NANOS Annual Meeting #33, 2007
Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Snowbird, Utah, United States of America
2007-02-11 through 2007-02-15
Meeting statistics: 5 days; 12 programs; 156 presentations; 417 active participants (19 moderators; 125 presenters; 415 authors)
Day 1: Sunday, February 11 (2007-02-11)
Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 1
Moderators: Eric R. Eggenberger; Julie M. Falardeau
Presentation 1: A Case of Bilateral Optic Nerve Atrophy
Presenters: Thomas N. Hwang
Presentation 2: Rectifying the Apposite Diagnosis
Presenters: Beau B. Bruce
Presentation 3: Steroid Non-Responsive Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Ruth Huna-Baron
Presentation 4: You Shake My Nerves and You Rattle My Brain
Presenters: Ai Sakonju
Presentation 5: A Mercurial Course
Presenters: Melissa Wang-Ko
Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 2
Moderators: Andrew G. Lee; Fiona Costello
Presentation 1: Painful Red Eye in a 69 Year Old Female with Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Presenters: Michael Engelbert
Presentation 2: Do You See Mike?
Presenters: Deborah I. Friedman
Presentation 3: An "Obscure" Diagnosis
Presenters: Kalliopi Stasi
Presentation 4: Back to the Doctor
Presenters: Benjamin J. Osborne
Presentation 5: Isolated Third Nerve Palsy Caused by Intracranial Spread of Idiopathic Orbital Inflammation?
Presenters: Celia Chen
Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 3
Moderators: Neil R. Miller; Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham
Presentation 1: Up and Down and Around and Around
Presenters: Elizabeth Waller
Presentation 2: Klinging to my Failing Corneas
Presenters: Vivek R. Patel
Presentation 3: Small Surprises Along the Journey
Presenters: Janet C. Rucker
Presentation 4: My, What Asthenia You Have
Presenters: Michael S. Lee
Presentation 5: An Unusual "Optic Neuritis"
Presenters: Manoj Parulekar
Program: Frank B. Walsh Session 4
Moderators: Kathleen B. Digre; Timothy J. McCulley
Presentation 1: Diplopia, Dysarthria, and Dizziness from Subarachnoid Fat?
Presenters: Neil R. Miller
Presentation 2: Sticky Situation
Presenters: Joshua Pasol
Presentation 3: A Rare Cause of Ocular Motor Apraxia
Presenters: Edward J. Atkins
Presentation 4: The Largest Ventricular Tumor on Earth
Presenters: Alberto Galvez-Ruiz
Presentation 5: Horrible Hallucinations
Presenters: Melissa Wang-Ko
Day 2: Monday, February 12 (2007-02-12)
Program: Novel Approaches to Treatment of Neuro-Ophthalmic Diseases: Part II: Neuroprotection and Other Methods for Salvaging Visual Function
Moderators: Leonard A. Levin; Swaraj Bose
Presentation 1: Neuroprotection in Optic Neuritis: A Clinical Trial
Presenters: Laura J. Balcer
Presentation 2: Dendritic and Axonal Protection: Is It Enough to Protect the Retinal Ganglion Cell Body?
Presenters: Adriana Di Polo
Presentation 3: Neuroprotection From The Clinician's Viewpoint: Myth Or Reality?
