Kathleen B. Digre
( out of 52 reviews )

Kathleen B. Digre, MD

Languages spoken: English, German

Clinical Locations

Imaging and Neurosciences Center

Salt Lake City
801-585-7575

John A. Moran Eye Center

Salt Lake City
801-581-2352

  • Kathleen B. Digre, MD, specializes in neuro-ophthalmology and headache and practices at the John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. She evaluates and treats complex visual complaints which can be due to optic nerve or brain disease. Dr. Digre sees patients with complex neuro-ophthalmic disorders such as papilledema, photophobia, visual loss, and diplopia. She also treats migraine headaches and other unusual headache disorders. She is listed in Best Doctors in America.

    Get to know Dr. Digre by watching her profile video.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)
    Federal Licensing Examination
    United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (Headache Medicine)

    Patient Rating

    5.0 /5
    ( out of 52 reviews )

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    February 29, 2024
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    Dr Digre is always very thorough and explains things. She has always tried to find medications that will work for me.

    February 23, 2024
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    No matter how busy her schedule may be, when shee sits down with you, you are her only concern.

    February 17, 2024
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    Dr. Digre is one the best doctors I've ever seen. She is so knowledgeable in her fields of practice and study and willing to share a great deal of information that helps in providing a diagnosis, how to manage conditions, and treatment. She has been so helpful to me with my neuro-opthamology conditions and I'm extremely grateful.

    February 17, 2024
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    I would tell them the same thing. I loved her as my doctor.

    February 16, 2024
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    She is very caring and knowledgeable, she includes you in the decision making of your care. She is FABULOUS !!!!!

    January 11, 2024
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    I like Dr Digre. She is doing all she can to get me the help I need to get past the pain and headaches in my injured right eye. She's a good listener and earnestly tries to get me medicines to help also shots and is still working on a solution to my eye pain. she assures me each visit and encourages me to hang in there.

    December 23, 2023
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    Dr. Digre is a top-notch diagnostician, wanting to educate and also discover the root cause of any presenting issue. As a fellow health care provider, I deeply appreciate this mindset.

    December 01, 2023
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    Dr. Digre is very thorough and knows her stuff. I especially love that she focused on what my daughter had to say and made sure she was the focus. She made sure she understood things rather than just us parents understanding. Highly recommended!!!

    November 30, 2023
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    As stated in my previous comment, Dr. Digre is my hero! She is truly worth her weight in gold, if not more. She listens to my every word. And she is truly concerned with my health and well-being. I am amazed how she is able to pinpoint why I was struggling with balance and headache issues. She is truly amazing. Please let her know that I¿m truly thankful for all of her advice and caring. Arthur R.

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  • Kathleen B. Digre, MD, specializes in neuro-ophthalmology and headache and practices at the John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. She evaluates and treats complex visual complaints which can be due to optic nerve or brain disease. Dr. Digre sees patients with complex neuro-ophthalmic disorders such as papilledema, photophobia, visual loss, and diplopia. She also treats migraine headaches and other unusual headache disorders. She is listed in Best Doctors in America.

    Get to know Dr. Digre by watching her profile video.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Neurology -Primary
    Anesthesiology -Adjunct
    Obstetrics & Gynecology -Adjunct
    Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences -Primary
    Academic Divisions General OB/GYN
    Board Certification
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)
    Federal Licensing Examination
    United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (Headache Medicine)

