Professor of Neurology, Population Health and Ophthalmology; Vice Chair, Neurology, NYU School of Medicine
Neurology
Dr. Laura J. Balcer, MD
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Dr. Laura J. Balcer is an expert in the field of Neurology. She attended Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is a top medical university. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is ranked 3 in research and 29 in primary care medicine She over the years received 5 awards: "Top Doctors: New York Metro Area", "America's Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Philadelphia Magazine" and "Super Doctor". Laura J. Balcer, MD has written publications. She has 94 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Objectifying eye movements during rapid number naming: Methodology for assessment of normative data for the King-Devick test.' She is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Objectifying eye movements during rapid number naming: Methodology for assessment of normative data for the King-Devick test.
- Ocular motor assessment in Concussion: Current status and future directions.
- Current concepts in Pseudotumor cerebri.
- Optical coherence tomography reflects Brain atrophy in MS: A four year study.
- Diagnostic tests for Concussion: is vision part of the puzzle?
- Adding Vision to Concussion Testing: A Prospective Study of Sideline Testing in Youth and Collegiate Athletes.
- Orbital compartment Syndrome after head trauma - Authors' reply.
- Analysis of the treatment of neuromyelitis Optica.
- The King-Devick test for sideline Concussion screening in collegiate football.
- Abnormal Visual Contrast Acuity in Parkinson's Disease.
- Vision in a Phase 3 Trial of Natalizumab for Multiple Sclerosis: Relation to Disability and Quality of Life.
- Retinal Damage and Vision Loss in African-American Multiple Sclerosis Patients.
- Vision and vision-related outcome measures in Multiple sclerosis.
- The neuro-ophthalmology of head Trauma.
- Re-evaluating the treatment of acute Optic neuritis.
- Clinical trials to clinical use: using vision as a model for Multiple sclerosis and beyond.
- The latest on Optical coherence tomography.
- The King-Devick (K-D) test of rapid eye movements: A bedside correlate of disability and quality of life in MS.
- Defining the clinical course of Multiple sclerosis: The 2013 revisions.
- Pegylated interferon beta-1a for relapsing-remitting Multiple sclerosis (ADVANCE): a randomised, phase 3, double-blind study.
- Retinal architecture and mfERG: Optic nerve head component response characteristics in MS.
- Gender as a Disease modifier in neurofibromatosis type 1 optic pathway glioma.
- Association of Race/Ethnicity With Visual Outcomes Following Acute Optic Neuritis: An Analysis of the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial.
- The King-Devick test as a Concussion screening tool administered by sports parents.
- Slowing of number naming speed by King-Devick Test in Parkinson's Disease.
- Analysis of the visual system in Friedreich Ataxia.
- Baseline Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Macular Volume Quantified by OCT in the North American Phase 3 Fingolimod Trial for Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Scler...
- OCT and NMO: Are There Methods to Our Madness?
- Sports-related Concussion: Anonymous survey of a collegiate cohort.
- All choked up about the pseudotumor cerebri Syndrome.
- Optic nerve head component responses of the multifocal electroretinogram in MS.
- Isolated Third, Fourth, and Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsies from Presumed Microvascular versus Other Causes: A Prospective Study.
- Monocular and binocular low-contrast visual acuity and optical coherence tomography in pediatric Multiple sclerosis.
- In vivo identification of morphologic retinal abnormalities in neuromyelitis Optica.
- In Reply: The King-Devick test and sports-related Concussion: Study of a rapid visual screening tool in a collegiate cohort.
- Alemtuzumab improves contrast sensitivity in patients with relapsing-remitting Multiple sclerosis.
- Saccades and memory: Baseline associations of the King-Devick and SCAT2 SAC tests in professional ice hockey players.
- Interferon beta use and disability prevention in relapsing-remitting Multiple sclerosis.
- Orbital congestion complicating treatment of Cerebral vascular anomalies.
- Active MS is associated with accelerated retinal ganglion cell/inner plexiform layer thinning.
- Multifocal visual evoked potentials are influenced by variable contrast stimulation in MS.
- Sports-Related Concussion Testing.
- Optic Nerve Biopsy in the Management of Progressive Optic Neuropathy.
- Visual outcomes in children with neurofibromatosis type 1-associated Optic pathway glioma following chemotherapy: a multicenter retrospective analysis.
- Low-contrast acuity measures visual improvement in phase 3 trial of natalizumab in relapsing MS.
- Cross-sectional evaluation of clinical neuro-ophthalmic abnormalities in an amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis population.
