NANOS Annual Meeting #29, 2003
Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Snowbird, Utah, United States of America
2003-02-09 through 2003-02-13
Meeting statistics: 5 days; 15 programs; 153 presentations; 311 active participants (24 moderators; 114 presenters; 304 authors)

Day 1: Sunday, February 9 (2003-02-09)

Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 1
Moderators: Patricia J. McNussen; Misha L. Pless

Presentation 1: The Tell-Tale Third
Presenters: M. Tariq Bhatti
Authors: M. Tariq Bhatti

Presentation 2: A Unique Cause of Complete Horizontal Gaze Palsy
Presenters: Rajeev H. Muni
Authors: Rajeev H. Muni; Richard P. Wennberg; Agnes MF Wong

Presentation 3: Another ENRON: The Downfall of Downbeat
Presenters: Jade S. Schiffman
Authors: Jade S. Schiffman; Edgardo Ulysses N. Dorotheo; Rosa A. Tang; David S. Baskin

Presentation 4: He See, He Saw, He Conquered
Presenters: James A. Sharpe
Authors: James A. Sharpe; Jeong-Min Hwang

Presentation 5: Can You Remember Another Triad?
Presenters: Roger E. Turbin
Authors: Roger E. Turbin; Larry P. Frohman; Peter W. Carmel; Archna Prassad; Leroy R. Sharer; Leo J. Wolansky

Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 2
Moderators: Pamela S. Chavis; R. Nick Hogan

Presentation 1: A Blast from the Past
Presenters: Juan J. Chan-Lau
Authors: Juan J. Chan-Lau; Jonathan D. Trobe; Daniel S. Wechsler; Robert E. Ruiz; Stephen S. Gebarski

Presentation 2: Just Another Case of Pituitary Apoplexy?
Presenters: David W. Chen
Authors: David W. Chen; Thomas R. Hedges III

Presentation 3: The Question Not Asked
Presenters: William A. Fletcher
Authors: William A. Fletcher; Roland N. Auer

Presentation 4: Let's All Band Together!!
Presenters: Madhura A. Tamhankar
Authors: Madhura A. Tamhankar; Laura J. Balcer; Dina A. Jacobs; Ethan D. Stolzenberg; Steven L. Galetta

Presentation 5: Driving Miss Daisy - not available for Web publication
Presenters: Michael S. Vaphiades
Authors: Michael S. Vaphiades

Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 3
Moderators: Susan C. Benes; Wayne T. Cornblath

Presentation 1: From the Jaws of the Dragon of Ares
Presenters: Steven Goldin
Authors: Steven Goldin; Andrew G. Lee; Randy H. Kardon; Michael H. Wall; Susan J. Quick

Presentation 2: Elevated Intracranial Pressure Associated with a Cervical Meningioma
Presenters: William M. Hart Jr
Authors: William M. Hart Jr; Michael H. Wall; Morton E. Smith

Presentation 3: Swollen Nerves and Multiple Dots
Presenters: Byron L. Lam
Authors: Byron L. Lam; Steven F. Falcone; Sander R. Dubovy

Presentation 4: Another Cavernous Sinus Syndrome: Not All in the Head
Presenters: Steven A. Newman
Authors: Steven A. Newman

Presentation 5: An Optic Nerve Mass in von Hippel-Lindau Disease
Presenters: Santiago Restrepo
Authors: Santiago Restrepo; John E. Carter; Miriam J. Friedman; Manohar N. Arabandi; Kathleen S. Kagan-Hallet

Presentation 6: Every Which Way But Down
Presenters: Mitchell J. Wolin
Authors: Mitchell J. Wolin; Thomas U. Tuten; Mark S. Wolken

Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 4
Moderators: Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham; Lyn A. Sedwick

Presentation 1: It Made Her Mouth Water But Not Her Eye - not available for Web publication
Presenters: Pouya N. Dayani
Authors: Pouya N. Dayani; Alfio P. Piva; Peter A. Quiros; Alfredo A. Sadun

Presentation 2: Syphilis and the Monk
Presenters: Michael S. Lee
Authors: Michael S. Lee; Simmons Lessell; Paul A. Caruso; E. Tessa Hedley-Whyte

