 | A Clinical Approach to Neuro-Ophthalmic Disorders Neuro-ophthalmology is a merged subspecialty of neurology and ophthalmology dealing with complex multisystem diseases presenting with visual manifestations. This book helps the reader in recognizing, approaching, and managing such a patient. It covers the afferent and efferent systems, pupillary disorders, and Radiology of neuro-ophthalmic conditions. It features individual symptomatology with salient points, their management and differential diagnosis. It has case scenarios, key points, and algorithms along with self-assessment MCQ questions. Its simplified, step wise approach will be a useful resource for neurologists, ophthalmologists, physicians, pediatricians, and optometrists. Key Features All the royalties of this book are donated to the Poor Patients Cell of PGIMER, Chandigarh. Dr Vivek Lal MD (Medicine), DM (Neurology), FIAN, FRCP (Edin) studied medicine and did his training in Neurology at the prestigious Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh, India. He is currently Professor and Head of the department of Neurology at PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. He also served as Dean of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Punjab, India. He is a member of editorial team of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology and Indian edition of European journal of Neurology. He is a fellow of Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), Edinburgh and Fellow Indian academy of Neurology (FIAN). He is also the chairman of Neuro-Ophthalmology subsection of the Indian Academy of Neurology. His major areas of interest are Neuro-Ophthalmology, Neuroimmunology and Headache. He has been instrumental in introducing the concept of systematic Neuro-Ophthalmology in India. He runs a Neuro-Ophthalmology sub-specialty clinic catering to the patients from all over India. |
