StevenLGalettaMD

Neurology • New York, NY

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Professor of Neurology, and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the NYU Langone Medical Center

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Office
222 East 41st Street
10th Floor
New York, NY 10017

Summary

Neuro-ophthalmology, optic neuritis, double vision

Education & Training

University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Neurology, 1987 - 1988
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Neurology, 1983 - 1987
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1983
University of PennsylvaniaB.A., Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 1979

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2012 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1984 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2014
America’s Top Doctors 2014
New York Superdoctors 2014
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2013-2014
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
Best Doctors in NYC New York Magazine, 2013
Compassionate Doctor Award Vital Signs Inc, 2013
People’s Choice Physician 2012
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Philadelphia Magazine Castle Connolly, 2004-2012
Best Lecturer Award, Class of 2014 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2011
Best Lecturer Award, Class of 2013 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2010
Penn Med Minority Hall of Fame University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2010
Guide to Americas Top Physicians 2009
Gold Humanism Honor Society 2009
Class of 2011- Best Lecturer Award 2008
Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), 2008
Best Lecturer Award, Class of 2010 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2007
Delaware Valley Consumers Checkbook Best Doctors 2007
Guide to America's Top Physicians 2006
Basic Science Teaching Award, Best Lecturer: Class of 2006 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006
Athletic Hall of Fame University of Pennsylvania, 2005
Outstanding Lecturer Award, Class of 2008 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2005
Osler Institute Teaching Award 2004
Alpha Omega Alpha/Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), 2004
Neurology Special Recognition Award 2004
Achievement Award American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2004
Distinguished Neurology Teacher of the Year Award American Neurological Association, 2004
Medical Student Government Teaching Award University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2003
Robert Dunning Dripps Memorial Teaching Award University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2002
Outstanding Lecturer Award, Class of 2004 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2001
Teaching Award, Class of 2003 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2001
Teaching Award University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2000
Top Doctors for Women Philadelphia Magazine, 2000
Distinguished Teaching Award, Class of 2002 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2000
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly Publishers, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010
Louis Duhring Outstanding Clinical Specialist Award University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1998
Best Doctors in America 1998, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013
Commendation for Excellence in Teaching, Class of 2000 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1997
Commendation for Excellence in Teaching, Class of 1999 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1996
Best Doctors in America Northeast Region, 1996
Louis R. Dinon Award for Teaching Excellence University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1995
Best Doctors in America Woodward/White, Inc. 2nd edition, 1994
Commendation for Excellence in Teaching, Class of 1993 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1993
Distinguished Xaverian Alumnus Award 1993
Commendation for Excellence in Teaching, Class of 1992 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1992
Best Doctors in America Woodward/White Inc., 1st edition, 1992
Penn Pearls Teaching Award University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1992, 1998, 2003, 2010
Commendation for Outstanding Teaching, Class of 1994 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1991
Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1991
Top Doctors in Philadelphia Region Philadelphia Magazine, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004
1st Prize: Macworld Superstacks Contest in Higher Education Category (Neuroophthalmic Teaching Program) 1990
Commendation for Outstanding Teaching, Class of 1993 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1990
Neurology Teacher of the Year Award University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1990, 2008
Louis Dinon Award for Teaching Excellence University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1987
Dean William Mecklenberg Polk Memorial Prize for Research Excellence Cornell University, 1983
Vincent Astor Scholar Cornell University, 1981
Scholar Athlete-Class of 1915 Award University of Pennsylvania, 1979
Cane Award for Outstanding Leadership University of Pennsylvania, 1979
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Engaging, Educating, Evaluating, and Embracing.
Sarabeth Ng, Kristen Swendsrud, Steven L Galetta
Neurology. 2024-11-26
RENEWED: A follow-up study of the opicinumab phase 2 RENEW study in participants with acute optic neuritis.
Orhan Aktas, Focke Ziemssen, Tjalf Ziemssen, Alexander Klistorner, Helmut Butzkueven
Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 2024-11-24
Characteristics associated with 30-day post-stroke readmission within an academic urban hospital network.
Kevin M Spiegler, Hannah Irvine, Jose Torres, Myrna Cardiel, Koto Ishida
Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2024-11-01

Journal Articles

Slowing of Number Naming Speed by King Devick Test in Parkinson’s Disease
Lin T Galetta SL et al, Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, 1/1/2014
Isolated Third, Fourth and Sixth Nerve Palsies from Presumed Microvascular versus Other Causes: A Prospective Study
Tamhankar MA, Biousse V, Ying GS, Prasad S, Subramanian PS, Lee MS, Eggenberger E, Moss HE, Pineles S, Bennett J, Osborne B, Volpe NJ, Liu GT, Bruce BB, Newman NJ, Gal..., Ophthalmology, 6/6/2013
Saccades and Memory: Baseline Associations of the King Devick and SCAT 2 SAC Tests in Professional Hockey Players
Galetta MS, Moster SL, Galetta SL et al, J Neuro Sci, 5/15/2013
Can My Electronic Health Record Teach Me Something? A Multi-institutional Pilot Study
Seifan A, Mandigo M, Price R, Galetta S, Jozefowicz RF, Jaffer A, Symes S, Safdieh J, Issacson R, Neurology, 3/5/2013
Alemtuzumab Improves Contrast Sensitivity in Patients with Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Graves J, Balcer LJ; Galetta SL, Palmer J, Margolin DH, Rizzo M, on behalf of the CAMMS223 Study Group, Multiple Sclerosis, 3/4/2013
Orbital Congestion Complicating Treatment of Cerebral Vascular Anomalies
Levin M. Vagefi M, Galetta SL, World Neurosurgery, 1/28/2013
Periodic Alternating Nystagmus Evident Only in Darkness
Razmara A, Mackay D, Galetta SL, Prasad S, Neurology, 1/22/2013
The Optic Nerve Head Component Responses of the Multifocal Electroretinogram in MS
Frohman TC, Beh S, Saidha S, Schnurman Z, Conger D, Conger A, Ratchford JN, Lopez C, Galetta SL, Calabresi PA, Laura J Balcer LJ, Green AJ, and Frohman EM, Neurology, 1/1/2013
The King Devick Test as a Concussion Screening Tool Administered by Sports Parents
Leong DF, Balcer LJ, Galetta SL, Liu Z, Master CL, J Sports Med Phys Fitness, 1/1/2013
Pearls and Oysters: Central Fourth Nerve Palsies
Gold DR, Shin RK, Galetta S, Neurology, 12/4/2012
Optic Nerve Biopsy in the Management of Progressive Optic Neuropathy
Levin MH, Ney JJ, Venneti S, Moster ML, Balcer LJ, Volpe NJ, Gausas RE, Liu GT, Vagefi MR, Galetta SL, J Neuro-ophthalmol, 12/1/2012
Optic Perineuritis as the Presenting Feature of Crohn’s Disease
McClellend C, Zaveri M, Walsh R, Fleisher J, Galetta SL, J Neuro-ophthalmol, 12/1/2012
The Neurological Complications of Nutritional Deficiency following Bariatric Surgery
Becker DA, Balcer LJ, Galetta SL, J Obesity, 6/13/2012
Neurodegeneration in Glaucoma May Provide New Avenues for Neurology Research
Neurology Today, 5/3/2012
Additional Efficacy Endpoints from Natalizumab Trials in Relapsing Remitting MS
Weinstock-Guttman B, Galetta SL, Giovannoni G, Havrdova E, Hutchinson M, Kappos L, O’Connor PW, Phillips J, Polman C, Stuart WH, Lynn F, Hotermans C, J Neurol, 1/1/2012
The King Devick Test and Sleep Deprivation Study in Pre and Post Call Residents
Davies EC, Henderson S, Balcer LJ, Galetta SL, Neurology, 1/1/2012
Visual Pathway Axonal Loss in Benign Multiple Sclerosis: A Longitudinal Study
Galetta KM, Graves J, Talman LS, Lile DJ, Frohman EM, Calabresi PA, Galetta SL, Balcer LJ, J Neuro-ophthalmol, 1/1/2012
Ganglion Cell Loss in Relation to Visual Disability in Multiple Sclerosis
Walter SD, Ishikawa H, Galetta KM, Sakai RE, Feller D, Henderson S, Wilson JA, Maguire MG, Galetta SL, Frohman E, Calabresi P, Shuman JS, Balcer LJ, Ophthalmology, 1/1/2012
Dry Beriberi and Wernicke’s Encephalopathy following Gastric Lap Band Surgery
Becker DA, Ingala EE, Lage MM, Galetta SL, J Clin Neurosci, 1/1/2012
Acute Monocular Vision Loss
Prasad S, Galetta SL, Neurology Clin Pract, 1/1/2012
Low-contrast Acuity Measures Visual Improvement in a Phase 3 Trial of Natalizumab in Relapsing MS
Balcer LJ, Galetta SL, Polman CH, Eggenberger E, Calabresi PA, Zhang A, Scanlon JV, Hyde R, J Neurol Sci, 1/1/2012
Neuro-ophthalmological Emergencies
Graves J, Galetta SL, Neurologic Clin, 1/1/2012
Partners No More
Galetta SL. NMO and MS, J Neuro-ophthalmol, 1/1/2012
Low Contrast Multifocal Visual Evoked Potentials: Identifying More Shades of Gray in MS
Thurtell M, Galetta SL, Neurology, 1/1/2012
Sports Related Concussion Testing
Dziemianowicz MS, Kirschen MP, Pukenas BA, Laudano E, Balcer LJ, Galetta SL, Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep, 1/1/2012
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Authored Content

AAN 2021 Session Preview: Incorporating Vision into Diagnostic AssessmentApril 2021

Press Mentions

NYU Langone Awarded $1.6 Million to Investigate Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Progression Through the EyeOctober 2nd, 2024
Renowned Child & Adolescent Epilepsy Specialist Joins Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU LangoneAugust 21st, 2024
Severely Stressful Events Worsen Symptoms of Long COVIDNovember 9th, 2022
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