Urgency or Emergency: Cranial Nerve Palsies
Course Description
How do you manage a new onset strabismus that walks into your office? What are the associated signs and symptoms to look for? What are your differentials? Do you call their primary care provider or an ambulance? This course will review urgent and emergent causes of 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th cranial nerve palsies as well as their differentials and management.
Instructor Bio
Dr. Tamara Petrosyan
Courses Details
Course Duration
30 Days
Continuing Education Credits
02 hours
Course Price
$30
Course Description
How do you manage a new onset strabismus that walks into your office? What are the associated signs and symptoms to look for? What are your differentials? Do you call their primary care provider or an ambulance? This course will review urgent and emergent causes of 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th cranial nerve palsies as well as their differentials and management.
Bio
Dr. Tamara Petrosyan is an associate clinical professor at SUNY College of Optometry and East New York Diagnostic and Treatment Center. She works with interns, externs and residents in the primary care, pediatrics, vision therapy and ocular disease clinics. Dr. Petrosyan has developed and published more than a dozen workbooks used for vision therapy, head trauma rehabilitation and perceptual therapy. She is the recipient of the 2009 William Feinbloom Low Vision Award, 2013 NJSOP Chairperson of the Year Award, 2014 NJSOP Young OD of the Year Award, 2015 American Optometric Association Young OD of the Year Award and the 2015 NJSOP Optometric Journalism Award.