JosephChackoMD

Cataract Related, Neuro-Ophthalmology

Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas COM Director of Neuro-ophthalmology

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Office
4301 W Markham St
# 783
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone+1 501-686-8000

Fax+1 501-603-1289

Dr. Joseph Chacko is Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at UAMS in Little Rock, AR. He completed his medical degree from Medical College of Pennsylvania, Ophthalmology residency at Medical College of Georgia, and Neuro-ophthalmology fellowship from the University of Miami's Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Dr. Chacko has been in practice 29 years and teaches residents and medical students. He specializes in cataract surgery and neuro-ophthalmology and is Director of neuro-ophthalmology at the Jones Eye Institute, UAMS for the past 19 years.

University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemFellowship, Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2004 - 2005
Medical College of GeorgiaResidency, Ophthalmology, 1992 - 1995
Chestnut Hill HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1991 - 1992
MCP-Hahnemann College of MedicineClass of 1991

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014

PubMed

Self-reported history of childhood vision impairment among older adults screened for dementia.
Muhammad Z Chauhan, Kaersti L Rickels, J Anthony Chacko, Ahmed B Sallam, Qais Dihan
Journal of AAPOS. 2024-12-01
A patient with albinism and retinitis pigmentosa, a case report.
Michalis Georgiou, Shaima Awadh Hashem, Michel Michaelides, Joseph G Chacko, Sami H Uwaydat
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. 2024-06-01
Documented Reperfusion of the Retina on Fluorescein Angiography after Administration of Intravenous Prostaglandin E1 for Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: A Case Report.
J Anthony Chacko, Heather V Broyles, Joseph G Chacko, Sami H Uwaydat
Case Reports in Ophthalmology. 2023-09-21

Journal Articles

Retinal Findings in Two Patients with Tumefactive Multiple Sclerosis.
Neuhouser A, Sanders R, Burks JR, Chacko J., Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology, 2019
The Clinical Characteristics, Treatment, and Outcomes of Giant Cell Arteritis are Dependent on Histological Subtype.
Salter M, Chacko J, Stanley J, Henry W, and Brown H., Int J Ophthalmic Pathol, 2018
Cryptococcal Meningitis in a Young Obese Female with Takayasu Arteritis and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.
Dumitrascu OM, Chacko JG, Nazarian S., Neuro-ophthalmology, 2012
Nutritional Optic Neuropathy Status Post Bariatric Surgery.
Chacko JG, Rodriguez CJ, Uwaydat SH., Neuro-ophthalmology, 2012
Correlations of Afferent Pupillary Defect, Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness, and Visual Field in Asymmetric Optic Neuropathies.
Irak-Dersu I, Thostenson J, Anderson J, Friedman R, Chacko J, J Clinic Experiment Ophthalmol, 2011
Blurred Vision and Eye Pain in a Middle-Aged Woman
Chacko JG, Brock W, Brown H, Luetmer P, Giannini C., Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology, 2010
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