- Vision in Multiple sclerosis: the story, structure-function correlations, and models for neuroprotection.
- Pediatric optic neuritis and risk of Multiple sclerosis: Meta-analysis of observational studies.
- Retinal Ganglion Cell Layer Volumetric Assessment by Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in Multiple Sclerosis: Application of a High-Precision Manual Estimat...
- One Eye or Two: A Comparison of Binocular and Monocular Low-Contrast Acuity Testing in Multiple Sclerosis.
- Idiopathic intraCranial hypertension in children: visual outcome and risk of recurrence.
- Pupil-involving third nerve palsy as a manifestation of anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein Neuropathy.
- Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in children with Optic pathway gliomas.
- Optical coherence tomography (OCT): imaging the visual pathway as a model for neurodegeneration.
- The impact of utilizing different optical coherence tomography devices for clinical purposes and in Multiple sclerosis trials.
- Combined optic Neuropathy and myelopathy secondary to copper deficiency.
- Longitudinal study of vision and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in Multiple sclerosis.
- Evaluating loss of visual function in Multiple sclerosis as measured by low-contrast letter acuity.
- Measuring the rate of progression in Friedreich Ataxia: implications for clinical trial design.
- Education research: a new system for reducing patient nonattendance in residents' clinic.
- Approach to Optic neuropathies: clinical update.
- Macular volume determined by optical coherence tomography as a measure of neuronal loss in Multiple sclerosis.
- Functional visual loss in idiopathic intraCranial hypertension.
- Damage to the optic radiation in multiple sclerosis is associated with retinal Injury and visual disability.
- Pediatric optic neuritis: Brain MRI abnormalities and risk of multiple sclerosis.
- Reproducibility of optical coherence tomography in Multiple sclerosis.
- Retinal imaging by laser polarimetry and optical coherence tomography evidence of axonal degeneration in Multiple sclerosis.
- Tension pneumocephalus after endoscopic sinus surgery: case report of repair and management in absence of obvious skull base defect.
- Seizure-free outcome in randomized add-on trials of the new antiepileptic drugs.
- Profiles of obesity, weight gain, and quality of life in idiopathic intraCranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri).
- Multiple sclerosis and the ophthalmologist.
- Validation and test characteristics of a 10-item neuro-ophthalmic supplement to the NEI-VFQ-25.
- Fear sensitivity and the psychological profile of patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
- Predictors of future publication record and academic rank in a cohort of neurology residents.
- Occult thyroid eye Disease in patients with unexplained ocular misalignment identified by standardized orbital echography.
- Clinical practice. Optic neuritis.
- Relation of visual function to retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in Multiple sclerosis.
- The 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Miami, Florida, April 9-16, 2005.
- Performance measures in Friedreich Ataxia: potential utility as clinical outcome tools.
- The 56th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, San Francisco, California, April 24-30, 2004.
- Endocrine and metabolic deficiency.
- Giant Cell Arteritis.
- Laser pointer visual field screening.
- Pituitary apoplexy causing optic neuropathy and horner Syndrome without ophthalmoplegia.
- Lack of effect of polymorphisms in dopamine metabolism related genes on imaging of TRODAT-1 in striatum of asymptomatic volunteers and patients with Parkinson's Disease.
- The role of unilateral temporal Artery biopsy.
- 54th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Denver, Colorado, April 13-20, 2002.
- Contrast letter acuity as a measure of visual dysfunction in patients with Friedreich Ataxia.
- Self-reported visual dysfunction in Multiple sclerosis: new data from the VFQ-25 and development of an MS-specific vision questionnaire.
- Friedreich Ataxia: effects of genetic understanding on clinical evaluation and therapy.
- Near infrared muscle spectroscopy in patients with Friedreich's Ataxia.
- Treatment of acute demyelinating Optic neuritis.
- Optic Neuritis.
Schools
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
University Of Pa Health System
Procedures Preformed
- EMG (Electromyography)
Conditions Treated
- Ataxia
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Injury
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Top Doctors: New York Metro Area
- America's Top Doctors
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Philadelphia Magazine
- Super Doctor
Education
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University of Pennsylvania Health System -
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -
NYU Langone Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1902838121 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | BALCER | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | LAURA | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 19104 | |
| NPPES Provider State | PA | |
| Specialty Description | Neurology | |
| Total Claim Count | 23.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1902838121 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | BALCER |
| First Name Of The Provider | LAURA |
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