JonathanDTrobeMD

Ophthalmology • Ann Arbor, MI

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Neurology, University Michigan Kellogg Eye Center

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Office
1500 East Medical Center Dr
B1 floor Taubman CTR Recp B1
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone+1 734-763-9142

Fax+1 734-763-9570

Summary

Dr. Jonathan Trobe is a neuro-ophthalmologist who sees patients at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center and at the Inpatient Consult office at U-M Hospital. His clinical specialties include the evaluation of patients with visual, eye movement, eyelid, and pupillary disturbances arising from optic neuritis, ischemic optic neuropathy, central nervous system tumors and strokes, and cranial nerve palsies; myasthenia gravis; and psychogenic visual loss.

Dr. Trobe serves as the Section Chief of the Neuro-Ophthalmology Service and, in addition to his appointment as Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, he is a Professor of Neurology at the U-M Medical School. His research focuses on visual fields, optic nerve diseases, and visuospatial manifestations of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.

To make an appointment, please call Kellogg’s Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic at 734-764-5106 or U-M Inpatient Consult at 734-763-5114. To refer a patient, please visit www.kellogg.umich.edu/refer.

Education & Training

University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Neurology, 1983 - 1986
University of Miami/Jackson Health System/Bascom Palmer Eye InstituteResidency, Ophthalmology, 1976 - 1977
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/Wills Eye HospitalResidency, Ophthalmology, 1969 - 1972
Rush University Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1968 - 1969
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1968
Harvard UniversityB.A., Cum Laude, 1960 - 1964

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1974 - Present
MI State Medical License 1986 - 2023
FL State Medical License 1978 - 1998
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2004-2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellowship Award American Academy of Neurology, 1998
Distinguished Teaching Award Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan, 1997, 2009
America’s Best Ophthalmologists Ophthalmology Times, 1996
Senior Honor Award American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1995
"Status Pedagogicus", Teaching Award Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 1995
Honor Award American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1985
James Shipman Award for Outstanding Research Wills Eye Hospital Annual Clinical Conference, 1971
John Harvard Scholarship Harvard University, 1960
Fellow (FAAO) American Academy of Ophthalmology
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Considerations Regarding Association of Semaglutide and Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy.
Jim Shenchu Xie, Jonathan Trobe, Edward Margolin
JAMA Ophthalmology. 2024-10-31
Left Hemispatial Neglect and Right Homonymous Hemianopia Presenting as Temporary Blindness.
Jonathan D Trobe, Hemant A Parmar
Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 2024-06-01
Functional Visual Disorder Is Primarily a Psychiatric Condition.
Jonathan D Trobe, Heather E Moss, Andrew G Lee, Gregory P Van Stavern
Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 2024-03-25

