Judith EA Warner
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Judith EA Warner, MD

Languages spoken: English

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Primary Location

John A. Moran Eye Center

65 N Mario Capecchi
Salt Lake City , UT 84132
801-581-2352
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Judith E. A. Warner is a neurologist with a practice at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah. She is a clinical professor at the University of Utah Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and the Department of Neurology. She also serves as Moran's vice chair of education.

Dr. Warner specializes in neuro-ophthalmology: the study of the eye as it relates to the brain. She evaluates complex visual complaints, which can be due to optic nerve or brain disease, and provides treatment for these disorders. Her interests include diplopia, temporal arteritis, papilledema, episodic vision loss, and migraine.

Dr. Warner received her undergraduate degree at Smith College in biology and her medical degree at Columbia University. She interned at Roger Williams General Hospital and completed a Neurology residency at Harvard University's Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Warner completed a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary.

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Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)
National Board of Medical Examiners

Patient Rating

Patients consistently describe Dr. Warner as highly knowledgeable and thorough in diagnosing and managing complex eye and neuro-ophthalmic conditions. Reviewers say she listens closely, explains findings and recommendations clearly, and takes time to teach patients about their condition. Her manner is described as compassionate, personable, and approachable, and patients appreciate her collaborative approach with other specialists and the supportive clinic team.

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4.9 /5
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Judith E. A. Warner is a neurologist with a practice at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah. She is a clinical professor at the University of Utah Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and the Department of Neurology. She also serves as Moran's vice chair of education.

Dr. Warner specializes in neuro-ophthalmology: the study of the eye as it relates to the brain. She evaluates complex visual complaints, which can be due to optic nerve or brain disease, and provides treatment for these disorders. Her interests include diplopia, temporal arteritis, papilledema, episodic vision loss, and migraine.

Dr. Warner received her undergraduate degree at Smith College in biology and her medical degree at Columbia University. She interned at Roger Williams General Hospital and completed a Neurology residency at Harvard University's Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Warner completed a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary.

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

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences -Professor (Clinical)
Neurology -Professor (Clinical)
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)
National Board of Medical Examiners