Presentation 3: Da, Da, Da Dura!
Presenters: Louise A. Mawn
Authors: Louise A. Mawn; Thomas A. Elasy; Cameron C. Johnson; Mahlon D. Johnson

Presentation 4: Proptosis in a Young Man
Presenters: Raghu Mudumbai
Authors: Raghu Mudumbai; Stephen H. Petersdorf; Bryan S. Sires; Jing N. Zhang

Day 2: Monday, February 10 (2003-02-10)

Program: Neuro-Oncology Symposium
Moderators: Shelley A. Cross; Steven A. Newman

Presentation 1: Management of Parasellar and Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas
Presenters: Neil R. Miller
Authors: Neil R. Miller

Presentation 2: CNS and Ocular Lymphoma
Presenters: Lisa M. DeAngelis
Authors: Lisa M. DeAngelis

Presentation 3: Paraneoplastic Syndromes
Presenters: Daniel M. Jacobson
Authors: Daniel M. Jacobson

Presentation 4: Treatment Of Pituitary Adenomas
Presenters: Mary L. Vance
Authors: Mary L. Vance

Presentation 5: Management of Optic Pathway Gliomas
Presenters: Mark S. Borchert
Authors: Mark S. Borchert

Presentation 6: Skull Base Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas: Therapeutic Options
Presenters: Karl C. Golnik
Authors: Karl C. Golnik

Program: Poster Presentations
Moderators: not available

Presentation 1: Reversible Visual Loss Due to Suprasellar Pneumocephalus After Trans-sphenoidal Surgery
Presenters: Andrew G. Lee
Authors: Andrew G. Lee

Presentation 2: Preliminary Results of a Chemotherapy Protocol for Progressive Optic Pathway Glioma
Presenters: Andrew G. Lee
Authors: Andrew G. Lee; M. Sue O'Dorisio; Steven Goldin

Presentation 3: Calcific Retinal Emboli: A Marker of Significant Cardiac Valvular Pathology
Presenters: Gautam Ramakrishna
Authors: Gautam Ramakrishna; Brian R. Younge; Youssef F. Maalouf; Heidi M. Connolly; Fletcher A. Miller

Presentation 4: High Flow "White Eyed" Carotid Cavernous Fistula From a Non-traumatic Carotid Dissection with Pseudoaneurysm
Presenters: Michael S. Vaphiades
Authors: Michael S. Vaphiades; Lanning B. Kline; Benjamin W. Roberts

Presentation 5: A Better Method to Categorize Carotid Cavernous Fistulas
Presenters: Michael S. Vaphiades
Authors: Michael S. Vaphiades; Lanning B. Kline

Presentation 6: Ischemic Pituitary Apoplexy Associated with Lupus Anticoagulant
Presenters: Jennifer A. Galvin
Authors: Jennifer A. Galvin; Gregory P. Van Stavern

Presentation 7: Pseudotumor Cerebri: Demographic Patterns and Clinical Presentation in Southeastern Michigan, 1985-2002
Presenters: Jennifer A. Galvin
Authors: Jennifer A. Galvin; Gregory P. Van Stavern

Presentation 8: Sildenafil (Viagra) Associated NAION: Additional Cases
Presenters: Howard D. Pomeranz
Authors: Howard D. Pomeranz

Presentation 9: Chronic Sixth Nerve Palsy as a Presenting Sign of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Presenters: Jane W. Chan
Authors: Jane W. Chan

Presentation 10: Light Sensitivity in Blepharospasm Patients
Presenters: Rebecca A. Judd
Authors: Rebecca A. Judd; Wesley H. Adams; Kathleen B. Digre; Paul S. Bernstein; Judith EA Warner; Bradley J. Katz

Presentation 11: The Relation Between Psychological Factors and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Presenters: Anat Kesler
Authors: Anat Kesler; Yori Gidron

Presentation 12: Ophthalmologic Features of Parkinson's Disease
Presenters: Bentley C. Skibell
Authors: Bentley C. Skibell; Valerie Biousse; Donna N. Loupe; Nancy J. Newman

Presentation 13: Eyelid Myokymia - Clinical Features and Outcomes
Presenters: Rudrani Banik
Authors: Rudrani Banik; Neil R. Miller

