University of Calgary

opthamology

Dr. Fiona Costello

Address: 

Office:  Area 4, Health Sciences, Foothills Hospital

Lab:  Eye Clinic, Rockyview General Hospital
7007 – 14 Street NW
Calgary, AB  T2V 1P9

 

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Email: 

fiona [dot] costello [at] albertahealthservices [dot] ca

Phone number(s): 

Office: (403)944-8389

Membership Type: 
Full Membership
Academic Rank: 
Associate Professor
Degrees (institutions): 
MD, FRCP
Research Interests: 

Dr. Costello's research focuses on the use of the anterior visual pathway as a system model of multiple sclerosis. Together with her colleagues, she is studying the mechanisms that underpin neurological disability in MS patients, with a view to developing new therapeutic strategies for the disease.

Dr. Costello regularly presents nationally and internationally in the areas of Neuro-Opthamology and Multiple Sclerosis. Together with her collaborators, she has secured over 2.5 million dollars in research funding from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, Neuroscience Canada, and the Networks of Centres of Excellence, Stem Cell Network.