Laura Joan Balcer, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Adjunct Professor of Neurology
Department: Neurology
Contact information
NYU Langone Medical Center
240 E. 38th Street, 20th Floor ACC
New York, NY 10016
240 E. 38th Street, 20th Floor ACC
New York, NY 10016
Office: 646-501-7681
Fax: 212-263-7721
Fax: 212-263-7721
Email:
laura.balcer@nyumc.org
laura.balcer@nyumc.org
Education:
Diploma
Dulaney High School, 1983.
B.S. (Biology)
College of William and Mary, 1987.
M.D. (Medicine)
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1991.
M.S.C.E. (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2000.
Permanent linkDiploma
Dulaney High School, 1983.
B.S. (Biology)
College of William and Mary, 1987.
M.D. (Medicine)
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1991.
M.S.C.E. (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2000.
Selected Publications
Ventura RE, Galetta SL, Balcer LJ: The neuro-ophthalmology of head trauma. Lancet Neurol 13: 1006-1013, 2014.Balcer LJ, Galetta SL: OCT and NMO: are there methods to our madness? J Neuro-Ophthalmol 33: 209-12, 2013.
Fisher M.J., Loguidice M., Gutman D.H., Listernick R., Ferner R.E., Ullrich N.J., Packer R.J., Tabori U., Hoffman R.O., Ardern-Holmes S.L., Hummel T.R., Hargrave D.R., Bouffet E., Charrow J., Bilaniuk L.T., Balcer L.J., Liu G.T. : Visual outcomes in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 - associated optic pathway glioma following chemotherapy: a multicenter retrospective analysis. Neuro-Oncology 14: 790-797, 2012.
Balcer L.J., Galetta S.L., Polman C.H., Eggenberger E., Calabresi P.A., Zhang A., Scanlon J.V., Hyde R. : Low-contrast acuity measures visual improvement in phase 3 trial of natalizumab in relapsing MS. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 318: 119-124, 2012.
Moss H.E., McCluskey L., Elman L., Hoskins K., Talman L., Grossman M., Balcer L.J., Galetta S.L., Liu G.T. : Cross-sectional evaluation of clinical neuro-ophthalmic abnormalities in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis population. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 314: 97-101, 2012.
Davies E.C., Henderson S., Balcer L.J., Galetta S.L.: The King-Devick test and sleep deprivation: study in pre- and post-call neurology residents. Neurology 78: e103-106, 2012.
Galetta K.M., Graves J., Talman L.S., Lile D.J., Frohman E.M., Calabresi P.A., Galetta S.L., Balcer L.J.: Visual pathway axonal loss in benign multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal study. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology 32: 116-123, 2012.
Walter S.D., Ishikawa H., Galetta K.M., Sakai R.E., Feller D.J., Wilson J.A., Maguire M.G., Galetta S.L., Frohman E.M., Calabresi P.A., Schuman J.S., Balcer L.J.: Ganglion cell loss in relation to visual disability in multiple sclerosis. Ophthalmology 119: 1250-1257, 2012.
Seigo M.A., Sotirchos E.S., Newsome S., Babiarz A., Eckstein C., Ford E., Oakley J.D., Syc S.B., Frohman T.C., Ratchford J.N., Balcer L.J., Frohman E.M., Calabresi P.A., Saidha S.: In vivo assessment of retinal neuronal layers in multiple sclerosis with manual and automated optical coherence tomography segmentation techniques. Journal of Neurology 2012.
Levin M.H., Ney J.J., Venneti S., Moster M.L., Balcer L.J., Volpe N.J., Gausas R.E., Liu G.T., Vagefi M.R., Galetta S.L.: Optic nerve biopsy in the management of progressive optic neuropathy. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology 2012.