Presentation 14: Pseudotumor Cerebri and Chiari I Malformation
Presenters: Rudrani Banik
Authors: Rudrani Banik; Doris DM Lin; Neil R. Miller

Presentation 15: Posterior Noninflammatory Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (PION) as a Complication of Blepharoplasty
Presenters: Hanspeter E. Killer
Authors: Hanspeter E. Killer; Helena Kordic

Presentation 16: A Giant Aneurysm of the Internal Carotid Presenting with Diplopia
Presenters: Gregory A. Christiansen
Authors: Gregory A. Christiansen; Brian R. Younge

Presentation 17: Choroidal Neovascularization and Meningioma - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Authors: Michael S. Lee

Presentation 18: Pupillographic Investigations After Botulinum Toxin Therapy
Presenters: Esther Bulang
Authors: Esther Bulang; Rolf Fotzsch; Holger Ludtke

Presentation 19: Changes in Autonomic Innervation of the Iris after Botulinum Toxin Therapy - Consequences for the Autonomic Innervation of the Choroid? - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Authors: Esther Bulang

Presentation 20: Dementia with Lewy Bodies: How Common Are Eye Movement Abnormalities?
Presenters: Carol F. Lippa
Authors: Carol F. Lippa; Jane C. Sargent; Thomas W. Smith; Sidney E. Croul; Nanci Duda

Presentation 21: Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Associated with Acute Glaucoma Secondary to Posner-Schlossman Syndrome
Presenters: Rubin W. Kim
Authors: Rubin W. Kim; Gregory P. Van Stavern

Presentation 22: Opsoclonus and Ocular Flutter in Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: Christian T. Wertenbaker
Authors: Christian T. Wertenbaker; Marc N. Ellman

Presentation 23: Visual Evoked Magnetic Field Study of a Patient Suspected of Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease with Giant VEP
Presenters: Satoshi Kashii
Authors: Satoshi Kashii; Hajime Nakamura; Yoshihito Honda; Takashi Nagamine; Hiroshi Shibasaki; Masayuki Yokode

Presentation 24: Mutual Assured Learning - An Alternative to Traditional Residency Training
Presenters: Ralph A. Sawyer
Authors: Ralph A. Sawyer

Presentation 25: Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Following Paraclinoid Aneurysm Repair
Presenters: Jonathan D. Solomon
Authors: Jonathan D. Solomon; Robert A. Egan

Presentation 26: Pseudo-Apraxia of Eyelid Opening Associated with a Sphenoid Wing Meningioma
Presenters: Robert A. Egan
Authors: Robert A. Egan

Presentation 27: The Incidence of Sinus Thrombosis in Presumed Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Presenters: Catherine I. Barry
Authors: Catherine I. Barry; Robert A. Egan

Presentation 28: Giant Arachnoid Granulations in IIH: Innocent Bystander or Pathologic Entity?
Presenters: Beau K. Nakamoto
Authors: Beau K. Nakamoto; Kathleen B. Digre; Judith EA Warner; Bradley J. Katz; John M. Jacobs; Edwin A. Stevens; Kevin R. Moore

Presentation 29: Xalatan Eye Drops in the Treatment of Essential Blepharospasm
Presenters: Kanchan J. Bhan
Authors: Kanchan J. Bhan; Oliver C. Backhouse; Robert M. L. Doran; Robin R. Seemongal-Dass; BR Davies

Presentation 30: Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Complicating Laparoscopic Prostatectomy - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Authors: Clifton S. Otto

Presentation 31: Role of Thrombocytosis in Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis and Differentiation from Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Fiona Costello
Authors: Fiona Costello; Sohan S. Hayreh

Presentation 32: The Evolution of Oculomotor Nerve Paresis after Endovascular Packing of PCom Aneurysms - A Neuro-Ophthalmologist's Perspective
Presenters: Hadas Stiebel-Kalish
Authors: Hadas Stiebel-Kalish; Shimon Maimon; Jacob Amsalem; Rita Ehrlich; Z. Harry Rappaport

Presentation 33: Traumatic Chiasmatic Dysfunction
Presenters: Francois-Xavier Borruat
Authors: Francois-Xavier Borruat

Presentation 34: Infliximab-Associated Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Luis J. Mejico
Authors: Luis J. Mejico

