Dr. Lawrence Yannuzzi describes his recent work distinguishing acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) from other idiopathic chorioretinal abnormalities. Using currently available multimodal imaging, Dr. Yannuzzi and colleagues have described a distinct clinical entity that best represents AZOOR—its presenting symptomatology, associated visual dysfunction, progressive natural course, clinical manifestations, and its related multimodal imaging.

Dr. Yannuzzi is a professor of clinical ophthalmology at Columbia University Medical School, director of The LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center of the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, and founder and president of The Macula Foundation, Inc., The LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, and the Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York.