{"id":2371,"date":"2008-06-09T18:35:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-09T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/for-patients\/clinical-specialties\/neuro-ophthalmology\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T17:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T21:06:16","slug":"neuro-ophthalmology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/for-patients\/clinical-specialties\/neuro-ophthalmology\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuro-Ophthalmology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-xs-3 col-sm-3 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-xs-4 col-sm-4 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2024\/01\/Gabriella-Szatsmary-scaled-e1705687924123.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8918 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2024\/01\/Gabriella-Szatsmary-scaled-e1705622288692-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Gabriella Szatm\u00e1ry, MD, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-xs-4 col-sm-4 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/directory\/christopher-morais-md\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2024\/11\/Chris-Morais-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Christopher Morais, MD<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-xs-3 col-sm-3 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>UNC&#8217;s Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology provides evaluation and treatment of patients presenting with eye misalignments\/strabismus, double vision, Graves\u2019 disease\/thyroid eye disease, facial dystonias (blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm) and other orbital diseases.\u00a0 This service is also actively involved in research studies aimed at identifying patients with Graves\u2019 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. This division works closely with other specialty areas at UNC School of Medicine on cross-disciplinary patient cases.<\/p>\n<p>Professor of Ophthalmology <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/directory\/gabriella-szatmary-md-phd\/\"><strong>Gabriella Szatm\u00e1ry, MD, PhD,<\/strong><\/a> and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/directory\/christopher-morais-md\/\">Christopher Morais, MD<\/a><\/strong>, offer evaluation, optic nerve imaging and treatment of patients presenting with optic nerve disease, acquired binocular diplopia, and other neuro-ophthalmic-related conditions. Call <strong>984-974-2020\u00a0<\/strong>to make an appointment with either of our highly trained neuro-ophthalmologists at UNC Kittner Eye Center in Chapel Hill, NC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2025\/02\/AAO-Optic-Nerve-300x297.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2025\/02\/AAO-Optic-Nerve-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2025\/02\/AAO-Optic-Nerve-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2025\/02\/AAO-Optic-Nerve.png 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Optic neuritis, or the swelling of the eye&#8217;s optic nerve, is an ocular condition treated by neuro-ophthalmologists. 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