Education

Degree	Institution	Major
B.A.	Johns Hopkins University	Biophysics
MD, Ph.D.	Mount Sinai School of Medicine of CUNY	Medicine

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Internship	Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia	Internal Medicine
Residency	University of California at San Francisco	Neurology
Fellowship	National Eye Institute	Neuro-Ophthalmology

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Top Doctor (Top 1%) 2019/Top Regional Doctor 2019	Castle Connolly
Top Doctor (upper 1%) 2018	Castle Connolly
Most Compassionate Doctor 5 Year Honoree 2013 - 2018	Castle Connolly
Top Doctor (upper 1%) 2017	Castle Connolly
Top Doctor (upper 1%) 2016	Castle Connolly
Top Doctor 2015	Castle Connolly
Top Doctor 2014	Castle Connolly
Top Doctor 2013	Castle Connolly
Patients’ Choice Award 2012	Castle Connolly
Top Doctor 2012	Castle Connolly
Top Doctor 2011	Castle Connolly
Most Compassionate Doctor 2011	Castle Connolly
Employee of the Month	University of Connecticut Health Center
David S. Frederick, M.D. Award	University of Connecticut School of Medicine

I see patients with Neuro-Ophthalmologic problems, in other words patients in which the illness presents with visual symptoms but the actual disease process targets the brain. Common examples include patients with Pseudotumor Cerebri, Optic Neuritis, Diplopia (double vision), Myasthenia Gravis, Ischemic Optic Neuropathy, and optic nerve damage secondary to lesions located at the optic chiasm, e.g., pituitary adenomas.

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
UCHC Faculty Review Board Appeals Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	UConn Health	University	2010	2016
UCHC Medical School: MD/PhD Admissions Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	UConn Health	University	2003	2011
North American Neuro Ophthalmology Society (NANOS)- member attending the yearly national meeting.	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2000	2019
UCHC Animal Care Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	UConn Health	University	1991	2014
VA Animal Care Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	1991	1997
American Academy of Neurology	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	1983	2019
Society for Neuroscience	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	1977
UCHC Academic Council	Education Committee	Member	UConn Health	University
UCHC IRPAC Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	UConn Health	University
UCHC Research Sub-committee	Research Committee	Chairman	UConn Health	University
VA Research and Development Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
North American Neuro-Ophthalmologic Society (NANOS)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National

1) Oculomotor system, control of rapid eye movements by the central Mesencephalic Reticular Formation (cMRF) and its relationship to the superior colliculus. 2) Oculomotor system: control of fixation. 3) Gaze system: Contribution of the cMRF to the control of gaze. 4) Models of the oculomotor system. Behavioral, neurochemical, and neurophysiologic techniques are used to explore how cells in the cMRF, which have reciprocal, topographic projections to the superior colliculus, participate in the control of combined head and eye movements (i.e., gaze). Our current hypothesis is that the cMRF participates in a decomposition of the gaze signal originating from the superior colliculus into separate head and eye streams. Single neuron electrophysiology, gaze (eye re: head) and head (re: space) movement measurements are used to examine whether the reticular formation carries signals about the current position, velocity, or acceleration of the head or eyes to the superior colliculus, Pontine Reticular Formation (PPRF) or cervical spinal cord. Reversible and irreversible lesions within the reticular formation are utilized to characterize its role in oculomotor control. Antidromic stimulation is used to confirm the target structures of reticular formation neuronal activity. These techniques provide data to model how the reticular formation might participate in gaze control. Future projects include correlation of neck EMG activity with the activity of neurons in the cMRF.

Research opportunities in studying patients with genetic causes of Idiopathic Intercranial Hypertension (IIH). Other research areas include clinical aspects of patients with IgG4 disease of the brain and neural characteristics of young patients with Behcet's disease