Presentation 35: The Ability of Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph (HRT) to Detect Optic Atrophy
Presenters: Nicholas T. Monsul
Authors: Nicholas T. Monsul; Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham

Presentation 36: Low Intraocular Pressure in Giant Cell Arteritis
Presenters: Ruth Huna-Baron
Authors: Ruth Huna-Baron; Iris Ben-Bassat Mizrachi

Presentation 37: not available - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Authors: not available

Presentation 38: Association of the Adult Chiari Malformation and Pseudotumor Cerebri: A Report on Three Cases
Presenters: Ghassan K. Bejjani
Authors: Ghassan K. Bejjani; Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham; Misha L. Pless

Presentation 39: Failed Adult Chiari Malformation Decompression: Is There a Role for Altered Neural Hydrodynamics?
Presenters: Ghassan K. Bejjani
Authors: Ghassan K. Bejjani; Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham; John S. Kennerdell; Joseph C. Maroon

Presentation 40: Identification of Candidate Antigens in Occult Chorioretinopathies
Presenters: Jeffrey L. Bennett
Authors: Jeffrey L. Bennett

Presentation 41: Visual Field Abnormalities in Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy
Presenters: Raquel N. Goldhardt
Authors: Raquel N. Goldhardt; Kayur H. Shah; Ralph D. Levinson; Gary N. Holland; Lynn K. Gordon

Presentation 42: Aniridia and Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
Presenters: Timothy J. McCulley
Authors: Timothy J. McCulley; G. Kristine Mayer; Edward J. Holland

Presentation 43: Medial Rectus Muscle Incarceration in Orbital Trapdoor Fractures, an Uncommon but Treatable Cause of Diplopia
Presenters: Timothy J. McCulley
Authors: Timothy J. McCulley; Swaraj Bose; Robert C. Kersten

Presentation 44: Horizontal Rectus Tenotomy in Patients with Congenital Nystagmus
Presenters: Louis F. Dell'Osso
Authors: Louis F. Dell'Osso; Richard W. Hertle; Edmond J. FitzGibbon; Dongsheng Yang; Darby JS Thompson; Susan D. Mellow

Presentation 45: "Staircase" Saccadic Intrusions and Transient Yoking and Neural Integrator Failures Associated with Cerebellar Hypoplasia
Presenters: Louis F. Dell'Osso
Authors: Louis F. Dell'Osso; Siobhan Garbutt; Jonathan B. Jacobs; Janet C. Rucker

Presentation 46: Scanning Faces: A Cognitive Information Processing Approach to Face Recognition
Presenters: Jason JS Barton
Authors: Jason JS Barton; Nathan M. Radcliffe; Mariya V. Cherkasova; James M. Intriligator

Presentation 47: Local and Global Rules in Lightness Perception
Presenters: Jason JS Barton
Authors: Jason JS Barton; Christopher S. Cutler

Presentation 48: Transverse Sinus Dural Arteriovenous Malformation Presenting with Photopsias and Bilateral Disc Edema
Presenters: Guy V. Jirawuthiworavong
Authors: Guy V. Jirawuthiworavong; Robert L. Lesser

Presentation 49: The Superior-Medial Lid Crease Orbitotomy: A Photoessay
Presenters: Roger E. Turbin
Authors: Roger E. Turbin; Paul D. Langer; Larry P. Frohman

Presentation 50: Treatment of Head and Neck Pain with Botulinum-A Toxin in 200 Patients
Presenters: Thomas C. Spoor
Authors: Thomas C. Spoor; Deanne K. Spoor

Presentation 51: "Malignant" Pediatric Pseudotumor Cerebri
Presenters: Thomas C. Spoor
Authors: Thomas C. Spoor

Presentation 52: Self-Reported Visual Dysfunction in Ocular and Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
Presenters: Madhura A. Tamhankar
Authors: Madhura A. Tamhankar; Frank C. Passero Jr; Mark J. Kupersmith; Peter A. Quiros; Denise R. Globe; Donald L. Schotland; Laura J. Balcer

Presentation 53: Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis Induced by Anti-TNF-a agent, Infliximab, and Recurrence Following Rechallenge
Presenters: Sonal B. Dave
Authors: Sonal B. Dave; Steven Goldin; Michael H. Wall; Andrew G. Lee; Randy H. Kardon

