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Veeral Shah, MD, PhDThe Veeral Shah Collection contains information and visual descriptions of a variety of pediatric optic nerve disorders.

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Pediatric Optic Nerve Disorders

  1. Congenital or Developmental Anomalies
    1. Megalopapila
    2. Optic nerve Aplasia
    3. Optic nerve Hypoplasia
    4. Optic nerve Pit
    5. Optic nerve coloboma ( combination iris, retina, and nerve)
    6. Optic AVM
    7. Optic nerve Melancytoma
    8. Anomalous optic nerve
    9. Psuedopapilledma
    10. Myelinated fiber at optic nerve
    11. Congenital Atrophy
  2. Neuro- inflammatiom
    1. CNS vasculitis – optic nerve NVD
    2. Neuroretintis ( 6 type with different etiologies)
    3. Panuveitis
    4. Optic neuritis – NMO, Ant-MOG, ADEM
    5. CRION
  3. Pediatric Ocular dysmotility (Didactic and videos)
    1. Nystagmus
      1. Infantile Nystagmus
        1. Anomalous head position
        2. Fusion Maldevelopment
        3. Surgical Correction
      2. Spasmus nutans
        1. 1.1 Classic Triad
        2. 1.2 Spasmus nutans Syndrome
      3. Genetic/Retinal Degeneration
        1. Ocular Albinism
        2. Retinal Dystrophy/ Mitochondrial defects
      4. Torsional Nystagmus
      5. Disassociated or Dysconjugate Nystagmus
      6. Vestibular Nystagmus
      7. Voluntary Nystagmus
      8. Brun’s Nystagmus
      9. Vertical Nystagmus
        1. Upbeat nystagmus
        2. Downbeat nystagmus
        3. Seesaw nystagmus
        4. Thiamine deficiency
    2. Nystagmoid Eye Movements
      1. Ocular dysmetria
        1. Opsoclonus Myoclonus – Didactic
          1. Etiologies
            1. 1.1 Neuroblastoma
            2. 1.2 Inflammatory condition
            3. 1.3 Optic nerve Hypoplasia
        2. Ocular Flutter
        3. Ocular dysmetria
          1. Saccadic intrusions
        4. Ocular Bruits
    3. Ocular dysmotility/ ophthalmoplegia conditions
      1. Ocular myasthenia gravis
        1. Congenital MG
      2. CPEO – Chronic Progressive Ophthalmoplegia
        1. 1.1
        2. 1.2
      3. Congenital orbital fibrosis
      4. Infantile Orbital Fibromatosis
  4. Strabismus
    1. Third nerve palsy – Transpositions Surgery
    2. bilateral 4th nerve palsies – Surgery
    3. Duane’s
    4. Cranial disinnervation
  5. Hereditary Optic neuropathy
    1. LHON – telangiectasia
    2. DOA
    3. DIMOAD
    4. Cone-rod Dystrophy / with temporal optic nerve pallor/ eye movements
    5. Macular dystrophy
  6. Genetic/Developmental disorders
    1. Craniofacial disorders – Optic nerve involvement
    2. Fibrous dysplasia / MccCune Albright
    3. Giant Cell Axonal Mutuation
    4. Syndromic craniofacial
  7. Oncology
    1. Leukemic infiltration- optic nerve
    2. Tubersclerosis complex (TSC)
    3. Retinoblastoma
    4. Coats’ disease
    5. Infantile Fibromatosis
    6. Clinic scenarios: Imaging/Ocular exam /fields/OCT. Photos:
    7. Craniopharyngioma
    8. germinoma
    9. LCH
    10. PNET
    11. Pilocytic astrocytoma
    12. Pilomyoxid
    13. Malignant nerve sheath tumor
    14. Medulloblstoma ( posterior fossa syndrome
    15. GBM
    16. NF-1 optic glioma vs sporatic glioma
    17. Horner’s Syndrome

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Biography

Veeral Shah, MD, PhDDr. Veeral Shah earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his Medical degree and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Eye and Ear Institute. He completed two ophthalmology fellowships in Neuro-Ophthalmology at University of Miami/Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute in Florida, and a Pediatric-Ophthalmology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. He has practiced 5 years at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, and MD Anderson prior to joining Cincinnati Children’s Hospital/ University of Cincinnati in 2020.

Curriculum Vitae

Present affiliation

  • Pediatric and Adult Neuro-Ophthalmology,
  • Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology Baylor College of Medicine

 

Prior affiliations

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Texas Children’s Hospital ( 2014-2019)
  • Assistant Professor, Depart of Ophthalmology, MD Anderson Hospital, Houston, Texas
  • Assistant Professor, Depart of Ophthalmology, Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas

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Veeral Shah, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute/ Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology