Year 2001
NANOS Annual Meeting #27, 2001
Mission Hills Resort, Rancho Mirage, California, United States of America
2001-02-18 through 2001-02-22 (program dates are estimated for this year)
Meeting statistics: 5 days; 7 programs; 108 presentations; 230 active participants (12 moderators; 81 presenters; 227 authors)
Day 1: Sunday, February 18 (2001-02-18) (program dates are estimated for this year)
Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 1)
Moderators: Aki Kawasaki; Robert T. Spector
Presentation 1: Bilateral Orbital Congestion is a Risk Factor for Cortical Venous Drainage in Cavernous Sinus Area Dural AVMs
Presenters: Hadas Stiebel-Kalish
Presentation 2: Self-Reported Visual Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis: New Data from the VFQ-25
Presenters: Laura J. Balcer
Presentation 3: Three-Dimensional Kinematics of Blinks in Humans
Presenters: Oliver O. Bergamin
Presentation 4: Vertical Misalignment and Static Ocular Counterroll in Unilateral Sixth Nerve Palsy
Presenters: Agnes MF Wong
Presentation 5: Contrast Letter Acuity in Hereditary and Non-Hereditary Ataxias
Presenters: David R. Lynch
Presentation 6: Magnetic Resonance Diagnosis of Congenital Hypopituitarism in Children with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
Presenters: Paul H. Phillips
Presentation 7: Dyslexia: A Visual Problem?
Presenters: Susanne Trauzettel-Klosinski
Presentation 8: RU-486 (Mifepristone) and Meningiomas
Presenters: Susan C. Benes
Presentation 9: Portable Pupillography of the Swinging Flashlight Test to Detect Afferent Pupillary Defects
Presenters: Nicholas J. Volpe
Presentation 10: Analysis of the Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer in Patients with Optic Neuropathies
Presenters: Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham
Day 2: Monday, February 19 (2001-02-19) (program dates are estimated for this year)
Program: Neuro-Imaging In Neuro-Ophthalmology
Moderators: Sophia M. Chung; Norah S. Lincoff
Presentation 1: Pitfalls in Neuroimaging
Presenters: Norah S. Lincoff
Presentation 2: Diffusion and Perfusion MRI and Their Clinical Applications
Presenters: R. Nick Bryan
Presentation 3: Functional MRI and Its Clinical Utility in Patients with Visual Disturbances
Presenters: Grant T. Liu
Presentation 4: MR Spectroscopy and Its Clinical Applications
Presenters: R. Nick Bryan
Presentation 5: Computed Tomographic Angiography and Its Clinical Applications
Presenters: Robert A. Egan
Presentation 6: PET and SPECT Scanning and Their Clinical Application
Presenters: Pamela Y. Blake
Presentation 7: Safety Considerations in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Presenters: Sophia M. Chung
Program: Poster Presentations
Moderators: not available
Presentation 1: Infrared Pupillography and Visual Evoked Response in Unilateral Hyperopic Amblyopia
Presenters: Ping-I Chou
Presentation 2: Bruckner's Reflex and the Foveal Pit: A Relationship Brought to Light
Presenters: Cameron F. Parsa
Presentation 3: Transient Horizontal Nystagmus in Infants from Drug-Addicted Women: A Withdrawal Syndrome?
