Raymond G. Areaux, MD

Dr. Areaux provides compassionate, state-of-the-art medical and surgical eye care to all children and to adults with strabismus. A dedicated patient advocate and educator, Dr. Areaux emphasizes the critical role ocular health plays in child development and involves his patients and their families throughout the medical decision-making process.

• Young Ophthalmologists' Committee, American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus (2013 - Present)
• Our Healthy Environments Team, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, West Campus (2013 - Present)
• Chief Resident, Ophthalmology, LUMC (2011 - 2012)
• Evanston Hospital Ethics Committee (2008-2009)
• George Haik, M.D. Scholarship Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology, LSUSOM (2008)
• Luis Perez Award for Outstanding Medical Student in Ophthalmology Research, LSUSOM (2008)
• Admissions Committee, LSUSOM (2007-2008)

• English
• French

• Amblyopia
• Strabismus
• Pediatric Oculoplastics
• Pediatric Cataracts
• Pediatric Glaucoma
• Retinopathy of Prematurity

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Toma HS, Murina AT, Areaux RG Jr, Newmann DM, Bhattacharjee PS, Foster TP, Kaufman HE, Hill JM. Ocular HSV-1 Latency, Reactivation and Recurrent Disease. Semin Ophthalmol, July-September 2008; 23(4): 249-73. 

Books

• Cameron JD, and Areaux RG Jr. (2016). The Eye. In Stocker & Dehner's Pediatric Pathology: Fourth Edition; Husain AN, Stocker JT, Dehner LP, eds, Wolters Kluwer, pp. 410 - 443.

Posters

• Areaux RG Jr, Yoo DA. “Topical Timolol for the Treatment of Benign Vascular Periocular Lesions”, poster presentation, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 4/2012. Grant: Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness.

Presentations

Invited Oral Presentations at National Professional Meetings & Conferences

• Areaux RG Jr., Schweigert, A. “Clinical Utility of the Worth 4 Dot”, case presentation & panelist, American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 3/27/2015.
• Areaux RG Jr, Forbes BJ. “Managing Strabismus and Eye Disease in the Craniosynostosis Syndromes”, Association of Technical Personnel in Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 10/18/2014.
• Areaux RG Jr., Merrill K, Schweigert, A. “Genetics Cases the Orthoptist Can Help Diagnose”, case presentation & panelist, American Association of Certified Orthoptists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11/2013.
• Areaux RG Jr. “Retinopathy of Prematurity and Bevacizumab”, Association of Technical Personnel in Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11/2013.