Presenters: Swaraj Bose
Presentation 4: Progress in Stem Cell Research and Applications to Neuro-Ophthalmology
Presenters: Leonard A. Levin
Presentation 5: Viral Mediated Therapy for Photoreceptor Disease
Presenters: William Hauswirth
Presentation 6: Optic Nerve Regeneration: New Frontiers
Presenters: Adriana Di Polo
Presentation 7: Gene Therapy for Leber Congenital Amaurosis
Presenters: William Hauswirth
Presentation 8: Gene Mediated Therapy for LHON
Presenters: John R. Guy
Program: NANOS Platform Presentation
Moderators: Leonard A. Levin; Swaraj Bose
Presentation 1: Platform Presentation: The SIRT1 Activator SRT501 Attenuates Retinal Ganglion Cell Loss and Preserves Axonal Function During Acute Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Kenneth S. Shindler
Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 1)
Moderators: Swaraj Bose; Eric R. Eggenberger
Presentation 1: Head Position-Dependent Changes in Ocular Torsion in Skew Deviation
Presenters: Manoj Parulekar
Presentation 2: Optic Disc Size and Correlation to Central Corneal Thickness: A Potential Link for Susceptibility to Glaucoma
Presenters: Cameron F. Parsa
Presentation 3: Optic Neuritis in Asians
Presenters: Su Ann Lim
Presentation 4: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in African Americans
Presenters: Beau B. Bruce
Presentation 5: Non-Uniform Pressure Generation in the Optic Chiasm May Explain Bitemporal Hemianopsia
Presenters: Gregory S. Kosmorsky
Presentation 6: Severity of Directional Pursuit Asymmetry Correlates with the Duration of Binocular Decorrelation in Strabismic Macaque Monkeys
Presenters: Aasim Hasany
Presentation 7: Correlation of RAPD with Peripapillary RNFL Thickness Difference and VF Mean Deviation Difference
Presenters: Joseph G. Chacko
Presentation 8: Eye Movements in Gaucher Type 3 Disease
Presenters: Edmond J. FitzGibbon
Day 3: Tuesday, February 13 (2007-02-13)
Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 2)
Moderators: Valerie Biousse; Marie D. Acierno; Agnes MF Wong; Wayne T. Cornblath
Presentation 1: Low-Contrast Letter Acuity Loss Over Time in Multiple Sclerosis Correlates with Reductions in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Macular Volume by OCT
Presenters: Bryn Burkholder
Presentation 2: Assessment of Visual Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease
Presenters: Melissa Wang-Ko
Presentation 3: Orbital Hemorrhage: The Relationship of Intraocular and Orbital Pressure and the Effectiveness of Cantholysis
Presenters: Timothy J. McCulley
Presentation 4: What Best Defines Whether an Optic Nerve is Hypoplastic?
Presenters: Reid A. Longmuir
Presentation 5: Quantitative Assessment of Normal and Hyperthyroid Extraocular Muscles in C57BL/6 Mice Using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
Presenters: Swaraj Bose
Presentation 6: Visual Perception of Rotating 3D Virtual Objects Presented in an Immersive Virtual Environment in Alazheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Normals
Presenters: Victoria S. Pelak
Presentation 7: RNFL Measurements in Optic Neuritis: The Role of OCT in Predicting Visual Recovery and the Future Risk of MS
Presenters: Fiona Costello
Presentation 8: Comparison of RNFL Measurements and Visual Function Among Patients with MS
Presenters: Eric R. Eggenberger
Presentation 9: Intracranial Hypertension and Chiari Malformations
Presenters: Susan C. Benes
Presentation 10: Mechanism of CSF Outflow Through Human Arachnoid Granulations Using In Vitro and Ex-Vivo Perfusion Models
Presenters: Deborah M. Grzybowski
Presentation 11: Visual Function at Baseline and One Month in Acute Demyelinating Optic Neuritis Predicts Visual Outcome
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Presentation 12: Heritability of Optic Disc Morphology in the Twins Eye Studies
Presenters: David A. Mackey
Presentation 13: Congruency in Homonymous Hemianopia (HH)
Presenters: Valerie Biousse
Presentation 14: Clinical, Functional and Cellular Responses in a Novel Primate Model of Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (PNAION)
Presenters: Celia Chen
Presentation 15: Can CTA or MRA Replace Intra-Arterial Digital Subtraction Angiography in the Investigation of Isolated Third Nerve Palsy?
Presenters: William A. Fletcher
Program: Poster Presentations
Moderators: Steven E. Feldon; Alfredo A. Sadun
Presentation 1: Visible Human Arachnoid Villi Probability-Of-Occurrence Maps and Surface Area Quantification
Presenters: Deborah M. Grzybowski
Presentation 2: Management of Acute Optic Neuritis: Survey of Ophthalmologists and Neurologists in Australia and New Zealand
Presenters: Christian J. Lueck
Presentation 3: Management of Acute Optic Neuritis: Survey of Ophthalmologists and Neurologists in France
Presenters: Olivier Calvetti
Presentation 4: Management of Acute Optic Neuritis: Survey of Ophthalmologists and Neurologists in Thailand
Presenters: Pisit Preechawat
Presentation 5: Management of Acute Optic Neuritis: Survey of Ophathalmologists and Neurologists in Denmark
Presenters: Dan Milea
Presentation 6: Optic Coherence Tomography in Patients with Dominant Optic Atrophy
Presenters: Dan Milea
Presentation 7: Is This Giant Cell Arteritis?