Presentation 54: Cortical Blindness After Fluoroscopy During Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Presenters: Dong Jun John Park
Authors: Dong Jun John Park; Vivian N. Rismondo

Presentation 55: Visual Loss as Turning Point in Diagnosing Myeloproliferative Disorders
Presenters: M. Gabriela Wirth
Authors: M. Gabriela Wirth; Oliver O. Bergamin; Klara Landau

Presentation 56: Classification of Glaucomatous Visual Field Abnormalities in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS)
Presenters: John L. Keltner
Authors: John L. Keltner; Chris A. Johnson

Presentation 57: Adie's Pupil, Optic and Sixth Cranial Nerve Involvement, and Anterior Uveitis as Paraneoplastic Features in a Patient with a Malignant T-Cell Lymphoma
Presenters: Oliver O. Bergamin
Authors: Oliver O. Bergamin; M. Gabriela Wirth; Klara Landau

Presentation 58: Predictors of Prognosis of Ocular Myasthenia Gravis in British Columbia: A Retrospective Analysis - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Authors: Carolyn Isbister

Presentation 59: Congenital Orbital Teratoma: Histopathologic Correlation and Management
Presenters: Henry S. O'Halloran
Authors: Henry S. O'Halloran; W. Barry Lee

Presentation 60: Optic Nerve Hypoplasia and Hereditary Atrophy in Siblings
Presenters: Carolyn Glazer-Hockstein
Authors: Carolyn Glazer-Hockstein; Nicholas J. Volpe

Presentation 61: Regional Cerebral Metabolic Changes Following Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration for Pseudotumor Cerebri Using PET Imaging
Presenters: Swaraj Bose
Authors: Swaraj Bose; Mehryar Taban; Timothy J. McCulley; James H. Fallon; Steven G. Potkin

Presentation 62: Pupillographic Evaluation in Patients with Pituitary Tumors
Presenters: Michael L. Rosenberg
Authors: Michael L. Rosenberg; Robert J. Clarke

Presentation 63: Optic Neuropathy in Two Brothers with Fasciogenital Dysplasia (Aarskog-Scott Syndrome)
Presenters: Raghu Mudumbai
Authors: Raghu Mudumbai; Mary G. Lawrence; Jonathan D. Wirtschafter

Presentation 64: A Novel Technique for Measurement of Ocular Misalignment
Presenters: U. Emrah Altiparmak
Authors: U. Emrah Altiparmak; Krishna Vaitheeswaran; Eric R. Eggenberger

Presentation 65: Square Wave Jerk to Blink Rate Ratio in Assessment of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Presenters: U. Emrah Altiparmak
Authors: U. Emrah Altiparmak; Eric R. Eggenberger; Kelly A. Condon; Austin W. Coleman

Presentation 66: Dural Carotid Cavernous Fistulas
Presenters: Carolina do Val Ferreira
Authors: Carolina do Val Ferreira; Jose AP Iglesias

Presentation 67: Pseudotumor Cerebri: Augmentation of Optic Nerve Sheath Decompression with Mitomycin-C
Presenters: Susan C. Benes
Authors: Susan C. Benes; Laura A. Vleugels

Presentation 68: Infantile Orofacial Hemangioma with Ipsilateral Peripapillary Excavation
Presenters: Michael C. Brodsky
Authors: Michael C. Brodsky; Klara Landau

Presentation 69: not available - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Authors: not available

Presentation 70: Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in Eyes with Optic Disc Drusen
Presenters: Valerie A. Purvin
Authors: Valerie A. Purvin; Rae King; Aki Kawasaki; Robert D. Yee

Presentation 71: Genetic Diagnoses in Patients with Ataxia and Afferent Visual Loss
Presenters: David R. Lynch
Authors: David R. Lynch; Jennifer M. Farmer

Presentation 72: Intracavitary Pressure Monitoring from Chiasmatic Mass Lesions: How Much Decompression Is Enough?
Presenters: Amin B. Kassam
Authors: Amin B. Kassam; Misha L. Pless

Presentation 73: Endoscopic Endonasal Transplanum Approach to Chiasmatic Lesions: A New Paradigm in the Surgical Management of Tumors Compressing the Optic Chiasm
Presenters: Amin B. Kassam
Authors: Amin B. Kassam; Misha L. Pless

