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Andrew Lee, MD

  • Houston Methodist neuro-ophthalmologist
  • Chair, Houston Methodist Hospital Blanton Eye Institute Department of Ophthalmology
  • Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine
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Andrew Lee, MD

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Areas of Expertise

  • Double vision
  • Neuro-ophthalmology
  • Nystagmus
  • Ocular genetics
  • Ocular inflammation/uveitis
  • Ocular oncology
  • Ocular trauma
  • Optic nerve
  • Visual field loss

Credentials

BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Ophthalmology
MEDICAL SCHOOL
University of Virginia School of Medicine-Charlottesville, VA | 1989
RESIDENCY
Baylor College of Medicine - Houston, TX | 1993
INTERNSHIP
University of Virginia - Charolttesvle, VA
FELLOWSHIP
Johns Hopkins Hospital - Baltimore, MD-Neuro-Ophthalmology | 1994

Publications


Cerebral achromatopsia secondary to cerebral amyloid angiopathy
Woods, MD, Siliezar, PD, Laylani, N, Friedman, ER, Fung, SH & Lee, AG 2025, , American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, vol. 37, 102202, pp. 102202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2024.102202

Neuro-ophthalmic complications following eighth cranial nerve microvascularx decompression
Saju, SM, Hunt, PJ, Davila-Siliezar, P, Laylani, N & Lee, AG 2025, , American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, vol. 37, 102258, pp. 102258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2025.102258

Neuro-Ophthalmic Presentations of Adult-Onset Sinus Pericranii
Younes, S, Raviskanthan, S, Mortensen, PW, Diaz, O, Chinnadurai, P, Malik, A & Lee, AG 2025, , Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. e7-e9. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000002091

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus temporally after COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review of uncontrolled case reports and case series
Muayad, J, Masood, H, Alam, Z, Loya, A & Lee, AG 2025, , Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 69-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/08998280.2024.2426439

NASA's impact on medical innovation: Breakthrough technologies from space research
Jaber, JM, Ong, J, Waisberg, E, Sarker, P, Zaman, N, Tavakkoli, A & Lee, AG 2025, , Acta Astronautica, vol. 226, pp. 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.10.026

Generative artificial intelligence in ophthalmology
Waisberg, E, Ong, J, Kamran, SA, Masalkhi, M, Paladugu, P, Zaman, N, Lee, AG & Tavakkoli, A 2025, , Survey of Ophthalmology, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2024.04.009


Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Neuro-Ophthalmology: Neuro-Ophthalmic Imaging Patterns and Implementation Challenges
Lee, R, Ong, J, Waisberg, E, Ben-David, G, Jaiswal, S, Arogundade, E, Tavakkoli, A & Lee, AG 2025, , Neuro-Ophthalmology. https://doi.org/10.1080/01658107.2025.2459206

A multifactorial, evidence-based analysis of pathophysiology in Spaceflight Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome (SANS)
Galdamez, LA, Mader, TH, Ong, J, Kadipasaoglu, CM & Lee, AG 2025, , Eye (Basingstoke), vol. 39, no. 4, 33, pp. 700-709. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-025-03618-3

Influence of Common Medications on Diabetic Macular Edema in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Muayad, J, Loya, A, Hussain, ZS, Lee, DH, Chauhan, MZ, Lee, AG, Movahedan, A & Dahr, SS 2025, , Ophthalmology Retina. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oret.2024.12.006

Delayed Sensory Exotropia With Retained Metallic Intraorbital Foreign Body
Lee, RS, Sofoluke, RF, Alryalat, SA, Deyabat, OA, Kuwera, E & Lee, AG 2025, , Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. e4-e7. https://doi.org/10.3928/01913913-20241104-02

Hepatotoxicity in spaceflight: intrinsic and extrinsic risks for astronaut metabolic health
Waisberg, E, Ong, J, Masalkhi, M, Cools, B, Lee, R, Vinken, M & Lee, AG 2025, , Irish Journal of Medical Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-025-03884-w

Polydipsia Induced Acute Angle-Closure Crisis
Maheshwari, A, Laylani, N, Siliezar, PD & Lee, AG 2025, , Journal of Glaucoma. https://doi.org/10.1097/IJG.0000000000002546


SANS-CNN: An automated machine learning technique for spaceflight associated neuro-ocular syndrome with astronaut imaging data
Kamran, SA, Hossain, KF, Ong, J, Zaman, N, Waisberg, E, Paladugu, P, Lee, AG & Tavakkoli, A 2024, , npj Microgravity, vol. 10, no. 1, 40. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-024-00364-w

GQ1b Seropositive Guillain–Barré/Miller Fisher Overlap Syndrome After Pembrolizumab Treatment
Hunt, PJ, Keys, PH, Dalal, S, Boardman, D, Davila-Siliezar, P, Laylani, N, Al-Zubidi, N & Lee, AG 2024, , Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. e542-e543. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000001976

Optic neuritis in retinitis pigmentosa
Kuang, GT, Alryalat, SA, Deyabat, OA & Lee, AG 2024, , Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 59, no. 6, pp. e846-e849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.05.021

Reply: What Is the Best Surgical Intervention for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Lee, AG & Van Stavern, GP 2024, , Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. e527. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000002034

COVID-19-Associated Outer Retinopathy and Bilateral Optic Disc Edema
Muayad, J, Laylani, NA, Davila-Siliezar, P, Li, HK & Lee, AG 2024, , Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. e602-e604. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000002069

Languages

  • English