Presenters: Francois-Xavier Borruat
Presentation 4: Botulinum Toxin Therapy for Apraxia of Lid Opening
Presenters: Daniel R. Boghen
Presentation 5: Thalidomide as a Steroid Sparing Agent in Refractory Neurosarcoidosis
Presenters: Jonathan C. Calkwood
Presentation 6: Isolated Unilateral Post-Traumatic Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia
Presenters: Jane W. Chan
Presentation 7: Quantifying Motility Deficits by Alternate Cover, Red Maddox Rod, and Goldmann Perimeter
Presenters: Austin W. Coleman
Presentation 8: Infraorbital Nerve Palsy Secondary to LASIK
Presenters: Charles WG Eifrig
Presentation 9: Optic Tract Compression from Dolichoectatic Basilar Artery
Presenters: Medhat F. Guirgis
Presentation 10: Acquired Arnold-Chiari-Like Malformations after LP Shunting in Pseudotumor Cerebri
Presenters: Susan C. Benes
Presentation 11: Orbital Fractures Complicated by Late Orbital Hemorrhage and Vision Loss
Presenters: Clifton S. Otto
Presentation 12: Late Complications of Retained Intra-Orbital Foreign Bodies and Indications for Surgical Management
Presenters: Clifton S. Otto
Presentation 13: Optic Neuropathy in Children with Lyme Disease
Presenters: Thomas R. Hedges III
Presentation 14: Visual Field Technician Performance in the Ocular Hypertensive Treatment Study (OHTS)
Presenters: John L. Keltner
Presentation 15: Correlation between Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and Automated Visual Field (HVF) in Patients with Non-Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Randy H. Kardon
Presentation 16: The Transformation of Pseudotumor Cerebri to Pseudotumor Syndrome: Sagittal Sinus Meningioma Nine Years Later
Presenters: Ronel N. Santos
Presentation 17: The Intracranial Tuberculoma That Was Thought To Be Neurosarcoidosis
Presenters: Ronel N. Santos
Presentation 18: Bilateral Optic Neuropathy Secondary to Manganese Toxicity
Presenters: James R. Lewis
Presentation 19: Photosensitivity as the Presenting Symptom of Chiasmal Compression
Presenters: Aki Kawasaki
Presentation 20: Three Dimensional Analysis of Saccade Abnormalities in Unilateral Sixth Nerve Palsy
Presenters: Agnes MF Wong
Presentation 21: Epidemiology of Intracranial Hypertension in Israel
Presenters: Anat Kesler
Presentation 22: Mitochondrial ATP-Sensitive K Channels, Novel Sites of Neuroprotection Against Glutamate Neurotoxicity in Retinal Neurons
Presenters: Satoshi Kashii
Presentation 23: Hydrocephalus Secondary to Isolated Spinal Cysticercosis
Presenters: Mitchell B. Strominger
Presentation 24: Ophthalmoplegia and Familial Facial Palsy
Presenters: Andrew G. Lee
Presentation 25: Orbital Apex Complications of Neurosurgery
Presenters: Andrew G. Lee
Presentation 26: Orbital Presentations of Giant Cell Arteritis
Presenters: Andrew G. Lee
Presentation 27: Improvement in Papilledema and Visual Loss After Endovascular Stent Placement in Dural Sinus Thrombosis
Presenters: Michael G. Hunt
Presentation 28: Extremely High Resolution MRI of the Human Optic Nerve Reveals LHON Associated Pathology
Presenters: Alfredo A. Sadun
Presentation 29: Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Association with Cataract Extraction: Time of Occurrence and Risk Factors
Presenters: Timothy J. McCulley
Presentation 30: Visual Field Screening: Prospective, Masked Trial with a Commercial Laser Pointer
Presenters: Nicholas J. Volpe
Presentation 31: Wild Cat Scratch Disease
Presenters: Marco A. Lana-Peixoto
Presentation 32: Optic Neuromyelitis in Schistosomiasis Mansoni
Presenters: Marco A. Lana-Peixoto
Presentation 33: The Shape Distortion Effect in Cerebral Dyschromatopsia and Prosopagnosia
Presenters: Ji-Soo Kim
Presentation 34: Asymmetric Papilledema in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: An Insight
Presenters: Eric R. Eggenberger
Presentation 35: Migraine and Its Relational Blood Pressure Fundoscopic Features
Presenters: Ernesto N. Rios-Montenegro
Presentation 36: Preattentive Visual Processing: A Comparison of Illusory Contour Perception and Texture Discrimination Using fMRI
