CHP Pediatric Grand Rounds - Kanwal Nischal, MD

Visual Surveillance in Craniosynostosis - Is Ophthalmoscopy Enough?

8am - 9am

3rd Floor Rangos Conference Room

Kanwal Nischal, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology

University of Pittsburgh

Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology,

Strabismus and Adult Motility

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

Craniosynostoses are the premature closure of cranial sutures; traditionally, ophthalmoscopy has been the standard of care for papilledmema, but new evidence suggests that this is inadequate.