    Education history

    Fellowship Neuro-Ophthalmology - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Fellow
    Neurology - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Resident
    Internship University of Iowa Intern
    Medicine - University of Iowa M.D.
    Undergraduate Premedical Sciences - University of Iowa
    Graduate Training English - University of Arkansas Master's
    Secondary Teaching - Augustana College Certification
    Undergraduate English, German - Augustana College (now University) B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Digre KB (2021). The American Headache Society Hosted the 2020 Virtual Scottsdale Headache Symposium. J Neuroophthalmol. (Read full article)
    2. Patel RC, Vitale AT, Creel DJ, Digre KB (2020). Not All That Flickers Is Snow. J Neuroophthalmol, 41(1), e97-e99. (Read full article)
    3. Schwedt TJ, Hentz JG, Sahai-Srivastava S, Spare NM, Martin VT, Treppendahl C, Digre K, Bennett NL, Birlea M, Watson D, Murinova N, Robert T, Dodick DW, MOTS Investigators (2021). Headache characteristics and burden from chronic migraine with medication overuse headache: Cross-sectional observations from the Medication Overuse Treatment Strategy trial. Headache, 61(2), 351-362. (Read full article)
    4. Villani LA, Digre KB, Cortez MM, Bokat C, Rassner UA, Ozudogru SN (2021). Arachnoiditis, a complication of epidural blood patch for the treatment of low-pressure headache: A case report and systematic review. Headache, 61(2), 244-252. (Read full article)
    5. Orme DR, Vegunta S, Miller MA, Warner JEA, Bair C, McFadden M, Crum AV, Digre KB, Katz BJ (2020). A Comparison Between the Clinical Features of Pseudotumor Cerebri Secondary to Tetracyclines and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. Am J Ophthalmol, 220, 177-182. (Read full article)
    6. Seay MD, Digre KB, Galetta SL (2020). Dr. Norman Schatz. J Neuroophthalmol, 40(4), e65-e73. (Read full article)
    7. Hamann S, Malmqvist L, Wegener M, Fard MA, Biousse V, Bursztyn L, Citirak G, Costello F, Crum AV, Digre K, Fraser JA, Huna-Baron R, Katz B, Lawlor M, Newman NJ, Peragallo JH, Petzold A, Sibony PA, Subramanian PS, Warner JEA, Wong SH, Fraser CL, Optic Disc Drusen Studies Consortium (2020). Young Adults With Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy: A Multicenter Optic Disc Drusen Study. Am J Ophthalmol, 217, 174-181. (Read full article)
    8. Seay MD, Digre KB, Rucker JC (2020). Drs. Richard John Leigh and David Zee. J Neuroophthalmol, 40(3), e17-e26. (Read full article)
    9. Petzold A, Biousse V, Bursztyn L, Costello F, Crum A, Digre K, Fraser C, Fraser JA, Katz B, Jurkute N, Newman N, Lautrup-Battistini J, Lawlor M, Liskova P, Lorenz B, Malmqvist L, Peragallo J, Sibony P, Subramanian P, Rejdak R, Nowomiejska K, Touitou V, Warner J, Wegener M, Wong S, Yu-Wai-Man P, Hamann S (2020). Multirater Validation of Peripapillary Hyperreflective Ovoid Mass-like Structures (PHOMS). Neuroophthalmology, 44(6), 413-414. (Read full article)
    10. Seay MD, Digre KB (2020). Klara Landau's Retirement From University Chair and European Neuro-Ophthalmology Society 2018 Course Both Occur in Switzerland. J Neuroophthalmol, 40(2), e7-e8. (Read full article)
    11. Seay MD, Digre KB (2020). European Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, June 16-19, 2019, Porto, Portugal. J Neuroophthalmol, 40(2), e9-e10. (Read full article)
    12. Bushman ET, Cozzi G, Sinkey RG, Smith CH, Varner MW, Digre K (2020). Randomized Controlled Trials of Headache Treatments in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review. Am J Perinatol. (Read full article)
    13. Schwedt TJ, Digre K, Tepper SJ, Spare NM, Ailani J, Birlea M, Burish M, Mechtler L, Gottschalk C, Quinn AM, McGillicuddy L, Bance L, Dumkrieger G, Chong CD, Dodick DW (2019). The American Registry for Migraine Research: Research Methods and Baseline Data for an Initial Patient Cohort. Headache, 60(2), 337-347. (Read full article)
    14. Ozudogru S, Neufeld A, Katz BJ, Baggaley S, Pippitt K, Zhang Y, Digre KB (2019). Reduced Visual Quality of Life Associated with Migraine is Most Closely Correlated with Symptoms of Dry Eye. Headache, 59(10), 1714-1721. (Read full article)
    15. Cortez MM, Digre K, Uddin D, Hung M, Blitzer A, Bounsanga J, Voss MW, Katz BJ (2019). Validation of a photophobia symptom impact scale. Cephalalgia, 39(11), 1445-1454. (Read full article)
    16. Kohli AA, Vossough A, Mallery RM, Woo JH, Sheldon CA, Paley GL, Digre KB, Friedman DI, Farrar JT, McCormack SE, Liu GT, Szperka CL (2019). Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Pediatric Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome. Pediatr Neurol, 99, 31-39. (Read full article)
    17. Mallery RM, Friedman DI, Digre KB, Liu GT (2019). Utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features for Improving the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Without Papilledema: Response. J Neuroophthalmol, 39(3), 439. (Read full article)
    18. Seay M, Fortin E, Digre K (2019). Great Conversations: Dr. Barrett Katz. J Neuroophthalmol, 39(3), e13-e14. (Read full article)
    19. Digre KB (2019). What's New in the Treatment of Migraine? J Neuroophthalmol, 39(3), 352-359. (Read full article)
    20. Mallery RM, Rehmani OF, Woo JH, Chen YJ, Reddi S, Salzman KL, Pinho MC, Ledbetter L, Tamhankar MA, Shindler KS, Digre KB, Friedman DI, Liu GT (2019). Utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features for Improving the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Without Papilledema. J Neuroophthalmol, 39(3), 299-307. (Read full article)
    21. Lombardo N, Kedar S, Digre K (2019). Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library (NOVEL) 2019 Update: North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society's Neuro-Ophthalmology Examination Techniques (NExT) and Illustrated Curriculum are Online. J Neuroophthalmol, 39(1), e3-e5. (Read full article)
    22. Friedman DI, Digre KB (2019). Migraine: The Disease of the Year. J Neuroophthalmol, 39(1), 1-2. (Read full article)
    23. Mollan SP, Davies B, Silver NC, Shaw S, Mallucci CL, Wakerley BR, Krishnan A, Chavda SV, Ramalingam S, Edwards J, Hemmings K, Williamson M, Burdon MA, Hassan-Smith G, Digre K, Liu GT, Jensen RH, Sinclair AJ (2018). Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: consensus guidelines on management. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 89(10), 1088-1100. (Read full article)
    24. Digre K (2018). The 44th Annual Meeting of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society in Waikola Village on the Big Island, Hawaii 2018. J Neuroophthalmol, 38(3), e15-e16. (Read full article)
    25. Katz BJ, Ward JH, Digre KB, Creel DJ, Mamalis N (2003). Persistent severe visual and electroretinographic abnormalities after intravenous Cisplatin therapy. J Neuroophthalmol, 23(2), 132-5. (Read full article)

