Overview

Valrie Biousse, MD, is a professor in the section of neuro-ophthalmology at Emory Eye Center and in the department of neurology, Emory University School of Medicine. She holds the Reunette Harris Chair of Ophthalmic Research and is the director of the Neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at Emory.

National Recognition
Dr. Biousse is a fellow of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society and of the French Society of Neurology and an elected member of the American Neurological Association and the American Ophthalmologic Association, and multiple other national and international societies, including the American Academies of Ophthalmology and Neurology and the French Society of Ophthalmology.

She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. She currently past President of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society.

She has more than 500 publications, including scientific articles, book chapters and books, including the primary textbook Neuro-Ophthalmology and Walsh & Hoyts Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition, 2005, and the practical textbook Neuro-Ophthalmology Illustrated (Thieme 2009, 2016 and 2019), a valuable resource for practitioners who have patients with disorders of vision and the brain. Neuro-Ophthalmology Illustrated received the British Medical Association best book of the year award in 2016 (category Neurology) and the PROSE award from the American Association of Publishers in 2017.

Dr. Biousse regularly lectures throughout the world. Her current research focuses on four primary areas: (1) idiopathic intracranial hypertension, (2) the use of non-mydriatic fundus photography for the diagnosis of neuro-ophthalmic disease in various clinical settings and the applications of artificial intelligence as a diagnostic aid, (3) diagnostic errors and referral patterns in neuro-ophthalmology, and (4) ocular manifestations of cerebrovascular diseases.

She is named into the Top Doctors category within the U.S. News & World Report rankings in the category neuro-ophthalmology. As such, she is rated in the top 1% of doctors ranked in the United States. She is also listed in Atlanta magazines Top Doctors.

Areas of Clinical Interest
Adult Neuro-Ophthalmology
Optic nerve disorders
Visual field defects
Disorders of ocular motility

Academic Appointment

• Reunette Harris Research Chair of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine
• Professor of Ophthalmology (Tenure), Emory University School of Medicine
• Professor of Neurology (Tenure), Emory University School of Medicine
• Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship Director, Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Research