Neuro-ophthalmology: A Festschrift for Dr Gordon Plant - part 2

Professor Jette Lautrup Frederiksen is Professor of Neurology and Senior Consultant. MD in 1986, Specialist of Neurology in 1998 and Doctor of Medical Sciences (DMsc) in 1999 from the University of Copenhagen. She has more than 30 years of research experience in the clinical, imaging, neurophysiological and biomedical aspects of optic neuritis, multiple sclerosis and neuro-ophthalmology.

Professor Friederikson is the founder of the Multiple Sclerosis and Optic Neuritis Clinic at Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Denmark and today, she is head of the Optic Neuritis Clinic.

Since 2011 she has been Professor in Optic Neuritis in relation to Multiple Sclerosis at the University of Copenhagen.

She has more than 200 publications in international scientific journals.

Dr Horton is a neuro-ophthalmologist and pediatric ophthalmologist. He specializes in eye muscle surgery to restore ocular alignment, and in the care of patients with double vision, strabismus, amblyopia, optic neuropathy, cranial nerve palsy, cortical visual loss, or any rare condition that requires tertiary care expertise.

Dr Horton is also a scientist, conducting animal research to explore the neural basis of visual perception, amblyopia, strabismus, eye movements, and disorders of binocular vision.

Recipient of the Bressler and the Troutman-Véronneau prizes, Dr Horton received his MD and PhD from Harvard Medical School. He then did a medical internship and neurology residency year at the Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by an ophthalmology residency at Georgetown University. After completing his fellowship training in neuro-ophthalmology and pediatric ophthalmology at UCSF, he fell in love with UCSF and never left.

Professor Klara Landau completed her ophthalmology training in Zurich, mainly at
Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel. She has a Fellowship in
Neuro-Ophthalmology at UC San Francisco and
Research appointment at UC Berkeley, USA.

She is the Head of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Strabismus and
Pediatric Ophthalmology at the University Hospital
Zurich, and between 2002-2018 was the Chair of
Ophthalmology Department.

Professor Landau is the Past President of the Swiss
Ophthalmological Society and of the European
Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, a Senior Fellow of
the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society,
Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology, and is the current President of the Swiss chapter of “Light for the World”, an NGO promoting eye health and inclusion of disabled
persons in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Professor Landau speaks six languages, including Czech, Russian, German, French,
English, and Hebrew.