NANOS Annual Meeting #30, 2004
Renaissance Orlando Hotel at Sea World, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
2004-03-28 through 2004-04-01
Meeting statistics: 5 days; 12 programs; 149 presentations; 354 active participants (17 moderators; 125 presenters; 348 authors)
Day 1: Sunday, March 28 (2004-03-28)
Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 1
Moderators: Preston C. Calvert
Presentation 1: I Can't See, Walk, Poop or Pee
Presenters: David L. Knox
Presentation 2: Attack of the Clones
Presenters: M. Tariq Bhatti
Presentation 3: Victoria's Secret
Presenters: Daniel E. Kremens
Presentation 4: M&M Conference (Not on Morbidity and Mortality)
Presenters: William D. Freeman
Presentation 5: NANOS at the Walsh
Presenters: Deborah A. Hall
Presentation 6: Cryptogenic Headache - not available for Web publication
Presenters: Marc S. Azran
Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 2
Moderators: Steven A. Newman
Presentation 1: Can't Hear, Can't See, Too Sore to Play - not available for Web publication
Presenters: Michael S. Lee
Presentation 2: Crouching Masses, Hidden Vision
Presenters: Madhu R. Agarwal
Presentation 3: Frozen Eyes and Muscle Cramps
Presenters: Margaret M. Wong
Presentation 4: Another Plastic Surgery Disaster?
Presenters: Timothy J. McCulley
Presentation 5: Pain, Proptosis and … Pitch Black!
Presenters: Fiona Costello
Presentation 6: The Eye That Went to the Dogs
Presenters: Gabriella Szatmary
Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 3
Moderators: Mary Ellen Cullom
Presentation 1: Double Then None from More Than One
Presenters: Aileen A. Antonio-Santos
Presentation 2: Feels Like a Giant
Presenters: John B. Kerrison
Presentation 3: The Cavernous Sinus Is Normal?
Presenters: Maria I. Aguilar
Presentation 4: When Small Is Big
Presenters: Madhura A. Tamhankar
Presentation 5: Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda …
Presenters: Andrew G. Lee
Presentation 6: Tracking Down the Third Nerve
Presenters: Dina A. Jacobs
Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 4
Moderators: Robert F. Saul
Presentation 1: You Say Neuritis and I Say Neuropathy -You Say Myelitis and I Say Myelopathy
Presenters: Norah S. Lincoff
Presentation 2: Another Steroid Responsive Optic Neuropathy?
Presenters: Haneen Jabaly-Habib
Presentation 3: The Man Who Sold the Sky - not available for Web publication
Presenters: Michael S. Vaphiades
Presentation 4: An Uninvited Guest
Presenters: Valerie Biousse
Presentation 5: When Too Many Positives Are Negative
Presenters: Judith EA Warner
Day 2: Monday, March 29 (2004-03-29)
Program: Infectious Diseases Symposium
Moderators: Lynn K. Gordon; Jacqueline MS Winterkorn
Presentation 1: TB or not TB: That Is Often a Question!
