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Professional
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
As a UCSF faculty member since 1958, Dr. Hoyt has developed a world-
renowned unit in the field of neuro-ophthalmology at UCSF. He was
among the first west coast ophthalmologists to investigate visual
problems in neurologic disease. Dr. Hoyt is recognized as a scholar,
a teacher, and a neuro-ophthalmologic consultant.
Dr. Hoyt worked closely with Frank Walsh, MD, founder of the specialty
of neuro-ophthalmology, and was co-author, with Dr. Walsh, of a three-volume
compendium, Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology. He has authored nearly 300
scientific papers and The Ocular Fundus in Neurologic Disease. |
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World
Renowned Professor.
Dr. Hoyt has probably trained more neuro-ophthalmology specialists
than anyone else in the world, and many of his former students hold
important positions throughout the U.S., Latin America, Europe and
Asia. His students include Neil Miller, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology
at the Johns Hopkins University, and current editor of Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology.
Michael Sanders, MD, is Professor of Ophthalmology in Queen Square,
London; Lars Frisén, MD, is Professor of Ophthalmology at Gothenberg,
Sweden; Guntram Kommerell, MD, is Professor of Ophthalmology in Freiberg,
Germany; and Rafael Muci-Mendoza, MD, is Professor of Medicine in
Caracas, Venezuela.
In 1995, Nobel Laureate David H. Hubel, MD, Professor of Neurobiology
at Harvard Medical School, was the keynote speaker at a Festschrift
recognizing Dr. Hoyt's contributions to neuro-ophthalmology. This
scientific meeting featured specialists from around the world, most
of whom were trained by Dr. Hoyt, speaking on cutting-edge developments
in clinical neuro-ophthalmology. Dr. Hoyt was also honored with scientific
programs at the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society and the
Royal College of Medicine in London, England, and with an honorary
degree in medicine from the Karolinska in Stockholm, Sweden. |
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