Neuro-ophthalmology: A Festschrift for Dr Gordon Plant - part 1

Dr Neil Miller is the Frank B. Walsh Professor of Neuro-Ophthalmology and Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

He has authored over 540 articles, 93 chapters, and 13 books, including the 4th edition of “Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology”, and he has co-edited the 5th and 6th editions of this textbook as well as four editions of an abbreviated version of the textbook: “Walsh and Hoyt’s Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology: The Essentials”, the most recent of which, written with co-authors Dr Prem Subramanian and Dr Vivek Patel, was published in 2020. Dr Miller also has co-authored two editions of “The Neuro-Ophthalmology Survival Guide” with Drs. Anthony Pane and Michael Burdon.

Dr Miller has spoken at numerous local, national, and international meetings and has given 62 named lectures around the world. Many of Dr Miller’s previous Fellows and residents hold faculty positions at major institutions throughout the United States and around the world.

Professor Anthony C. Arnold, MD is Mary Oakley Foundation Chair in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Professor and Chief, Neuro-Ophthalmology Division, and Vice-Chair for Education, Stein Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Los Angeles. He completed a residency in ophthalmology and fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at UCLA and joined the full-time faculty there in 1986.

Professor Arnold is Director, UCLA Optic Neuropathy Center, and has a research interest in ischemic and inflammatory optic neuropathies, with more than 100 publications. He is co-editor of the text, Neuro-Ophthalmology: The Practical Guide and is editor of the American Academy of Ophthalmology resident manual, Basic Principles of Ophthalmic Surgery.

He was the residency program director at UCLA 1994-2017 and has served as the President of the national AUPO Ophthalmology Program Director's Council 2000-2007. He served as a Director of the American Board of Ophthalmology 2008- 2016, Chair of the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Ophthalmology from 2010-2016, ACGME Board of Directors 2015-2017, Chair of the ACGME Ophthalmology Milestones Development Group 2010-2013, and President and Past-Chairman of the Board of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society 2008- 2012.

Randy Kardon M.D. Ph.D. is a tenured Professor of Ophthalmology, served as Director of the Neuro-ophthalmology Service for over 20 years, and has been faculty at the University of Iowa and Veterans Administration Hospitals for over 30 years. He holds the Pomerantz Family Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology and is Director of the Iowa City Veterans Administration Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss, competitively funded by the Rehabilitation, Research and Development Division of the Veterans Administration.

Dr Kardon has published over 20 chapters, co-authored a textbook, and has published over 245 peer-reviewed journal articles.

Dr Kardon has been fortunate to have had continuous Federal grant funding for 30 years and is presently the Principal Investigator and Co-investigator on 4 major grants externally funded by the Veterans Administration, NIH, and the Department of Defense.

Dr Kardon currently teaches and mentors undergraduate students, medical students, residents and fellows and has received a University of Iowa Collegiate Teaching Award for his teachings and commitment to education. His main areas of current research interest include the use of facial features to diagnose and monitor eye and neurological disorders, pupil and eyelid physiology and its clinical application, diagnosis and treatment of light sensitivity and traumatic brain injury, and therapeutic interventions for preserving vision in blinding eye diseases.

Dr Kardon currently investigates structure-function relationships in the visual system using optical coherence tomography (OCT), ocular blood flow using laser speckle flowgraphy, image analysis, and MRI.

Dr Kardon is actively involved in the development of telemedicine tools for objectively evaluating the status of the visual and neurological systems for testing in remote locations and home testing.