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Office: 11290D PFPIowa City, IA 52242 Phone: +1 319 356 2260 Email: randy-kardon@uiowa.edu
BS, Pharmacology, University of Iowa, 1982MD, Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 1982PhD, Pharmacology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 1982Internship, Medicine, Gundersen Clinic & Lutheran Hospital, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 1983Residency, Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa, 1987Fellowship, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa, 1989
Primary: Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Pupillary Light Reflex, Multifocal ERG (MERG), Developing Mechanisms for Testing Visual Function, Nerve Fiber Analysis for Treatment of Optic Nerve Disorders and Retinal Disease, Traumatic Brain Injuries<br />
I am Director of Neuro-ophthalmology at The University of Iowa and have been an active clinician scientist for over 25 years. Additionally I am Director of the Iowa City VA Center for Prevention and Treatment of Vision Loss, funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, which organizes a group of over 20 scientists and clinicians towards studying and researching optic nerve and retinal disorders that have relevance to the military population, especially in relation to traumatic brain injury (TBI). I have expertise in the physiology of the MGC in humans and animals and most recently have funding and publications on using the pupil light reflex to measure the rod, cone and melanopsin mediated pupil responses in humans and animals. Recently, we have extended our measurements to recording the EMG and skin conductance in response to increasing intensities of red and blue light. Clinically, I also diagnose and work with patients and veterans with photophobia and headache following TBI. I have been collaborating with colleagues over the last few years on light mediated responses of the visual system. I also have a great deal of clinical expertise in photophobia and testing of visual function, including the pupil, to the application, besides my research and translational interests.