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Dean M. Cestari, M.D.

Specialties: Strabismus Service
Neuro-Ophthalmology
Strabismus, Adult
Phone Number: 617-573-3412
Fax: 617-573-3851
Location: 243 Charles Street
Boston, MA 02114
Office Hours: Mon. - Fri. 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Board Certification: Psychiatry and Neurology, Ophthalmology
Medical School Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine
Residency New York Presbyterian, Cornell University College of Medicine (Neurology, Ophthalmology)
Fellowship Harvard Medical School, Mass. Eye and Ear (Neuro-Ophthalmology)
Teaching Affiliation Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Biographical Profile:

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

See Dr. Cestari's CV and 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

Publications

A complete list of research publications can be seen at www.pubmed.gov . Type the physician's name at the top, where it says 'for' and the physician's research publications will appear.

Page updated August 4, 2009

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