Grand Rounds – Giant Cell Arteritis: A Neuro-Ophthalmologist’s Perspective

Giant Cell Arteritis: A Neuro-Ophthalmologist’s Perspective

M. Tariq Bhatti, MD

Chief, Neuro-Ophthalmology Service
Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery
Duke University Medical Center and Duke Eye Center

Objectives:

1. Describe the clinical manifestations of giant cell arteritis.
2. Provide a practical decision-making algorithm for performing a temporal artery biopsy.
3. Review the treatment of visual loss due to giant cell arteritis.

Location: 321 MacNider

Thursday, October 18, 2017, 8:00 AM

Sponsored by the School of Medicine of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.