomplished fine artist. They have 2 children, Alyssa and Samantha. Alyssa is an award-winning photographer and Samantha is pursuing a career in veterinary medicine. He dedicates this book to them.