Professor of Neurology, Emory University
Neurology
Dr. Ronald J. Tusa, MD
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Ronald Tusa works in the field of Neurology. He studied medicine at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He over the years received 1 awards: "Atlanta Magazine: Top Doctors". Ronald J. Tusa is a published doctor and has 75 publications published. The lastest was: 'Computerized dynamic visual acuity test in the assessment of vestibular deficits.' Dr. Ronald J. Tusa accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Vestibular rehabilitation: rationale and indications.
- Efficacy of gaze stability exercises in older adults with dizziness.
- Oculomotor strategies and their effect on reducing gaze position error.
- The reliability of the Vestibular Autorotation Test (VAT) in patients with dizziness.
- Horizontal saccade disconjugacy in strabismic monkeys.
- Recovery of dynamic visual acuity in bilateral vestibular hypofunction.
- Bedside assessment of the dizzy patient.
- Conjugate adaptation of saccadic gain in non-human primates with strabismus.
- Optimizing the sensitivity of the head thrust test for identifying vestibular hypofunction.
- Latent Nystagmus: vestibular Nystagmus with a twist.
- Cervico-ocular reflex in normal subjects and patients with unilateral vestibular hypofunction.
- Role of the dorsolateral pontine nucleus in visual-vestibular behavior.
- Recovery of dynamic visual acuity in unilateral vestibular hypofunction.
- Postural vertigo and impaired vasoreflexes caused by a posterior inferior cerebellar Artery infarct.
- Vertical dynamic visual acuity in normal subjects and patients with vestibular hypofunction.
- Animal models for visual deprivation-induced strabismus and Nystagmus.
- Nystagmus during attacks of vestibular Migraine: an aid in diagnosis.
- Incomitance in monkeys with strabismus.
- Unnecessary diagnostic tests often obtained for benign paroxysmal positional Vertigo.
- Screening for vestibular disorders: a study of clinicians'' compliance with recommended practices.
- Practice parameter: therapies for benign paroxysmal positional Vertigo (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy...
- The challenges of managing vestibular disorders: a qualitative study of clinicians'' experiences associated with low referral rates for vestibular rehabilitation.
- The use of contact lenses to treat visually symptomatic congenital Nystagmus.
- The retinotopic organization of area 17 (striate cortex) in the cat.
- Retinotopic organization of areas 18 and 19 in the cat.
- The retinotopic organization of lateral suprasylvian visual areas in the cat.
- Spontaneous Nystagmus and gaze-holding ability in monkeys after intravitreal picrotoxin injections.
- Middle latency auditory evoked potentials in temporal lobe disorders.
- Early visual deprivation results in persistent strabismus and Nystagmus in monkeys.
- Ipsiversive eye deviation and epileptic Nystagmus.
- Saccadic eye movements. Supranuclear control.
- Cortical areas involved in horizontal OKN in cats: metabolic activity.
- Cortical areas involved in OKN and VOR in cats: cortical lesions.
- Fiber pathways of cortical areas mediating smooth pursuit eye movements in monkeys.
- Effects of occipital lobectomy upon eye movements in primate.
- Effect of unilateral Cerebral cortical lesions on ocular motor behavior in monkeys: saccades and quick phases.
- Disturbance of smooth pursuit caused by infarction of occipitoparietal cortex.
- The inferior longitudinal fasciculus: a reexamination in humans and monkeys.
- Effects of posttrial hippocampal stimulation on memory storage and EEG activity.
- Theta rhythm: a temporal correlate of memory storage processes in the rat.
- Metabolic mapping of functional activity in human subjects with the [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose technique.
- Retinotopic organization of areas 20 and 21 in the cat.
- Refractive error and axial length in a primate model of strabismus and congenital Nystagmus.
- Visual System abnormalities in adrenomyeloneuropathy.
- Dizziness in childhood.
- Longitudinal study of Brainstem auditory evoked responses in 87 normal human subjects.
- Prospective study of central Nervous system function in amateur boxers in the United States.
- Characteristics of postural stability in patients with aminoglycoside Toxicity.
- Neurophysiologic and clinical correlations of epileptic Nystagmus.
- Visual evoked potentials in adrenoleukodystrophy: a trial with glycerol trioleate and Lorenzo oil.
- Abnormal eye movements in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
- Single treatment approaches to benign paroxysmal positional Vertigo.
- Complications of the canalith repositioning procedure.
- Vestibular dysfunction in chronic inflammatory demyelinating Polyneuropathy.
- The contribution of the vertical semicircular canals to high-velocity horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) in normal subjects and patients with unilateral vestibul...
- Development of an inventory for dizziness and related factors.
- A double-blind controlled study of gabapentin and baclofen as treatment for acquired Nystagmus.
- Somatosensory evoked potentials in adrenomyeloNeuropathy.
- "Joubert Syndrome" revisited: key ocular motor signs with magnetic resonance imaging correlation.
- Computerized dynamic visual acuity test in the assessment of vestibular deficits.
- [Diagnosis and therapeutic options in benign paroxysmal positional Vertigo].
- The incidence and waveform characteristics of periodic alternating Nystagmus in congenital Nystagmus.
- Ocular and oculomotor signs in Joubert Syndrome.
- Oscillopsia and pseudoNystagmus in kidney transplant patients.
- Nystagmus: diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
- The effect of the canalith repositioning maneuver on resolving postural instability in patients with benign paroxysmal positional Vertigo.
- Falls in patients with vestibular deficits.
- Assessment: vestibular testing techniques in adults and children: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.
- Gaze-stabilizing deficits and latent Nystagmus in monkeys with brief, early-onset visual deprivation: eye movement recordings.
- Gaze-stabilizing deficits and latent Nystagmus in monkeys with early-onset visual deprivation: role of the pretectal not.
- Perverted head-shaking Nystagmus: a possible mechanism.
- Role of central preprogramming in dynamic visual acuity with vestibular loss.
- Strategies for balance rehabilitation: fall risk and treatment.
- Functional measure of gaze stability in patients with vestibular hypofunction.
Schools
University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine
University Penn Presby
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- EEG (Electroencephalogram)
Conditions Treated
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Ataxia
- Bell's Palsy
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Atlanta Magazine: Top Doctors
Education
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Johns Hopkins University -
University of Pennsylvania -
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Hospital
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Emory University Hospital -
Emory University Hospital Midtown
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1770529596 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | TUSA |
| First Name Of The Provider | RONALD |
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