Elena Markovic, MD
Specialty: Neuro-Ophthalmology
Years in Practice: 20+
Clinical Overview
Dr. Elena Markovic is a specialist in neuro-ophthalmology, focusing on visual problems related to the nervous system. She provides consultation, diagnosis, and medical management for complex conditions affecting the optic nerve, brain, and eye movement pathways. She frequently evaluates cases referred by neurologists, general ophthalmologists, and primary care physicians.
Areas of Expertise
- Optic Nerve Disorders: Diagnosis and management of optic neuritis, ischemic optic neuropathy, papilledema, and optic atrophy.
- Efferent Visual Pathway Disorders: Treatment of diplopia (double vision), cranial nerve palsies, nystagmus, and other ocular motility or alignment issues.
- Afferent Visual Pathway Disorders: Evaluation of unexplained vision loss and visual field defects secondary to strokes, brain tumors, or aneurysms.
- Systemic & Autoimmune Neurologic Conditions: Management of the visual manifestations of multiple sclerosis (MS), myasthenia gravis, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and thyroid eye disease.
- Pupillary Abnormalities: Assessment of unequal pupil sizes (anisocoria) and abnormal light reactivity.
Diagnostic Modalities
- Comprehensive neuro-ophthalmologic examinations.
- Interpretation of neuro-imaging (MRI and CT of the brain and orbits).
- Advanced ocular imaging analysis, including Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) of the macula and optic nerve head.
- Automated perimetry (visual field testing).