Presenters: Robert K. Shin
Presentation 37: Two Unusual Cases of Prolactinoma
Presenters: Danny Y. Lin
Presentation 38: A Case of Orbital Metastasis from Gastric Carcinoma
Presenters: Emely Z. Karam
Presentation 39: Malignant Glioma of the Optic Pathways in Adulthood
Presenters: Emely Z. Karam
Presentation 40: Chloroquine Retinopathy
Presenters: Jacqueline A. Leavitt
Presentation 41: A Unique Ocular Motor Disorder Characterizing Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood
Presenters: Robert A. Egan
Presentation 42: Natural History of Optic Nerve Sheath Meningiomas
Presenters: Robert A. Egan
Presentation 43: Pseudo-Emboli in Susac Syndrome
Presenters: Robert A. Egan
Presentation 44: Unilateral Papilledema Caused by a Fronto-Temporo-Parietal Arachnoid Cyst
Presenters: Hanspeter E. Killer
Presentation 45: When the World Is Turned Upside Down and the Television Keeps Falling to the Ground While Dwarfs Are Parading on the Ceiling: A Complex Case of Visual Hallucinations
Presenters: Hanspeter E. Killer
Presentation 46: Repeat Microvascular Decompression in the Treatment of Recurrent Hemifacial Spasm: Outcomes and Complications in Twenty-Five Patients
Presenters: Amin B. Kassam
Presentation 47: Impact of Botulinum Toxin on Subsequent Microvascular Decompression for the Treatment of Hemifacial Spasm
Presenters: Amin B. Kassam
Presentation 48: Surgical Anatomy of the Optic Chiasm and Adjacent Structures
Presenters: Amin B. Kassam
Presentation 49: Development of a New Functional Outcomes Scale in Assessing Patients with Hemifacial Spasm
Presenters: Greta Seever
Presentation 50: Clinical and Genetic Analysis of X-Linked Nystagmus (NYS1)
Presenters: John B. Kerrison
Presentation 51: Optic Neuritis Following Anthrax Vaccination
Presenters: John B. Kerrison
Presentation 52: Monozygotic Twins with Bilateral Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Thomas J. Carlow
Day 3: Tuesday, February 20 (2001-02-20) (program dates are estimated for this year)
Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 2)
Moderators: Edmond J. FitzGibbon; Leah N. Levi
Presentation 1: Normal Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in Biopsy Proven Giant Cell Arteritis
Presenters: Wayne T. Cornblath
Presentation 2: Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging in the Shaken-Impact Baby Syndrome
Presenters: Valerie Biousse
Presentation 3: Frequency Doubling Perimetry in Neuro-Ophthalmologic Disorders: A Comparison with Conventional Automated Perimetry
Presenters: Michael H. Wall
Presentation 4: Thrombophilia as Risk Factor for Central and Branch Artery Occlusion without Evidence of Embolic Origin
Presenters: Ruth Huna-Baron
Presentation 5: Character Counting Using Snellen Eye Chart to Estimate Visual Acuity
Presenters: Adam H. Levy
Presentation 6: Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in Patients with Factor V Leiden Mutation
Presenters: Andrew R. Harrison
Presentation 7: Can SITA Fast Be Used as a Reliable Alternative to Goldmann Perimetry in Neuro-Ophthalmic Practice?
Presenters: Gabriella Szatmary
Presentation 8: Scanning Laser Polarimetry for the Detection of Nerve Fiber Layer Defects in Patients with Optic Nerve Drusen
Presenters: Bradley J. Katz
Presentation 9: Temporal Field Loss in 'Unaffected' Eye with Acute Optic Neuritis: A Lesion at Wilbrand's Knee
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Presentation 10: Paraneoplastic Optic Neuropathy with Evidence for Vitreal and Intrathecal Inflammation in 8 Patients with CRMP-5 Neuronal Autoantibody and Lung Cancer
Presenters: Shelley A. Cross
Presentation 11: Outcomes Following Microvascular Decompression for the Treatment of Hemifacial Spasm in Eighty-Seven Consecutive Patients over an Eighteen Month Period
Presenters: Amin B. Kassam
Presentation 12: Optic Disc Cupping All Over
Presenters: Klara Landau
Presentation 13: Equivalent Dose Oral Steroid Use in Optic Neuritis: Ready for Primetime?