    Case Report

    1. Berkowitz E, River Y, Digre K, Tiosano B, Kesler A (2020). Visual Snow: A Case Series from Israel. Case Rep Ophthalmol, 11(2), 205-211. (Read full article)

    Editorial

    1. Digre KB (2019). Linda McGillicuddy Retires. Headache, 59(7), 979. (Read full article)
    2. Digre KB (2019). Barry Baumel retires from AHS. Headache, 59(7), 980. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Sibony PA, Biousse V, Bursztyn L, Costello F, Digre K, Fraser JA, Fraser CL, Huna-Baron R, Katz B, Lawlor M, Malmqvist L, Newman NJ, Peragallo J, Petzold A, Subramanian PS, Warner JEA, Wegener M, Wong S, Hamann S, ODDS Consortium (2020). Comment on: Morphologic Features of Buried Optic Disc Drusen on En Face Optical Coherence Tomography and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography. [Letter to the editor]. Am J Ophthalmol, 219, 369-370. (Read full article)
    2. Malmqvist L, Bursztyn L, Costello F, Digre K, Fraser JA, Fraser C, Katz B, Lawlor M, Petzold A, Sibony P, Warner J, Wegener M, Wong S, Hamann S (2018). Peripapillary Hyperreflective Ovoid Mass-Like Structures: Is It Optic Disc Drusen or Not?: Response. [Letter to the editor]. J Neuroophthalmol, 38(4), 568-570. (Read full article)

    Other

    1. Seay M, Digre K (2020). The 46th Annual Meeting of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society in Amelia Island, Florida. J Neuroophthalmol (40(3), pp. e27-e28). United States. (Read full article)
    2. Kedar S, Digre KB, Biousse V, NANOS Curriculum Committee (2020). The 2020 Update to North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society's (NANOS) Neuro-Ophthalmology Curriculum. J Neuroophthalmol (40(3), pp. e29-e30). United States. (Read full article)
    3. McGregor AJ, Chin EL, Rojek MK, Digre KB, Lopez AM, Jenkins K, Johnston L, Jenkins M (2019). Sex and Gender Health Education Summit: Advancing Curricula Through a Multidisciplinary Lens. J Womens Health (Larchmt) (28(12), pp. 1728-1736). United States. (Read full article)
    4. Seay M, Digre K (2019). The 45th Annual Meeting of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society in Las Vegas, Nevada. J Neuroophthalmol (39(3), pp. e10-e12). United States. (Read full article)

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