Presenters: Pamela S. Chavis
Presentation 2: PML: Lessons from the AIDS Pandemic
Presenters: Joseph R. Berger
Presentation 3: Fads and Epidemics in Infectious Disease: Syphilis, Lyme and Bartonella
Presenters: Laura J. Balcer
Presentation 4: Horrible Hyphae: Orbital Infections
Presenters: Howard R. Krauss
Presentation 5: Choroidopathies: Infection: Autoimmunity
Presenters: Jeffrey L. Bennett
Presentation 6: Prion Disease: Folding Matters
Presenters: Eric R. Eggenberger
Presentation 7: Neurologic Complications of HIV Infection
Presenters: Meriem K. Bensalem
Program: Biostatistics Lab
Moderators: Laura J. Balcer
Presentation 1: Basic Epidemiologic and Biostatistical Terminology
Presenters: Laura J. Balcer
Day 3: Tuesday, March 30 (2004-03-30)
Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 1)
Moderators: Lynn K. Gordon; Howard D. Pomeranz
Presentation 1: Dominant Optic Atrophy, Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Ptosis, and Ophthalmoplegia: A Syndrome Caused by a Mutation in OPA1
Presenters: Marielle Payne Young
Presentation 2: A Simple Computer Program for Quantification of Red Desaturation in Patients with Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Yehoshua Almog
Presentation 3: Functional Neuroimaging in Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION) Using PET Scanning
Presenters: Swaraj Bose
Presentation 4: Frequency of Antiretinal Antibodies in Normal Human Serum
Presenters: Guy V. Jirawuthiworavong
Presentation 5: The American Society of Anesthesiologists Postoperative Visual Loss (POVL) Registry: Preliminary Analysis of 79 Cases
Presenters: Steven Roth
Presentation 6: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Associations with Coagulation Disorders and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Presenters: Karl C. Golnik
Presentation 7: The One Minute Automated Test for Quantifying the Relative Afferent Pupil Defect (RAPD)
Presenters: Aki Kawasaki
Presentation 8: The Effect of Visual Restitution Training (VRT) to Absolute Homonymous Field Defects - Assessed by SLO-Perimetry
Presenters: Susanne Trauzettel-Klosinski
Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 2)
Moderators: Aki Kawasaki; Swaraj Bose; Leah N. Levi; Grant T. Liu; Howard R. Krauss
Presentation 1: Orbital Endoscopy in a Live Animal Model
Presenters: Louise A. Mawn
Presentation 2: Visual Function and Disease Phenotype in Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: Gregory F. Wu
Presentation 3: SITA-FAST Visual Field Strategy Improves Compliance and Quality of Follow-up in Pre-pubertal IIH
Presenters: Hadas Stiebel-Kalish
Presentation 4: Measurement of Scleral Canal Area Using Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients with Optic Nerve Drusen
Presenters: Michael S. Floyd
Presentation 5: Analysis of the Ten-Year Evaluation of the ONTT Patients
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Presentation 6: Validation of an Animal Model for Non-arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Howard D. Pomeranz
Presentation 7: Comparative Evaluation of Megadose Methylprednisolone with Dexamethasone for Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Abhas Mehrotra
Presentation 8: Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Presenters: Anat Kesler
Presentation 9: Retinal Photopigment Levels in Migraine Patients with Photophobia
Presenters: Aaron N. Waite
Presentation 10: Use of the Multifocal ERG to Differentiate Arteritic from Non-arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (AION)
Presenters: Randy H. Kardon
Presentation 11: Classification of Visual Field Abnormalities 1, 5 and 10 Years after the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial (ONTT)
Presenters: John L. Keltner
Presentation 12: Minimally Invasive Approaches to Perichiasmatic Lesions
Presenters: Amin B. Kassam
Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 3)
Moderators: Aki Kawasaki; Swaraj Bose; Leah N. Levi; Grant T. Liu; Howard R. Krauss
Presentation 1: Octopus Computerized Static and Kinetic Perimetry in the Detection of Non-Organic Vision Loss
Presenters: Nicholas J. Volpe
Presentation 2: Single-Cell Repertoire Analysis Demonstrates Clonal Expansion of the B Cell Response in Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Jeffrey L. Bennett
Presentation 3: Do All Meningiomas of the Cavernous Sinus Require Treatment?
