{"id":19760,"date":"2019-10-31T18:39:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T22:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fescenter.org\/?page_id=19760"},"modified":"2026-02-17T17:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:59:56","slug":"ghasia-fatema-md","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/team\/investigators\/ghasia-fatema-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghasia, Fatema, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ghasia, Fatema, MD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Ghasia,<\/div>\n

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS<\/h4>\n

Investigator<\/strong>
\nCleveland FES Center<\/p>\n

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology<\/strong>
\nCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU<\/p>\n

Staff, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus<\/strong>
\nCole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic<\/p>\n

Director, Ocular Motility Laboratory<\/strong>
\nCole Eye Institute<\/p>\n

Research Appointment<\/strong>
\nDaroff and Dell\u2019Osso Ocular Motility Laboratory, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center<\/p>\n

CONTACT INFORMATION<\/h4>\n

Program Contact:<\/strong>
\nFatema Ghasia<\/p>\n

Contact Number:<\/strong>
\n(216) 444-2020<\/p>\n

Contact Email:<\/strong>
\nghasiaf@ccf.org<\/a><\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS
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Our laboratory\u2019s work is broadly focused on understanding the role of abnormal neural circuits in strabismus and amblyopia and apply novel strategies for their treatment.<\/p>\n

My laboratory based at the Cleveland Clinic focuses on research techniques involving visual psychophysics and eye movement data acquisition and analysis using portable as well as a laboratory-based video-oculography system in children.<\/p>\n

AREAS OF INTEREST<\/h3>\n
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  • To understand the efferent visual neurophysiology in the pathogenesis of amblyopia:<\/strong>
    \nPsychophysical studies in healthy subjects have suggested that small fixational eye movements, such as micro-saccades are critical in visual perception and prevention of visual fading. Our laboratory has the unique technology that allows us to capture such fixational eye movements non-invasively with excellent resolution and high sampling rate in pediatric subjects.<\/li>\n
  • To investigate different treatment modalities for children with amblyopia:<\/strong>
    \nWe are doing a pilot study in collaboration with Dr. Plow\u2019s Lab to investigate the use of non-invasive brain stimulation in older children and adults with residual amblyopia. We have also participated in several multicenter clinical trials assessing different treatment options including patching in the management of these patients.<\/li>\n
  • To quantitatively study the eye movements to gain insights into the mechanisms causing strabismus:<\/strong>
    \nWe have used eye movement as a tool to identify quantitative markers in various forms of strabismus and use these to design surgical approaches to achieve better anatomical and functional outcomes.<\/li>\n
  • To understand the effects of focal lesions of the central nervous system in the pathophysiology of abnormal eye movements, gaze holding deficits, and strabismus:<\/strong>
    \nSuch studies of \u201cdisease model\u201d allows us to identify areas of the nervous system responsible for causing commonly encountered pediatric ocular motility disorders like strabismus and nystagmus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    We are addressing these questions across federally funded through the Clinical and Translational Collaborative of Cleveland and several Private Foundation Research grants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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