Presenters: Mark R. Melson
Presentation 8: Are Sunglasses Predictive of Non-Organic Visual Loss (NOVL) in Neuroophthalmologic Practice?
Presenters: Rachel Bengtzen
Presentation 9: Effect of Vision Restoration Therapy (VRT) on the Visual Function of Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (AION) Patients
Presenters: Sung Min Jung
Presentation 10: The Characteristics Of Optic Nerve Head Drusen on Optical Coherence Topography (OCT)
Presenters: Sara T. Wester
Presentation 11: Clinical Determinants of Asymptomatic Pseudotumor Cerebri in the Pediatric Population
Presenters: Anat Kesler
Presentation 12: Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome (INS) Patients are "Slow to See": Model Predictions and Measures of New Aspects of Visual Function
Presenters: Louis F. Dell'Osso
Presentation 13: Case Report: The Use of Levodopa in the Treatment of Refractory Bilateral Amblyopia Secondary to High Bilateral Hypermetropia
Presenters: Michael Abrams
Presentation 14: The Pattern of Correlation Between Visual Acuity and Color Vision in Different Types of Visual Loss
Presenters: Yehoshua Almog
Presentation 17: Multi-Focal VEP in Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Stuart Graham
Presentation 18: Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension by British Neurologists
Presenters: Agam Jung
Presentation 19: Infantile Esotropia: A Treatable Cause of Oscillatory Head Movements in Children
Presenters: Michael C. Brodsky
Presentation 20: Novel Web-Based E-Learning Model For Resident Education in Neuro-Ophthalmology
Presenters: Joseph F. Rizzo III
Presentation 21: Perioptic Subarachnoid Seeding 13 Years After Treatment of a Suprasellar Germinoma
Presenters: Luciano S. Pereira
Presentation 22: Oculomotor and Electroretinographic Features of Four Patients With Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 7
Presenters: Michael Lloyd
Presentation 23: Comparison of Humphrey Perimetry and Second-Generation Humphrey Matrix FDT in the Evaluation of Post-Chiasmal Visual Field Defects
Presenters: Shelley Day
Presentation 24: Optic Nerve Cyst Formation Presenting as a Complication After Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration
Presenters: Christopher Thiagarajah
Presentation 25: Characteristics of Patients Presenting With Ocular Pain
Presenters: Skyler Wolfe
Presentation 26: Intermittent Monocular Horizontal APN in Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: Jenny E. Hong
Presentation 27: Complete Internal and External Ophthalmoplegia Due to Bilateral Paramedian Midbrain-Thalamic Infarcts
Presenters: Matthew J. Thurtell
Presentation 28: Acute Monocular Blindness Due to Mucocele of the Anterior Clinoid Process
Presenters: Matthew J. Thurtell
Presentation 29: Acquired Diffuse Retinopathy Heralding Lymphoma
Presenters: Mei Lu
Presentation 30: Taking the History From a Dizzy Patient: Why "What Do You Mean By Dizzy?" Should Not Be the First Question You Ask
Presenters: David E. Newman-Toker
Presentation 31: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in the Setting of Secondary Erythrocytosis Associated with Eisenmenger's Syndrome
Presenters: Arghavan Almony
Presentation 32: Measurement of Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Nonarteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Using Stratus Optical Coherence Tomography
Presenters: Gad Dotan
Presentation 33: The Effect of Chronic Denervation on Electrical, Chemical and Electrochemical Stimulation Efficacy
Presenters: Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham
Presentation 34: Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Quality of Life (QOL) Instrument
Presenters: Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham
Presentation 35: Building an Academic Library - Professional Society Partnership: The Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library
Presenters: Nancy Lombardo
Presentation 36: Efficacy of Restasis(R) (0.05% Cyclosporine A) Ophthalmic Emulsion in Patients with Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)