Presentation 74: Outcomes Following Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Fifty Pituitary Macroadenomas
Presenters: Amin B. Kassam
Authors: Amin B. Kassam; Ismail S. Al-Nashar

Presentation 75: Staged Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches in the Management of Complex Pituitary Macroadenomas
Presenters: Amin B. Kassam
Authors: Amin B. Kassam; Ismail S. Al-Nashar

Presentation 76: Potential Prevention of Long Term Visual Loss from Recurrent Shunt Failure
Presenters: Edward A. Peterson
Authors: Edward A. Peterson; Benjamin L. Proctor; Robert S. Parker

Presentation 77: Thyroid Antibodies in Association with Thyroid Ophthalmopathy
Presenters: John B. Kerrison
Authors: John B. Kerrison; Sheron B. Marshall; David EE Holck; Sean M. Blaydon

Presentation 78: Decision, Preparation and Execution of Saccades Activated Specific Cortical Networks
Presenters: Dan Milea
Authors: Dan Milea; Elie Lobel; Stephane Lehericy; Jean-Baptiste Pochon; Hossein Khonsari; Emmanuel Gerardin; Alain Berthoz; Charles Pierrot-Deseilligny

Day 3: Tuesday, February 11 (2003-02-11)

Program: Scientific Platform Presentations, Day 1 (Session 1)
Moderators: Louis F. Dell'Osso; Swaraj Bose

Presentation 1: Radiation Optic Neuropathy: Treatment with Pentoxifylline in Addition to Hyperbaric Oxygen
Presenters: Eugene F. May
Authors: Eugene F. May; Jacqueline MS Winterkorn; Richard H. Legge; Sharon R. Kuritzky; Scott Forman; Jerry A. Shields

Presentation 2: Automated Static Perimetry in the Young Pediatric Group: Lessons from the Nintendo Generation
Presenters: Steven A. Newman
Authors: Steven A. Newman

Presentation 3: The Multifocal Visual Evoked Response in Neuro-ophthalmic Diagnosis
Presenters: Michael H. Wall
Authors: Michael H. Wall; Kimberly R. Woodward

Presentation 4: Ophthalmic and ERG Findings in CRMP-5 Autoantibody Syndrome
Presenters: Byron L. Lam
Authors: Byron L. Lam; Shelley A. Cross; Vanda A. Lennon

Presentation 5: Representation of Angioscotomas in Striate Cortex
Presenters: Jonathan C. Horton
Authors: Jonathan C. Horton; Daniel L. Adams

Presentation 6: The Anatomy of the Muscle Insertion in the Extraocular Lateral and Medial Rectus Muscles in Humans
Presenters: Hanspeter E. Killer
Authors: Hanspeter E. Killer; Gregor P. Jaggi

Presentation 7: Comparison of Visual Function Tests in an MS Cohort
Presenters: Laura J. Balcer
Authors: Laura J. Balcer; M. Ligia Nano-Schiavi; Dina A. Jacobs; Clyde E. Markowitz; Dorothea C. Pfohl; Steven L. Galetta; Maureen G. Maguire

Presentation 8: Outcomes Following Microvascular Decompression for Hemifacial Spasm in 121 Patients
Presenters: Amin B. Kassam
Authors: Amin B. Kassam; Michael B. Horowitz

Program: Scientific Platform Presentations, Day 1 (Session 2)
Moderators: Louis F. Dell'Osso; Swaraj Bose

Presentation 1: Ocular Myasthenia Gravis: Edrophonium Testing and Effects of Prednisone on Incidence of Generalized Disease at Two Years - not available for Web publication
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Authors: Mark J. Kupersmith

Presentation 2: Time Course of Atrophy and Rethickening of the Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) Following Acute Damage
Presenters: Randy H. Kardon
Authors: Randy H. Kardon; A. Leigh Bassman

Presentation 3: Classification of Amiodarone Optic Neuropathy - A New Paradigm
Presenters: David W. Chen
Authors: David W. Chen; Thomas R. Hedges III

Presentation 4: Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: A Comparison Between Patients Presenting with and without Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations
Presenters: My Hanh T. Nguyen
Authors: M. Tariq Bhatti; My Hanh T. Nguyen; Barbara K. Miller