Presenters: Elyse R. Trastman-Caruso
Presentation 4: High Resolution MRI with Histologic Validation of the Intraorbital Optic Nerve: Implications for Optic Neuropathies
Presenters: Shaheen P. Karim
Presentation 5: Neuro-Ophthalmology of Late-Onset Tay Sachs Disease
Presenters: Janet C. Rucker
Presentation 6: The Effects of Afferent Disease on the Timing and Contraction of the Pupil Light Reflex
Presenters: Oliver O. Bergamin
Presentation 7: A Quantitative Approach to Identifying Non-Organic Contributions to Field Defects Using the Multifocal Visual Evoked Potential (mfVEP)
Presenters: Paula Wynn
Day 4: Wednesday, March 31 (2004-03-31)
Program: Motility Symposium
Moderators: Mark L. Moster; Agnes MF Wong
Presentation 1: Functional Anatomy of the Extraocular Muscle Pulleys
Presenters: Joseph L. Demer
Presentation 2: New Anatomic Concepts and Their Surgical Implications for the Treatment of Strabismus
Presenters: Joseph L. Demer
Presentation 3: Congenital Strabismus in Three Dimensions
Presenters: Michael C. Brodsky
Presentation 4: Supranuclear Control of Eye Movements (Brainstem, Cerebellar, Cerebral)
Presenters: R. John Leigh
Presentation 5: Treatment of Nystagmus and Other Ocular Oscillations
Presenters: Mark J. Morrow
Presentation 6: A Clinician-Friendly Approach to Understanding Listing's Law
Presenters: Agnes MF Wong
Program: Poster Presentations
Moderators: not available
Presentation 1: A Case Report of Unilateral Horner's Syndrome and 6th Nerve Palsy in Giant Cell Arteritis
Presenters: Jonathan H. Salvin
Presentation 2: Presumed "Sulfa" Allergy in Patients with Intracranial Hypertension Treated with Acetazolamide or Furosemide: Cross-reactivity, Myth or Reality?
Presenters: Andrew G. Lee
Presentation 3: The Diagnostic Yield of Testing in Neurologically Isolated Optic Atrophy
Presenters: Andrew G. Lee
Presentation 4: The Clinical Spectrum of Amiodarone Induced Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Lenworth N. Johnson
Presentation 5: Visual Loss Due to High Corneal Astigmatism in Thyroid Eye Disease: Another Dysthyroid Optic Neuropathy Masquerader
Presenters: Rachael D. Elrod
Presentation 6: Orbital Complications of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: MR and CT Findings
Presenters: M. Tariq Bhatti
Presentation 7: Exophthalmometry in Asians and Caucasians: A Comparative Study
Presenters: Melanie H. Erb
Presentation 8: Vitritis Associated with Neurosyphilis Mimicking Huntington's Disease
Presenters: Ganesha Kandavel
Presentation 9: Giant Cell Arteritis Among Hispanic Americans - the BPEI Experience
Presenters: Robert S. Wirthlin
Presentation 10: not available - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Presentation 11: Giant Cell Arteritis in an Asian Chinese Population
Presenters: Kong Yong Goh
Presentation 12: Amiodarone Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Valerie A. Purvin
Presentation 13: Neuro-Ophthalmologic Findings in Three Patients with Atypical Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Degeneration
Presenters: Robert A. Egan
Presentation 14: Doxycycline and Intracranial Hypertension
Presenters: Deborah I. Friedman
Presentation 15: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Experience of Five Neuro-Ophthalmology Referral Centers
Presenters: Deborah I. Friedman
Presentation 16: Correlation between Monocular Diplopia and Coma
Presenters: Alexander Melamud
Presentation 17: The Natural History of Pain in Ischemic Ocular Motor Cranial Nerve Palsies
Presenters: Robert L. Tomsak
Presentation 18: Intermittent Headaches as the First Presenting Sign of Subacute Angle Closure
Presenters: Kenneth S. Shindler
Presentation 19: Elevated Intracranial Pressure in the Setting of IRVAN Syndrome
Presenters: Matthew D. Hammond
Presentation 20: Horner's Syndrome and Cavernous Sinus Involvement in Giant Cell Arteritis
Presenters: Gregory P. Van Stavern
Presentation 21: Paradoxical Worsening of Myasthenic Ptosis after Ice Test
Presenters: Gregory P. Van Stavern
Presentation 22: Combined Computerized Kinetic and Static Perimetry as an Alternative to Standard Static and Kinetic Perimetry
Presenters: Stacy L. Pineles