Presenters: Renee D. Bailey
Presentation 14: A Comparison of Multifocal VEPs from Patients with Acute Onset of Either Ion or Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Jenny E. Hong
Presentation 15: Patients with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Frequently Have Other Defined Headache Disorders
Presenters: Deborah I. Friedman
Presentation 16: MAR Syndrome 64 Patients, Update 2001
Presenters: John L. Keltner
Presentation 17: The Effect of Stimulus Brightness on the Separation of Patients from Normal Subjects Using Computer Recording of the Pupil Light Reflex
Presenters: Randy H. Kardon
Presentation 18: Local Use of Triamcinolone in Dysthyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy (DAO)
Presenters: Roberto N. Ebner
Program: Hot Topics (Controversies)
Moderators: James A. Garrity; Howard R. Krauss
Presentation 1: An Outline of Controversies in Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma
Presenters: Howard R. Krauss
Presentation 2: Biopsy Should Be Performed and Treatment Should Be Surgical - not available for Web publication
Presenters: Linda L. Sternau
Presentation 3: Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma External Beam Irradiation: The Optimal Treatment for Patients with Useful Visual Function
Presenters: Scott L. Stafford
Presentation 4: Treatment Should Be Hormonal, Medical
Presenters: Alfredo A. Sadun
Presentation 5: Pediatric Optic Nerve Sheath Meningiomas: Special Considerations for Children
Presenters: James A. Garrity
Day 4: Wednesday, February 21 (2001-02-21) (program dates are estimated for this year)
Program: Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy, Normal Tension Glaucoma and Their Masqueraders
Moderators: Leonard A. Levin; Anthony C. Arnold
Presentation 1: Differential Diagnosis of the Big Cup
Presenters: Lynn K. Gordon
Presentation 2: Why Do Some Disks Cup and Others Become Pale?
Presenters: Douglas R. Anderson
Presentation 3: The Site of Injury of the Cupped Disk
Presenters: Leonard A. Levin
Presentation 4: Normal Tension Glaucoma: An Update; Reports of the Collaborative Normal Tension Glaucoma Study Group
Presenters: Douglas R. Anderson
Presentation 5: Normal Tension Glaucoma and AION: Comparisons and Contrasts
Presenters: Anthony C. Arnold
Presentation 6: Treatment Strategies for the Cupped Disc
Presenters: Richard P. Mills
Presentation 7: Imaging the Nerve Fiber Layer and Optic Disc
Presenters: Joseph F. Rizzo III
Presentation 8: Assessing the Vascular Supply of the Optic Disc
Presenters: Thomas R. Hedges III
Day 5: Thursday, February 22 (2001-02-22) (program dates are estimated for this year)
Program: Optic Neuritis and Multiple Sclerosis
Moderators: Steven L. Galetta; Nicholas J. Volpe
Presentation 1: Historical Perspective on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Nicholas J. Volpe
Presentation 2: ONTT (Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial) Update
Presenters: Craig H. Smith
Presentation 3: CHAMPS (the Controlled High Risk Avonex Multiple Sclerosis trial) Update
Presenters: Steven L. Galetta
Presentation 4: Neuromyelitis Optica
Presenters: Eric R. Eggenberger
Presentation 5: Contemporary and New Immunomodulatory Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: Richard A. Rudick
Presentation 6: Outcome Measures in Clinical Trials in Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: Laura J. Balcer
Presentation 7: New Imaging Techniques in Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: Robert I. Grossman
Presentation 8: Evolving Concepts in the Pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: Richard A. Rudick