Not accepting students for Lab Rotations at this time

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Reviews

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Kids with Sixths and Other Oculomotor Deficits	Lecture	Hartford Hospital/Neurology Grand Rounds	2018	Hartford Hospital JB118
“Ticks Go Nuts: Uni- and Bilateral Visual Loss”	Lecture		2017	Hartford Hospital, CT
Twists and Turns of Cranial Neuropathy in Melanoma	Lecture	Hartford Hospital/Neurology Grand Rounds	2016	Hartford Hospital, CT
Painful Ophthalmoplegia: “Not everything that meets the eye is as it appears!”	Lecture	Hartford Hospital/Neurology Grand Rounds	2015	Hartford Hospital, CT
“Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD)” Graduate Students Course: Molecular Mechanisms of Neurobiological Disorders (MEDS 5385), UCHC	Lecture	Dept of Neuroscience, Richard Mains, PhD	2015	UCHC
Central Dilemmas	Lecture	Neurology Grand Rounds	2014	Hartford Hospital, CT
“Optic Nerve Head Quandaries” Neurology Grand Rounds	Lecture	Hartford Hospital	2013	Hartford, Connecticut
“Primary Open Angle Glaucoma: Clinical and Research Aspects” Graduate Students Course: Molecular Mechanisms of Neurobiological Disorders (MEDS 5385), UCHC	Lecture	Graduate School, Richard Mains, PhD	2013	Dept Neuroscience Conf Rm, UCHC
“Biological Warfare in Neuro-Ophthalmology: Sarcoidosis and Devic’s Neuromyelitis Optica”: Neurology Grand Rounds	Lecture	Hartford Hospital	2012	Hartford, Connecticut
”Swollen Nerves: Under Pressure Yet?” Neurology Grand Rounds	Lecture	Hartford Hospital	2011	Hartford, Connecticut
”The World is Shaking and this Ain’t no Earthquake”, Neurology Grand Rounds	Lecture	Hartford Hospital	2010	Hartford, Connecticut
“When Up and Down Don’t Work: Think Tauopathy” Neurology Grand Rounds	Lecture	Hartford Hospital	2009	Hartford, Connecticut
“Acute Visual Loss – What a Pain” and ”Swollen Nerves: Under Pressure Yet?”	Lecture	Connecticut Optometric Association (COA)	2008	Farmington, Connecticut
“If He Can’t Read Maybe a Pet Will Help” Neurology Grand Rounds	Lecture	Hartford Hospital	2008	Hartford, Connecticut
“Neuronal Evidence for Individual Eye Control in the Primate cMRF”	Lecture	Education Centre, Charing Cross Hospital	2007	London, England
“Role of MRF in Head and Eye Control”	Lecture	Gordon conference on oculomotor physiology, Bates College	2007	Lewiston, Massachusetts
“Uveal Masquerades: Painful and Painless” Neurology Grand Rounds	Talk	Hartford Hospital	2007	Hartford, Connecticut
“Controlling the Horizontal and the Vertical. How the Brain Stem Gets it Straight” Neurology Grand Rounds	Lecture	Hartford Hospital	2006	Hartford, Connecticut
“Comparison of PPRF and MRF Burst Neurons in Eye Control”	Poster	Gordon conference on oculomotor physiology, Bates College	2005	Lewiston, Massachusetts
“Double Trouble” Neurology Grand Rounds	Lecture	Hartford Hospital	2005	Hartford, Connecticut
“The Pupil, When to Worry”	Lecture	New England Ophthalmological Society	2004	Boston, Massachusetts
“Post-Traumatic Visual Syndrome” Neurology Grand Rounds	Lecture	Hartford Hospital	2004	Hartford, Connecticut
“Diplopia for the General Ophthalmologist” Ophthalmology Grand Rounds	Lecture	The University of Connecticut Health Center	2004	Farmington, Connecticut
“Visual Problems in Multiple Sclerosis”	Lecture	Keynote Speaker, Multiple Sclerosis Society	2004	Marriott Hotel, Connecticut
“Advances in Neuro-Ophthalmology”	Lecture	University of Connecticut Health Center	2004	Farmington, Connecticut
“Post-Traumatic Visual Syndrome: Where’s the Locus or Just Hocus Pocus”	Lecture	Neuro-Psychology Society of Connecticut	2004	New Britain, Connecticut
“Different Shades of Color”	Lecture	Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians	2003	Southington, Connecticut
“Different Shades of Color”	Lecture	Cogan Eye Society	2003	Boston, Massachusetts
“Beyond Devic’s: Immune Mediated Optic Neuropathy”: Neurology Grand Rounds	Lecture	Hartford Hospital	2002	Hartford, Connecticut
“Stopping the Head Following Gaze Movements”	Lecture	American Neurological Association	2002	New York, New York
“The Contribution of the Superior Colliculus and the Mesencephalic Reticular Formation to Gaze Control”	Lecture	NY Academy of Sciences	2001	Cleveland, Ohio
Systemic Illness: Pseudotumor Cerebrii	Lecture	New England Council of Optometry	1998	Providence, Rhode Island
Functional Visual Loss	Lecture	New England Council of Optometry	1998	Providence, Rhode Island
"Midbrain Disorders of Eye Movements"	Lecture	North American Neuro-Ophthalmologic Society	1997	Keystone, Colorado
Pituitary Tumors: Neuro-Ophthalmologic Aspects	Lecture	The University of Connecticut Health Center	1996	Farmington, Connecticut
Pituitary Tumors, Neuro-Ophthalmologic Aspects	Lecture	University of Connecticut Health Center	1995	Farmington, Connecticut