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Maja Kostic, MD, PhD


Gabriella Szatmáry, MD, PhD

The UNC Neuro-Ophthalmology service provides evaluation and treatment of patients presenting with eye misalignments/strabismus, double vision, Graves’ disease/thyroid eye disease, facial dystonias (blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm) and other orbital diseases.  This service is also actively involved in research studies aimed at identifying patients with Graves’ disease who may have a higher risk of future development of severe eye problems and who may therefore benefit from earlier treatment aimed at prevention of such complications.

The Department’s Neuro-Ophthalmology Division Director, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Maja Kostic, MD, PhD, is joined by Professor of Ophthalmology Gabriella Szatmáry, MD, PhD, as the department’s fellowship-trained neuro-ophthalmologists. This division works closely with other specialty areas at UNC School of Medicine on cross-disciplinary patient cases.