University of Toronto Neurology Grand Rounds: Dr. Sashank Prasad

Speaker: Sashank Prasad, MD
Chief, Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Program Director, Harvard Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital Neurology Residency Program
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Neurology

Topic: The History, and Mystery, of Higher Cortical Visual Disorders

Learning Objectives:
1. Gain familiarity with the neuroscientific understanding of higher visual processing.
2. Gain familiarity with the diagnosis and localization of disorders of visual processing.
3. Gain familiarity with the management of disorders of visual processing.

This lecture will review important neurological disorders of higher visual processing.  In these patients, routine evaluations of visual function may not readily yield a diagnosis; it is important to recognize when to conduct a refined examination of visual functions in order to correctly localize and identify the problem.  

There rounds are generously supported by the Krembil Family Chair in Neurology, Mrs. Alix and Mr. Jim Arnett and through formal partnership with the Division of Neurology by Alexion, Biogen, Bristol Myers Squibb, EMD Serono, Grifols, Novartis, Paladin, Pendopharm, Roche, Sanofi Genzyme, and Teva.