Presentation 23: An Unusual Case of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Presenting as Orbital Apex Syndrome
Presenters: Daniel J. Machleder
Presentation 24: Charles Bonnet Syndrome in Subsets of Low Vision Patients
Presenters: Rudrani Banik
Presentation 25: Ocular Motor Study of Fixation and Optokinetic Nystagmus
Presenters: Isla M. Williams
Presentation 26: Orbital Pseudotumor as an Initial Manifestation of Multicentric Castleman's Disease
Presenters: Satoshi Kashii
Presentation 27: Plasma Ghrelin Levels in Patients with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Presenters: Prem S. Subramanian
Presentation 28: Chronic Bilateral Optic Disc Edema Caused by Vitreopapillary Traction
Presenters: Won I. Kim
Presentation 29: Vaccination for Vacation - Raising the Stakes
Presenters: Avi Balwani
Presentation 30: Surgical Treatment of Superior Oblique Palsy - Comparing Efficacy of Isolated Inferior Oblique Muscle Surgery and Two Muscle Surgery
Presenters: KB Hatz
Presentation 31: HTLV-1 Associated Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Hideki Chuman
Presentation 32: "Malignant" Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Presenters: Madhav Thambisetty
Presentation 33: Optic Neuropathy Caused by Allergic Fungal Sinusitis
Presenters: Aaleya F. Koreishi
Presentation 34: Convergence Insufficiency Intermittent Exotropia - A Sign of Neurologic Disease
Presenters: Paul H. Phillips
Presentation 35: Large Anterior Cranial Base Meningioma with an Unusual Presentation: A Case Report
Presenters: John P. Fang
Presentation 36: Orbital Ischemic Syndrome and Dural Enhancement Associated with Temporal Artery Vasculitis
Presenters: Christopher J. Haggerty
Presentation 37: Eye Movement Disorders Due to Brainstem Cavernous Angioma
Presenters: Aric J. Aldridge
Presentation 38: Candidate Gene Analysis in X-linked Congenital Nystagmus (NYS1)
Presenters: John B. Kerrison
Presentation 39: Voluntary Alteration of Full-Field Electroretinogram (ERG) and Visual Evoked Potential (VEP)
Presenters: Alyson B. Reiss
Presentation 40: Relation of Vision to Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: Irene M. Lee
Presentation 41: Visual Field Abnormalities Predict Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS)
Presenters: John L. Keltner
Presentation 42: not available - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Presentation 43: The Incidence of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in Mississippi
Presenters: Jennifer H. Garrett
Presentation 44: Superior Segmental Optic Nerve Hypoplasia in Two Sisters Born to a Diabetic Mother: Association with Abnormal MRI Findings and Maternal Metabolic Control During Pregnancy
Presenters: Riri S. Manor
Presentation 45: The Role of Fluorescein Angiogram in Distinguishing Papilledema from Pseudopapilledema
Presenters: Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham
Presentation 46: Fat Distribution in Pseudotumor Cerebri (PTC) Patients
Presenters: Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham
Presentation 47: Erythromycin Can Precipitate the Onset of Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Byron L. Lam
Presentation 48: Neuro-Ophthalmologic Manifestations of Closed Head Injury
Presenters: Thomas C. Spoor
Presentation 49: Epiretinal Membranes after Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration
Presenters: Thomas C. Spoor
Presentation 50: Early Bilateral External Ophthalmoplegia Caused by Metastatic Breast Carcinoma
Presenters: Luis J. Mejico
Presentation 51: Rehabilitation of Homonymous Hemianopias: A Literature Review
Presenters: Beau K. Nakamoto
Presentation 52: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) without Papilledema: Headache and Visual Aspects
Presenters: Beau K. Nakamoto
Presentation 53: Orbital Ischemia and Retinal Artery Occlusion in Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
Presenters: Peter JG Maris Jr
Presentation 54: Optical Coherence Tomography in Neuroretinitis
Presenters: David D. Gilbert
Presentation 55: Increased Prevalence of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Presenters: Joseph F. Rizzo III
Presentation 56: Neuroretinitis and Gemcitabine: Coincidence or Cause?