Presentation 5: Corneal Neurotrophin-3 Deficiency Results in Reduced Corneal Innervation and Neuropathic Keratopathy
Presenters: Jeffrey L. Bennett
Authors: Jeffrey L. Bennett; Michelle M. Boulter; Zachary C. Baquet; Kevin R. Jones

Presentation 6: Effect of Parkinson's Disease on Eye Movements During Reading
Presenters: Paul A. Wetzel
Authors: Paul A. Wetzel; Warren L. Felton III

Presentation 7: Interpreting the Multifocal Visual Evoked Potential (mfVEP): The Influence of Preretinal Factors
Presenters: Bryan J. Winn
Authors: Bryan J. Winn; Donald C. Hood; Emily H. Shin; Jeffrey G. Odel

Presentation 8: Superior Oblique Myokymia: Efficacy of Medical Treatment
Presenters: Pamela E. Williams
Authors: Pamela E. Williams; Valerie A. Purvin; Aki Kawasaki

Program: Hot Topics (Controversies): Functional Visual Loss
Moderators: David L. Knox; Ralph A. Sawyer

Presentation 1: The "Iatrogenic" Converter
[Case 1]
Presenters: Jacqueline A. Leavitt
Authors: Jacqueline A. Leavitt

Presentation 2: Functional Visual Loss Plus
[Case 2]
Presenters: Mark L. Moster
Authors: Mark L. Moster

Presentation 3: The Expert Witness and the Nonorganic Patient: Discovery, Documentation and Daubert
[Case 3]
Presenters: August L. Reader III
Authors: August L. Reader III

Presentation 4: Factitious Visual Loss
[Case 4]
Presenters: Terry A. Cox
Authors: Terry A. Cox

Presentation 5: The Psychodynamics of "Functional Illness": Functional Visual Loss in Psychiatric Context
[Case 4]
Presenters: Noel C. Gardner
Authors: Noel C. Gardner

Day 4: Wednesday, February 12 (2003-02-12)

Program: Scientific Platform Presentations, Day 2 (Session 3)
Moderators: Howard D. Pomeranz; Lynn K. Gordon

Presentation 1: Evidence for Axon Loss in the Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer after an Acute Event of Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Fiona Costello
Authors: Fiona Costello; Randy H. Kardon

Presentation 2: Electrical Stimulation to Enhance Axonal Regeneration after Optic Nerve Injury
Presenters: Prem S. Subramanian
Authors: Prem S. Subramanian; Lawrence P. Schramm; Paul N. Hoffman

Presentation 3: Orbital Ultrasound as the Primary Imaging Modality in Patients with Ocular Misalignment and Suspected Thyroid Eye Disease
Presenters: Nicholas J. Volpe
Authors: Nicholas J. Volpe; James A. Sbarbaro; E. Kym Gendron; Grant T. Liu; Steven L. Galetta; Laura J. Balcer

Presentation 4: The Value of Supplemental Maddox Rod Testing in Patients with Diplopia and Strabismus
Presenters: David E. Newman-Toker
Authors: David E. Newman-Toker; Joseph F. Rizzo III

Presentation 5: Mutation Analysis of Eighteen Families with Kjer-Type Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
Presenters: John B. Kerrison
Authors: John B. Kerrison; S. Tonya Stefko; Christian T. Hamel; Michael B. Gorin; Andrew W. Eller; Tammy S. Mah; Irene H. Maumenee

Presentation 6: Saccades in Unilateral Peripheral and Central Sixth Nerve Palsy
Presenters: Kylen D. Mcreelis
Authors: Kylen D. Mcreelis; James A. Sharpe; Agnes MF Wong

Presentation 7: The Pupil Response to Large Regional Stimuli in Normal Subjects and Patients with Focal Visual Field Loss
Presenters: Aki Kawasaki
Authors: Aki Kawasaki; Randy H. Kardon

Presentation 8: Gene Therapy to Abolish Congenital Nystagmus in RPE65-Deficient Canines
Presenters: Louis F. Dell'Osso
Authors: Louis F. Dell'Osso; Jonathan B. Jacobs; Richard W. Hertle; Jeffrey L. Bennett; Gregory M. Acland

Program: Scientific Platform Presentations, Day 2 (Session 4)
Moderators: Howard D. Pomeranz; Lynn K. Gordon