Education history

Fellowship Neuro-Ophthalmology - Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Fellow
Residency Neurology - Massachusetts General Hospital Resident
Internship Roger Williams General Hospital Intern
Professional Medical Medicine - Columbia University M.D.
Undergraduate Biology - Smith College B.A.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Lee ST, Whitaker T, Christensen S, Stagg BC, Warner JEA (2026). Incidence of Posterior Capsular Rupture in Routine and Complex Cataract Surgeries at a Major Training Institution. J Cataract Refract Surg.
  2. Packard BV, Sharma M, Renschler A, Johnson CJ, Paulson CE, Ofori-Atta BS, Chortkoff S, Vegunta S, Wirostko BM, Warner JEA (2026). iCare HOME2 Monitoring of Diurnal Ocular Perfusion Pressure in Patients With Nonarteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. J Neuroophthalmol.
  3. Simpson A, Henrie M, Wu C, Brintz B, Christiansen S, Jensen MS, Stagg B, Warner J (2025). Institutional comparison of methods of intraoperative cataract surgery complication reporting. J Cataract Refract Surg, 52(2), 208-209.
  4. Pietraszkiewicz A, Baugh B, Ayesha A, Digre KB, Patel BCK, Warner JEA, Seay MD, Crum AV, Vegunta S, Marx DP, Codden R, Brintz BJ, Katz BJ (2025). Medial upper eyelid crease incision approach to optic nerve sheath fenestration as part of a multidisciplinary treatment protocol for patients with vision-threatening papilledema. Neurosurg Focus, 60(1), E17.
  5. Simpson A, Henrie M, Wu C, Brintz B, Christiansen S, Jensen MS, Stagg B, Warner J (2025). Institutional comparison of methods of intraoperative cataract surgery complication reporting. J Cataract Refract Surg, 52(2), 208-209.
  6. Kennedy BJ, Desautels JD, Warner JEA, Patel BC (2024). Awakening Ptosis: A Video Case Series. J Neuroophthalmol, 45(1), 111-112.
  7. Katz BJ, Lee MS, Lincoff NS, Abel AS, Chowdhary S, Ellis BD, Najafi A, Nguyen J, Seay MD, Warner JEA (2025). Ophthalmic Complications Associated With the Antidiabetic Drugs Semaglutide and Tirzepatide. JAMA Ophthalmol, 143(3), 215-220.
  8. Sanchez G, Long TM, Warner JEA, Chung LS, Quigley EP 3rd, Digre KB, Seay MD, Crum AV, Katz BJ (2025). Enhancement within the orbits and superficial temporal artery: MRI clues to the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 37, 102260.
  9. Pietraszkiewicz A, Ayesha A, Digre KB, Warner JE, Seay MD, Crum AV, Katz BJ (2024). Diagnostic dilemma: Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy in a 70-year-Old woman. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 36, 102143.
  10. Baugh BT, Digre KB, Seay MD, Warner JEA, Vegunta S (2024). A Case of Irreversible Optic Neuropathy Associated With Encorafenib/Binimetinib Therapy in a Patient With Metastatic Melanoma. J Neuroophthalmol.
  11. Hoshina Y, Wright MA, Warner JEA, Richards T, Salzman KL, Pulst SM, Spoth E, Clardy SL (2023). Pearls & Oy-sters: ATX-FGF14 Mimicking Autoimmune Pathology. Neurology, 101(14), e1478-e1482.
  12. Paulson CE, Sawyer DM, Dries DC, Marx DP, Winegar BA, Warner JEA (2023). Symptomatic Herniation of Orbital Fat Through the Inferior Orbital Fissure. J Neuroophthalmol.
  13. Brady T, Vegunta S, Crum AV, Marx D, Patel BCK, Seay MD, Schmidt RH, Warner JEA, Digre KB, Katz BJ (2022). Interdisciplinary Protocol for the Management of Vision-Threatening Papilledema. J Neuroophthalmol, 42(4), 495-501.
  14. Reynolds MS, Katz BJ, Digre KB, Brintz BJ, Olson LM, Warner JEA (2022). Sharp Edge Eye Syndrome: A Case Report and Survey of Self-Identified Individuals. J Neuroophthalmol, 42(4), 524-529.
  15. Buchanan TM, Digre KB, Warner JEA, Katz BJ (2022). The Unmet Challenge of Diagnosing and Treating Photophobia. J Neuroophthalmol, 42(3), 372-377.
  16. Passi SF, Butcher R, Orme DR, Warner JEA, Stoddard GJ, Crum AV, Gouripeddi R, Kirk BH, Digre KB, Katz BJ (2022). Increased Incidence of Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome Among Users of Tetracycline Antibiotics. J Neuroophthalmol, 42(3), 323-327.
  17. Etheridge T, Jones J, Caskey E, Zielinski BA, Seay MD, Warner JEA (2022). Ophthalmic Artery Obstruction With Focal Cerebral Arteriopathy of Childhood. J Neuroophthalmol, 44(1), e14-e16.
  18. Peralta EA, Swiston CJ, Wiggins RH, Warner JEA, Vegunta S (2022). Temporal Lobe Encephalocele in a Patient With Suspected IIH: A Case Report. J Neuroophthalmol, 43(4), e173-e174.
