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Cinthi Pillai, MD

  • Specialties: Neurology, Neuro-Ophthalmology
  • Language: English
  • Phone: 212-263-7744
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About Me

Conditions and Treatments

double vision, optic neuritis, optic neuropathy, giant cell arteritis, fourth nerve palsy, thyroid eye disease, meningioma, trigeminal neuralgia, blepharospasm, temporary vision loss, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, neuromyelitis optica, Optic nerve oedema, third nerve palsy, sixth nerve palsy, Unexplained visual loss, brain injury, compression injury of nerve, hemifacial spasm, pseudotumor cerebri, pituitary adenoma
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Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Double Vision in Adults, Brain Tumors in Adults, Meningioma, Spinal Cord Tumors in Adults, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Adults, Peripheral Neuropathy in Adults, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in Adults, Ulnar Nerve Compression in Adults, Trigeminal Neuralgia in Adults, Concussion , Stroke in Adults, Pituitary Tumors

Credentials

Positions
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Education and Training
  • Fellowship, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2016
  • Residency, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Neurology, 2015
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New York, NY 10017

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Research Interests Timeline

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Clinical Trials and Research Studies

  • A Multicenter Partially-Masked Randomized Controlled Study of Maximal Medical Therapy vs. Maximal Medical Therapy plus Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration vs. Initial Medical Therapy plus Stereotactic Ventriculoperitoneal Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunting in Su

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Publications

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