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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences / Pediatric Ophthalmology

Lawrence Tychsen, MD

Current Position
Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Professor, Neurobiology
Professor, Ophthalmology in Pediatrics, Dept of Pediatrics
John F. Hardesty, MD, Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Specialty Areas
Pediatric Ophthalmology
Ocular Motility Disorders - Adult
Cataract

Patients Seen At
Medical Building One
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
1040 N. Mason Road, Suite 219
Creve Coeur, MO  63141
314-996-7400
Fax:   314-996-7401
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St Louis Children's Hospital Eye Center
One Children's Place
St. Louis, MO  63110
314-454-6026
Fax:   314-454-2368
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Areas of Clinical Interest
Strabismus (crossed-eyes), nystagmus and eye movement disorders, cerebral palsy, amblyopia, pediatric cataract, IOL, refractive surgery, pediatric glaucoma, pediatric nasolacrimal disorders and ptosis, adult diplopia.   More Information on Pediatric Eye Care
Board Certification
Ophthalmology -- Certified
Pediatric Ophthalmology -- Certified

Medical Education
B.S. Biology: Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1975
Medical School: Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1979
Fellowship: Neuro-ophthalmology,National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 1980
Residency: University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, 1983
Fellowship: Pediatric Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Neurobiology, University of California, San Francisco, 1985
Fellowship: Pediatric Ophthalmology, Smith-Kettlewell Institute of Visual Sciences, San Francisco, 1985
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Shriners Hospital
St. Louis Children's Hospital

Honors and Awards
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2003-2013 (Best Doctors, Inc.)
Listed in America's Top Doctors, 2002-2012 (Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.)

Selected or Recent Journal Articles
Lueder GT, Galli M, Tychsen L, Yildirim C, Pegado V. "Long-term results of botulinum toxin-augmented medial rectus recessions for large-angle infantile esotropia." Am J Ophthalmol. 2012 Mar;153(3):560-3.

Ghasia F, Brunstrom-Hernandez J, Tychsen L. "Repair of strabismus and binocular fusion in children with cerebral palsy: gross motor function classification scale." Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 Sep 29;52(10):7664-71. Print 2011 Sep.

Tychsen L, Richards M, Wong A, Foeller P, Bradley D, Burkhalter A. "The neural mechanism for Latent (fusion maldevelopment) nystagmus." J Neuroophthalmol. 2010 Sep;30(3):276-83.

Tychsen L. "Refractive surgery for special needs children." Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Jun;127(6):810-3.

Ghasia F, Brunstom J, Tychsen L. "Visual acuity and visually evoked responses in children with cerebral palsy: Gross Motor Function Classification Scale." Br J Ophthalmol. 2009 Aug;93(8):1068-72.

Tychsen L, Hoekel J, Ghasia F, Yoon-Huang G. "Phakic intraocular lens correction of high ametropia in children with neurobehavioral disorders." J AAPOS. 2008 Jun;12(3):282-9.

Tychsen L. "Refractive surgery for children: excimer laser, phakic intraocular lens, and clear lens extraction." Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2008 Jul;19(4):342-8.

Tychsen L. "Causing and curing infantile esotropia in primates: the role of decorrelated binocular input (an American Ophthalmological Society thesis)." Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc. 2007;105:564-93.

Tychsen L, Richards M, Wong A, Foeller P, Burhkalter A, Narasimhan A, Demer J. "Spectrum of infantile esotropia in primates: Behavior, brains, and orbits." J AAPOS. 2008 Aug;12(4):375-80.

Ghasia F, Brunstrom J, Gordon M, Tychsen L. "Frequency and severity of visual sensory and motor deficits in children with cerebral palsy: gross motor function classification scale." Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Feb;49(2):572-80.

Shiels A, Bennett TM, Prince JB, Tychsen L. "X-linked idiopathic infantile nystagmus associated with a missense mutation in FRMD7." Mol Vis. 2007 Nov 29;13:2233-41.

Ali A, Packwood E, Lueder G, Tychsen L. "Unilateral lens extraction for high anisometropic myopia in children and adolescents." J AAPOS. 2007 Apr;11(2):153-8.

Tychsen L, Hoekel J. "Refractive surgery for high bilateral myopia in children with neurobehavioral disorders: 2. Laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy (LASEK)." J AAPOS. 2006 Aug;10(4):364-70.

Tychsen L, Packwood E, Hoekel J, Lueder G. "Refractive surgery for high bilateral myopia in children with neurobehavioral disorders: 1. Clear lens extraction and refractive lens exchange." J AAPOS. 2006 Aug;10(4):357-63. Erratum in: J AAPOS. 2007 Aug;11(4):417-9.

Yu JT, Culican SM, Tychsen L. "Aicardi-like chorioretinitis and maldevelopment of the corpus callosum in congenital lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus." J AAPOS. 2006 Feb;10(1):58-60.

For more articles and abstracts, take this off-site link to the National Library of Medicine Pub Med page for Dr. Lawrence Tychsen.
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