  19. Wilkinson SW, Etheridge T, Swiston CJ, Vegunta S, Wiggins RH, Warner JEA (2021). Bilateral Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke from COVID-Related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in a Child. J Neuroophthalmol, 42(3), e548-e550.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. Olds JJ, Hills WL, Warner J, Falardeau J, Alasantro LH, Moster ML, Egan RA, Cornblath WT, Lee AG, Frishberg BM, Turbin RE, Katz DM, Charley JA, Pelak VS (2020). Posterior Cortical Atrophy: Characteristics From a Clinical Data Registry. Front Neurol, 11, 358.
  24. Lira J, Gospe SM 3rd, Bhatti MT, Wynn DP, Warner JEA (2018). Fourth down and five. Surv Ophthalmol, 64(5), 734-740.
  25. Bowen RC, Koeppel JN, Christensen CD, Snow KB, Ma J, Katz BJ, Krauss HR, Landau K, Warner JEA, Crum AV, Straumann D, Digre KB (2018). The Most Common Causes of Eye Pain at 2 Tertiary Ophthalmology and Neurology Clinics. J Neuroophthalmol, 38(3), 320-327.
  26. 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). The Optic Disc Drusen Studies Consortium Recommendations for Diagnosis of Optic Disc Drusen Using Optical Coherence Tomography. J Neuroophthalmol, 38(3), 299-307.
  27. Birch DG, Bernstein PS, Iannacone A, Pennesi ME, Lam BL, Heckenlively J, Csaky K, Hartnett ME, Winthrop KL, Jayasundera T, Hughbanks-Wheaton DK, Warner J, Yang P, Fish GE, Teske MP, Sklaver NL, Erker L, Chegarnov E, Smith T, Wahle A, VanVeldhuisen PC, McCormack J, Lindblad R, Bramer S, Rose S, Zilliox P, Francis PJ, Weleber RG (2018). Effect of Oral Valproic Acid vs Placebo for Vision Loss in Patients With Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa: A Randomized Phase 2 Multicenter Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. JAMA Ophthalmol, 136(8), 849-856.
  28. Warner JE, Larson AJ, Bhosale P, Digre KB, Henley C, Alder SC, Katz BJ, Bernstein PS (2007). Retinol-binding protein and retinol analysis in cerebrospinal fluid and serum of patients with and without idiopathic intracranial hypertension. J Neuroophthalmol, 27(4), 258-62.
  29. Kline DC, Vitale A, Warner JE (2007). Acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy associated with cavernous sinus thrombosis. Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 15(6), 443-6.
  30. Katz BJ, Zhao Y, Warner JE, Tong Z, Yang Z, Zhang K (2006). A family with X-linked optic atrophy linked to the OPA2 locus Xp11.4-Xp11.2. Am J Med Genet A, 140(20), 2207-11.
  31. Wolsey DH, Warner JE (2006). Paroxysmal tonic downgaze in two healthy infants. J Neuroophthalmol, 26(3), 187-9.
  32. Egan RA, Warner JE (2006). Intermittent reversal of complete ptosis associated with sphenoid wing meningiomas. Can J Ophthalmol, 41(4), 497-9.
  33. Tsoi VL, Hill KE, Carlson NG, Warner JE, Rose JW (2006). Immunohistochemical evidence of inducible nitric oxide synthase and nitrotyrosine in a case of clinically isolated optic neuritis. J Neuroophthalmol, 26(2), 87-94.
  34. Warner JE, Bernstein PS, Yemelyanov A, Alder SC, Farnsworth ST, Digre KB (2002). Vitamin A in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with and without idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Ann Neurol, 52(5), 647-50.
  35. Warner JE, Ries KM (2001). Optic neuropathy in a patient with AIDS. J Neuroophthalmol, 21(2), 92-4.

Review

  1. Warner JEA, Krikova I (2024). Physician Assistants in Neuro-Ophthalmology. [Review]. Neuroophthalmology, 49(2), 123-126.

Letter

  1. Krikova I, Digre KB, Katz BJ, Seay MD, Warner JEA (2024). Migraine, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and calcitonin gene-related peptide antibodies. [Letter to the editor]. Headache, 64(3), 317-318.
  2. 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.
  3. Adesina OO, Scott McNally J, Salzman KL, Katz BJ, Warner JEA, McFadden M, Digre KB (2018). Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and Post-contrast Enhancement in Differentiating Optic Neuritis and Non-arteritic Anterior Optic Neuropathy. [Letter to the editor]. Neuroophthalmology, 42(2), 90-98.
  4. Frandsen JE, Llop S, Digre KB, Bernstein PS, Sharifzadeh M, Warner JE, Gellerman W, Katz BJ (2012). Quantification of macular carotenoids using autofluorescence imaging in patients with photosensitive migraine and benign essential blepharospasm. [Letter to the editor]. Arch Ophthalmol, 130(2), 259-60.

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