There are approximately 500 full-time fellowship-trained neuro- ophthalmologists in the U.S. to care for a population of 337 million, or about one per 675,000 population.
This makes a neuro- ophthalmologist the rarest of ophthalmology’s core subspecialists. Most practice in university medical centers, and many have joint appointments in the departments of ophthalmology and neurology. Neuro-ophthalmology is a very academic subspecialty, and in my experience, it is often a neuro-ophthalmology faculty member who wins best teacher award in many ophthalmology residencies and even some medical