Dr. Cestari completed residencies in both Neurology and Ophthalmology at the Cornell University Medical College’s New York Presbyterian Hospital, as well as fellowship training in neuro-ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard medical School. He is approximately one of 10 physicians in the United States who is board certified by both the American Board of Ophthalmology and the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. Dr. Cestari joined the full-time faculty of Mass. Eye and Ear, a primary teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School, in 2006 and currently holds the rank of Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School. He is very involved in medical education and is the Director of the Clinical Fellowship program at The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

His efforts as a clinician-scientist focus on the evaluation and treatment of patients who present with neuro-ophthalmic disease. He is also very involved in the medical and surgical treatment of patients with adult strabismus and diplopia. He just published a surgical textbook entitled, “Learning Strabismus Surgery, A Case Based Approach.” He supervises clinical fellows, second year residents and visiting medical students and performs adult strabismus surgery and mentors second year residents in the operating theater.

Dr. Cestari’s translational research is focused on developing a rodent model for ischemic optic neuropathy and central retinal artery occlusion. Once this is accomplished, his team will begin to evaluate the safety and efficacy of various novel neuro-protective agents that can be used to preserve and restore vision affected by vascular occlusion.