Presenters: Alvin BH Seah
Presentation 57: Persistent MRI Lesion in Two Patients with Recurrent Oculomotor Palsy Associated with Migraine
Presenters: Aki Kawasaki
Presentation 58: Abnormal Multifocal ERG in Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Francois-Xavier Borruat
Presentation 59: An Update on Microvascular Decompression for Hemifacial Spasm: What Have We Learned after 350 Cases?
Presenters: Amin B. Kassam
Presentation 60: The Genetic Testing Paradigm for Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: Discovery of a New Candidate LHON Mitochondrial DNA Mutation
Presenters: Michael D. Brown
Presentation 61: Identification of OPA1 Mutations in Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy (ADOA): Toward the Role of the Mitochondria in ADOA
Presenters: Michael D. Brown
Presentation 62: Aging-Related Visual Decline in Patients with Stable Optic Neuropathies
Presenters: Jonathan W. Kim
Presentation 63: Retinol Binding Protein and Retinol Analysis in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients With and Without Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Presenters: Alexander J. Larson
Presentation 64: The Natural History of Central Retinal Vein Occlusion: Predictors of Presenting, Early, and Long-Term Visual Acuity
Presenters: Ezekiel Weis
Presentation 65: Patterns in Neuroimaging Misreading
Presenters: Ruth Huna-Baron
Presentation 66: The Cup-to-disc Ratio Is Smaller in the Pseudotumor Cerebri Population Compared to Norms: Implications for Anterior Optic Neuropathies
Presenters: Brooke E. Geddie
Presentation 67: not available - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Presentation 68: Acquired Isolated Third Nerve Palsies in Infants with Cerebrovascular Abnormalities
Presenters: Madhura A. Tamhankar
Presentation 69: Training-induced Perceptual Recovery after Visual Cortical Stroke
Presenters: Eric A. Kelts
Presentation 70: Hyperglycemic Hemianopia: A Reversible Complication of Non-Ketotic Hyperglycemia
Presenters: Patrick JM Lavin
Presentation 71: The Use of Optical Coherence Tomography and the Multifocal Electroretinogram to Distinguish Optic Neuritis from Retinopathies
Presenters: Fiona Costello
Presentation 72: Annual Incidence of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) in the Philadelphia Area
Presenters: Dina A. Jacobs
Presentation 73: not available - not available for Web publication
Presenters: not available
Presentation 74: Optic Chiasmal Glioma in an Adult Associated with a Good Long-Term Prognosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Presenters: Dean M. Cestari
Presentation 75: Ocular Oscillation Vignettes
Presenters: Margaret M. Wong
Presentation 76: A Review of Low-Velocity Transorbital Intracranial Injury - Occult versus Non-Occult Patterns of Penetration
Presenters: Dawn N. Maxwell
Presentation 77: Blindness in Optic Neuropathy Mimickers
Presenters: Edgardo Ulysses N. Dorotheo
Presentation 78: Optical Coherence Tomography: A New Tool in the Diagnosis of Big Blind Spot Syndrome
Presenters: Emely Z. Karam
Presentation 79: Transient Cortical Blindness and Global Amnesia Following Contrast Dye Angiography: Evaluation by Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Presenters: Navid Khodadadi
Presentation 80: Visual Disturbances and Irofulven
Presenters: Antonella Boschi
Day 5: Thursday, April 1 (2004-04-01)
Program: Neuro-Ophthalmologic Complications of Surgery and Innovation in Neuro-Ophthalmic Therapy Symposium
Moderators: Gregory S. Kosmorsky; Roger E. Turbin
Presentation 1: Hydrocephalus - An Overview
Presenters: Gregory S. Kosmorsky
Presentation 2: The Treatment of Neuro-Hydrodynamic Disorders: Indications and Methods
Presenters: Mark G. Luciano
Presentation 3: Mechanisms of Visual Loss and Recovery After Surgery
Presenters: Robert C. Sergott
Presentation 4: Current Status of Interventional Neuroradiology (Endovascular Surgery)
Presenters: Alejandro Berenstein
Presentation 5: Advances in Orbital Surgery
Presenters: Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham