Michael Wall, MD

Specialty: Neurology and Neuro-Ophthalmology

Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology

Campus Address

2149 RCP
(319) 356-2869 or (319) 356-8758

Education

• BS (Biology), Tulane University
• MD, Tulane University

Post Graduate Education

• Internship (Internal Medicine), Tulane University
• Residency (Neurology), Washington University
• Fellowship (Neuro-Ophthalmology), Harvard Medical School

Certification

• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology)

Professional Affiliations

• American Academy of Neurology - Fellow
• North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society
• American Society of Neurologic Investigation
• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• Society for Neuroscience
• Imaging and Perimetry Society
• Central Society for Neurological Research
• American Neurological Association

Research Interest

• Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: etiology and Treatment
• Mechanisms of perimetric variability
• Sensory visual system information processing with emphasis on the application of visual physiology and neural networks to development of new clinical visual tests.

Current Projects

• Studies of perimetric variability in in glaucoma, optic neuritis and idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
• Development of motion perimetry and eye movement motion perimetry.
• Early detection of visual field loss in glaucoma and idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
• Treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri)