Overview
1. Pediatric and adult optic neuropathies
2. Optic nerve imaging (mainly optical coherence tomography)
3. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
4. Optic neuritis
2. Optic nerve imaging (mainly optical coherence tomography)
3. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
4. Optic neuritis
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Ophthalmology
·
2025 - Present
Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology,
Ophthalmology
Recent Scholarly Works
Preterm Infant Stress During Noncontact Handheld Optical Coherence Tomography and Contact Fundus Photography.
Journal article JAMA Ophthalmol · July 1, 2026 IMPORTANCE: Limiting the stress of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) assessments may be beneficial for preterm infants. OBJECTIVE: To compare stress in preterm infants from noncontact optical coherence tomography (OCT) vs contact fundus photography during R ... Full text Link to item CitePediatric Optic Neuritis: An Update on Diagnosis and Management.
Journal article Neurol Clin · May 2026 Pediatric optic neuritis (PON) is a potentially vision-threatening inflammatory/demyelinating condition with distinct clinical, radiologic, and immunologic profiles compared to adult cases. This review outlines the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diag ... Full text Link to item CiteVisual Outcomes of Plasma Exchange for Acute Optic Neuritis: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Journal article Ophthalmology · May 2026 PURPOSE: To review the published literature on the visual outcomes and the efficacy and safety of plasma exchange (PLEX) for the treatment of acute optic neuritis (ON). METHODS: Literature searches without date restrictions and limited to studies published ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
A phase 3, randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled, efficacy, safety, and tolerability study of VRDN-003 in participants with active thyroid eye disease (TED)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Viridian Therapeutics · 2025 - 2030PROSPECTIVE PEDIATRIC PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI SYNDROME STUDY (PPTS)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · 2024 - 2026Ultracompact Hand-held Swept-Source Hand-Held Optical Coherence Tomography (SS-HH-OCT) as a Novel Diagnostic Modality for Early-Onset Retinal Dystrophies (EORDs)
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc · 2023 - 2026View All Grants
Education
American University of Beirut (Lebanon) ·
2001
M.D.