Presentation 1: The Role of Radiation in the Management of Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas
Presenters: Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham
Authors: Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham; John S. Kennerdell; Ghassan K. Bejjani

Presentation 2: Early Versus Delayed Correction of Infantile Strabismus in Macaque Monkeys: Effects on Cerebral Ocular Motor Circuits
Presenters: Agnes MF Wong
Authors: Agnes MF Wong; Andreas Burkhalter; Lawrence Tychsen

Presentation 3: Fluorescein Angiography: Essential Tool for the Diagnosis of Susac Syndrome
Presenters: Francois Evoy
Authors: Francois Evoy; Helene Joyal

Presentation 4: Ocular Motor Duction Testing for Clinical Trials
Presenters: Hilary E. Fazzone
Authors: Hilary E. Fazzone; Mark J. Kupersmith

Presentation 5: The Perceptual Deficit in Prosopagnosia Affects Within - Object Spatial Processing, Not Holistic Perception
Presenters: Jason JS Barton
Authors: Jason JS Barton; Mariya V. Cherkasova

Presentation 6: Penetrance and Expressivity of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy and Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
Presenters: David A. Mackey
Authors: David A. Mackey; Jamie E. Craig; Nicola J. Marchbank; Carmel Toomes; Chris F. Inglehearn; A. Neil Howell

Presentation 7: Dibutyryl Cyclic AMP and Retinal Ganglion Cell Survival
Presenters: Rudrani Banik
Authors: Rudrani Banik; Abram R. Geisendorfer; Paul N. Hoffman

Presentation 8: Defining the Retinal and Optic Nerve Response to Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (AION) Using a Mouse Model
Presenters: Nitza Goldenberg-Cohen
Authors: Nitza Goldenberg-Cohen; Steven L. Bernstein; Neil R. Miller

Program: Clinical Research for Clinicians
Moderators: Terry A. Cox

Presentation 1: not available - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Authors: not available

Program: Biostatistics Wet Lab
Moderators: Laura J. Balcer

Presentation 1: Basic Epidemiologic and Biostatistics Terminology
Presenters: Laura J. Balcer
Authors: Laura J. Balcer

Program: Educational Skills Transfer: Digital Neuro-Ophthalmology
Moderators: Preston C. Calvert; Jade S. Schiffman; Rosa A. Tang; Edmond J. FitzGibbon

Presentation 1: Improved Workflow in the Paperless Neuro-Ophthalmology Office
Presenters: Preston C. Calvert
Authors: Preston C. Calvert

Presentation 2: To Dream the Now Possible Dream: The Neuro-Ophthalmology Digital EMR
Presenters: Jade S. Schiffman
Authors: Jade S. Schiffman

Presentation 3: Telemedicine Consultation in Neuro-Ophthalmology: Extending Your Expertise and Your Practice
Presenters: Rosa A. Tang
Authors: Rosa A. Tang

Presentation 4: Digital Tips for Academics (and Others)
Presenters: Edmond J. FitzGibbon
Authors: Edmond J. FitzGibbon

Day 5: Thursday, February 13 (2003-02-13)

Program: Retina Symposium: Unexplained Visual Loss: Is It Retinal or Neuro-Ophthalmic?
Moderators: Sophia M. Chung; Jeffrey G. Odel

Presentation 1: Revealing the Invisible Man
Presenters: Jeffrey G. Odel
Authors: Jeffrey G. Odel

Presentation 2: The Multifocal Electroretinogram (mfERG): Applications and Limitations
Presenters: Donald C. Hood
Authors: Donald C. Hood

Presentation 3: Photopsias
Presenters: Valerie A. Purvin
Authors: Valerie A. Purvin

Presentation 4: White-Spot Syndromes of the Retina
Presenters: Lee M. Jampol
Authors: Lee M. Jampol

Presentation 5: The Multifocal Visual Evoked Potential (VEP): Applications and Limitations
Presenters: Donald C. Hood
Authors: Donald C. Hood

Presentation 6: Paraneoplastic Retinopathies vs. (Non-Cancer) Autoimmune Related Retinopathy and Optic Neuropathy (ARRON Syndrome)
Presenters: John L. Keltner
Authors: John L. Keltner