Journal Articles

Association of Individual-Level Factors with Visual Outcomes in Optic Neuritis
Wayne T Cornblath, Jonathan D Trobe, Kevin A Kerber, JAMA Network Open
Homonymous hemianopia from infarction of the optic tract and lateral geniculate nucleus in deep cerebral venous thrombosis.
Grabe HM, Bapuraj JR, Wesolowski JR, Parmar H, Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 3/1/2012
Relapsing Dorsal Midbrain Syndrome Following Interventions for Hydrocephalus in Aqueductal Stenosis.
Apkarian AO, Garton HJ, Wesolowski J, Trobe JD., J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/31/2012
The scholarly contributions of Daniel M. Jacobson, MD.
Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/1/2012
Central retinal artery occlusion secondary to orbital inflammation in Lupus Erythematous Profundus.
Sudhakar P, Shah GV, Sapanara F, Fullen DR, Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 12/29/2011
Serous retinal detachment in hypertensive posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.
Besirli CG, Sudhakar P, Wesolowski J, Trobe JD, AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 12/1/2011
MRI restricted diffusion in lymphomatous optic neuropathy.
Sudhakar P, Rodriguez FR, Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 12/1/2011
Short-term continuous intraparenchymal intracranial pressure monitoring in presumed idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
Warden KF, Alizai AM, Trobe JD, Hoff JT, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 9/1/2011
Papilledema: the vexing issues.
Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/1/2011
A "first cut" at interpreting brain MRI signal intensities: what’s white, what’s black, and what’s gray.
Parmar H, Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/1/2010
Clival epidural hematoma in traumatic sixth cranial nerve palsies combined with cervical injuries.
Garton HJ, Gebarski SS, Ahmad O, Trobe, JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/1/2010
The evaluation of Horner syndrome.
Trobe, JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/1/2010
Prevalence of retinal hemorrhages in perpetrator-confessed cases of abusive head trauma.
Margolin EA, Dev LS, Trobe JD, Arch Ophthalmol, 1/1/2010
Spontaneous resolution of two dural carotid-cavernous fistulas presenting with optic neuropathy and marked congestive ophthalmopathy.
Bujak M, Margolin E, Thompson A, Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/1/2010
Restricted diffusion in the superior ophthalmic vein and cavernous sinus in a case of cavernous sinus thrombosis.
Parmar H, Gandhi D, MukherjiSK, Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/1/2009
Bilateral Mesial Occipital Lobe Infarction After Cardiogenic Hypotension Induced by Electrical Shock.
Kamyar R, Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/1/2009
Transient Corneal Edema and Left hemisphere Dysfunction in Pearson Syndrome.
Momont AC, Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/1/2009
Searching for brain aneurysm in third cranial nerve palsy.
Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/1/2009
Perineural spread of cancer along the three trigeminal divisions.
Warden KF, Parmar H, Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/1/2009
High-titer collapsing response-mediating protein-associated (CRMP-5) paraneoplastic optic neuropathy and vitritis as the only clinical manifestations in a patient with...
Margolin E, Flint A, Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/1/2008
Long-term survival in paraneoplastic opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome associated with small cell lung cancer.
Hassan KA, Kalemkerian GP, Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/1/2008
Multiple intracranial meningiomas causing papilledema and visual loss in a patient with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.
Pribila JT, Ronan SM, Trobe JD, J Neuro-Ophthalmol, 1/1/2008
Visual function 15 years after optic neuritis: a final follow-up report from the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial.
Optic Neuritis Study Group, Ophthalmol, 1/1/2008
Multiple sclerosis risk after optic neuritis: final optic neuritis treatment trial follow-up.
Optic Neuritis Study Group, Arch Neurol, 1/1/2008
Spontaneous resolution of a Meckel’s cave arachnoid cyst causing sixth cranial nerve palsy.
Jacob M, Gujar S., Trobe JD, Gandhi D, J-Neuro-Ophthalmology, 1/1/2008
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Books/Book Chapters

The Physician’s Guide to Eye Care.
Trobe JDAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CAEdition Four,2012
Rapid Diagnosis in Neuro-Ophthalmology.
Trobe JDElsevier Books, Edinburgh, Scotland2008
The Physician’s Guide to Eye Care.
Trobe JDAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CA2006
Neurological Therapeutics: Principles and Practice.
Chapter: Ocular motor nerve palsies.
Page 1772 - 1781Trobe JDEditors: Noseworthy, JH.Martin Dunitz, London and New York2003
Field Guide to the Eyes.
Trobe JD, Hackel RELippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA2002
Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences.
Chapter: Diplopia and strabismus.
Trobe JDEditors: Aminoff M, Daroff RB.Elsevier Science, New York2002
Clinical Decisions in Neuro-Ophthalmology.
Burde RM, Savino PJ, Trobe JDCV Mosby, St. LouisEdition Thir,2002
The Neurology of Vision.
Trobe JDOxford University Press, New York2001
The Physician’s Guide to Eye Care.
Trobe JDAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CA2000
Neuro-ophthalmology.
Sharpe JA, Trobe JD, Newman N, Morrow M, Wall MContinuum, American Academy of Neurology, Minneapolis1995
The Physician’s Guide to Eye Care.
Trobe JDAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CA1993
Clinical Decisions in Neuro-Ophthalmology.
Burde RM, Savino PJ, Trobe JDCV Mosby, St. LouisEdition Seco,1992
The Eye in Systemic Disease.
Chapter: Systemic and Ocular Manifestations of Botulism and Diphtheria.
Page 157 - 159Floberg JW, Trobe JDEditors: Gold DH, Weingeist TA.J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, PA1990
Current Neuro-Ophthalmology
Chapter: Stroke.
Page 253 - 267Trobe JDEditors: Lessell S, Van Dalen JTW.Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago, IL1988
Neuro-Ophthalmology Enters the Nineties.
Chapter: Visual Distress in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Page 277 - 283Trobe JDEditors: Smith JL, and Katz RS.Dutton Free Press, Hialeah, FL1988
Clinical Decisions in Neuro-Ophthalmology.
Burde RM, Savino PJ, Trobe JDCV Mosby, St. Louis1985
Neurological Emergencies
Chapter: Neuro-Ophthalmic Emergencies.
Page 331 - 361Trobe JDEditors: Ernest MP.Churchill Livingston, New York1983
Home Study Course for Ophthalmic Medical Assistants.
Trobe JDAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CA1983
The Visual Fields Manual: A Practical Guide to Testing and Interpretation.
Trobe JD, Glaser JSTriad, Gainesville, FL1983
External Ocular Diseases: Current Diagnosis and Treatment.
Editors: Laibson PR, Trobe JD.Little Brown, Boston, MA1977
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Abstracts/Posters

"Caring for Sight: A Team Approach." (Scientific Poster)
Trobe JD, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1/1/1992
"Diabetic Retinopathy: The Importance of Early Detection and Treatment." (Scientific Poster)
Trobe JD, Produced at the University of Michigan Biomedical Communications Department for Diabetes 2000, Ameri, 8/1/1990
"Was Foster Kennedy Wrong?" (Scientific Poster)
Watnick RL, Trobe JD, 61st Annual Ophthalmology Spring Conference, The University of Michigan Medical School Department of, 5/1/1989
"Neuronal Intranuclear Hyaline Inclusion Disease." (Scientific Poster)
Arrindell EL, Trobe JD, Sieving PA, Barnett JL, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL., 4/1/1989
"Ophthalmologic Manifestations of Neonatal Adrenoleukodystrophy." (Scientific Poster)
Schwartz A, Trobe JD, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV., 10/1/1988
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Other

Alexia Without Agraphia, Hemianopia and Verbal Memory Loss After Left Hemisphere Stroke. (Educational Video)
Trobe JD, Butler CM, Hasselbach M, Martonyi C
University of Michigan Medical Center Biomedical Communications, Ann Arbor, MI. - 1/1/1998
Nystagmus and Its Mimickers. (Educational Video)
Trobe JD, Thomas DA
University of Michigan Medical Center Biomedical Communications, Ann Arbor, MI. - 1/1/1998
Third, Fourth, and Sixth Nerve Palsies and their Mimickers. (Educational Video)
Trobe JD, Thomas DA
University of Michigan Medical Center Biomedical Communications, Ann Arbor, MI. - 1/1/1998
"A Case of Visual Spatial Dysfunction." (Educational Video)
Trobe JD, Butter CM, Hasselbach M
University of Michigan Medical Center Biomedical Communications, Ann Arbor, MI. - 1/1/1996
"Integrative Vision Loss." (Educational Video)
Trobe JD
University of Michigan Medical Center Biomedical Communications, Ann Arbor, MI. - 1/1/1996
"The Neuro-Ophthalmic Examination." (Educational Video)
Trobe JD, Cornblath WT
University of Michigan Medical Center Biomedical Communications, Ann Arbor, MI. - 1/1/1994
"A Case of Visual Agnosia." (Educational Video)
Trobe JD, Butter CM
University of Michigan Medical Center Biomedical Communications, Ann Arbor, MI. - 1/1/1994
"Nystagmus."
Trobe JD
University of Michigan Medical Center Biomedical Communications, Ann Arbor, MI. - 1/1/1988
"The Patient Who Got Lost in Visual Space." (Educational Video)
Trobe JD
University of Michigan Medical Center Biomedical Communications, Ann Arbor, MI. - 1/1/1987
"Gotcha! An Approach to Dealing with Malingering and Hysterical Visual Loss." (Educational Video)
Trobe JD
University of Michigan Medical Center, Biomedical Communications, Ann Arbor, MI. - 1/1/1987
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Authored Content

Association of Individual-Level Factors with Visual Outcomes in Optic NeuritisMay 2020
Association of Individual-Level Factors with Visual Outcomes in Optic NeuritisMay 2020