Dean M. Cestari, M D

Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School

Specialty Area

Neuro-Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus

Address

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

MEEI

Tel: 617 573-3412
Office hours: M through F 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Clinical Background

Medical School

Tel Aviv University/Sackler School of Medicine

Residency

Neurology Residency, NY Presbyterian/Cornell University College of Medicine
Ophthalmology Residency, NY Presbyterian/Cornell University College of Medicine

Fellowship

Neuro-ophthalmology Fellowship, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School

Board Certification

Board certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Ophthalmology and American Academy of Neurology.

Clinical Interests

Diseases of the optic nerve, pseudotumor cerebri, adult strabismus

Research Interests

Dr. Cestari is interested in developing an animal model for ischemic and traumatic optic neuropathy. His goal is to better understand factors that affect blood supply to the optic nerve in order to develop and test new treatments for ischemic, traumatic and compressive optic neuropathies.

Selected Publications

Please see below.

Cestari DM, Weine DM, Panageas KS, Segal AZ, DeAngelis, LM. Stroke in patients with cancer: incidence and etiology. Neurology. 2004 Jun 8;62(11):2025-30

Cestari DM and Rizzo JF 3rd The neuro-ophthalmic manifestations and treatment options of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2004 Winter;44(1):169-87

Cestari DM and Rizzo JF 3rd. Intracranial hypertension following epidural blood patch. Neurology. 2003 Nov 11;61(9):1303

Pickel VM., Van Bockstaele EJ, Chan J, and Cestari DM. GABA-ergic neurons in rat nuclei of solitary tracts receive inhibitory synapses from amygdaloid efferents lacking detectable GABA-immunoreactivity. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 44:446-458, 1996

For additional publications, please see the complete CV (click).

Publications

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