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Michael Brodsky, MD

Pediatrics
Participates in 8 items

Dr. Brodsky is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, and holds an endowed chair as the Knights Templar Research Professor of Ophthalmology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota.  Following residency, he had fellowship training in both Neuro-Ophthalmology (William F. Hoyt at UCSF) and Pediatric Ophthalmology (Edward G. Buckley, Duke University).  Early in Dr. Brodsky's career, he was the principal investigator for the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial and the Longitudinal Optic Neuritis Study which were a multicenter studies funded by the National Eye Institute. 

He has published over 270 articles, with clinical clinical interests that center around the diagnosis and management of neuro-ophthalmologic disorders in children. He has published a definitive 800 page textbook on this condition (Brodsky MC: Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology.  3rd edition, Springer, New York  2016), edited another textbook on Pediatric Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, and Genetics (Springer, 2010).  

For the past 25 years, Dr. Brodsky's research work has also been dedicated to defining the neuroanatomical substrates and physiologic mechanisms of different forms of strabismus in children, identifying the subcortical circuitry that gives rise to common pediatric forms of strabismus and nystagmus. These studies have been summarized in a recent a compendium of essays entitled Evolutionary Mechanisms of Infantile Strabismus and Nystagmus, Springer, New York, 2021.   

 

Financial disclosure: Dr. Brodsky has/had no affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization. 


 

Sessions in which Michael Brodsky, MD participates

Saturday 17 June, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:00 AM
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 2 hours
Current Concepts

 Learning Objectives:At the end of this session, participants will be able to:Elucidate the cause and mechanism of DVD.Identity indications of Light adjustable lensXX

8:40 AM
8:44 AM - 8:54 AM | 10 minutes
Keynote SpeakerPaediatric Ophthalmology
10:45 AM
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
Paediatric Ophthalmology

 Learning ObjectivesAt the end of this session, participants will be able to:Understand what is meant by cortical visual impairment Appreciate the impact of visual impairment on mental healthBe able to assess the needs of a child with visual impairment CanMEDS Roles: Medical ...

1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
Paediatric Ophthalmology

 Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: Describe Choroidal findings in premature babies with ROP  Describe the recent recommendations in paediatric CMV screeningDescribe the findings in opti...

2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM | 20 minutes
Keynote SpeakerPaediatric Ophthalmology

Michael Brodsky, MD

Keynote speaker
3:45 PM
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
Paediatric Ophthalmology

 Learning ObjectivesAt the end of this session, participants will be able to:Understand the pre and post-natal screening of retinoblastoma  Learn the accuracy of IOL calculation formulas in Children 

3:48 PM - 4:08 PM | 20 minutes
Keynote SpeakerPaediatric Ophthalmology

Michael Brodsky, MD

Keynote speaker