Presenters: Kimberly A. Peele-Cockerham
Presentation 37: The Biomechanics of Indirect Traumatic Optic Neuropathy -- Intraorbital Shockwave Propagation
Presenters: Thomas N. Hwang
Presentation 38: Patient with Conorenal Syndrome and Pseudotumor Cerebri
Presenters: Jeffrey Paulsen
Presentation 39: Acquired Hyperopia and Choroidal Folds Occuring in the Microgravity Environment of the International Space Station
Presenters: Richard M. Rubin
Presentation 40: Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Associated With the High G-Force Environment of USAF Pilots
Presenters: Richard M. Rubin
Presentation 41: Accelerating Microsaccadic Oscillation and Dysmetric Eye Movement Caused by Chemotherapy
Presenters: Yaping Joyce Liao
Presentation 42: Isolated Palsy of Saccades After Aortic Valve Replacement
Presenters: Nurhan Torun
Presentation 43: Late Enopthalmos Secondary to Orbital Trauma Presenting as Silent Sinus Syndrome
Presenters: Nurhan Torun
Presentation 44: Familial Clustering in Giant Cell Arteritis
Presenters: Robert Wade Crow
Presentation 45: Multifocal Electroretinography for the Detection of Subclinical Hydroxychloroquine Toxicity
Presenters: Wellington H. Chang
Presentation 46: Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Orbit: 2 Unusual Cases
Presenters: Sang Hong
Presentation 47: Orbital Apex Lymphoma Masquerading as an Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Sang Hong
Presentation 48: Pediatric Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas
Presenters: HB Harold Lee
Presentation 49: Pre- and Postoperative MRI and Ultrasound Findings in Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration: One Patient, Two Techniques
Presenters: Katie Luneau
Presentation 50: The "Pituitary Ring Sign": An MRI Sign of Nonhemorrhagic Pituitary Apoplexy
Presenters: Michael S. Vaphiades
Presentation 51: Behavioral Disorders in Children with Pseudotumor Cerebri
Presenters: Hana Leiba
Presentation 53: Evolution of Brain Imaging Abnormalities in Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy with Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-Like Episodes
Presenters: Robert L. Lesser
Presentation 54: Retinal Vascular Changes in CADASIL Syndrome
Presenters: Satoshi Kashii
Presentation 55: Selective Cilioretinal Artery Hypoperfusion After Sildenafil Use, Causing Altitudinal Transient Monocular Visual Loss
Presenters: Sara Yoon
Presentation 56: Iatrogenic Horner Syndrome Diagnosed with 0.5% Apraclonidine
Presenters: Amir H. Guerami
Presentation 57: Idiopathic Chiasmal Neuritis
Presenters: Aki Kawasaki
Presentation 58: Radiation Induced Optic Neuropathy: A Comparison of Radiation Induced Anterior- and Posterior Optic Neuropathies
Presenters: Niranjan Bhandare
Presentation 59: Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trochlear Nerve Schwannoma
Presenters: Luis J. Mejico
Presentation 60: Troxler Fading Is Altered by Disrupting Parvocellular and Magnocellular Processing
Presenters: Mark Mennemeier
Presentation 61: Bilateral Optic Neuropathy Associated with Necrotizing Sarcoid Granulomatosis
Presenters: Yevgeniy Shildkrot
Presentation 62: Optical Coherence Tomography Can Be Used to Measure RNFL Thickness in Children with Visual Fields Defects
Presenters: Nitza Goldenberg-Cohen
Presentation 63: Sunflower Syndrome Treated with Colored Lenses
Presenters: William L. Hills
Presentation 64: Testing for Evidence of Ocular Hypersensitivity: An Alternative Source of Retina
Presenters: John L. Keltner
Presentation 65: Dural Carotid Cavernous Sinus Fistula: Ocular Characteristics, Endovascular Management and Clinical Outcome in 80 Thai Patients
Presenters: Pisit Preechawat
Presentation 66: Progressive Visual Loss from Intracranial Extramedullary Hematopoiesis
Presenters: Pisit Preechawat
Presentation 67: Pupillometry is Feasible Despite Intravenous Remifentanil Induced Miosis During Prone Spinal Surgery (PSS) Using Modified Proneview(TM) Helmet and Jackson Spinal Table
Presenters: Ravindra Shah
Presentation 68: Odotogenic Optic Neuritis
Presenters: David L. Knox
Presentation 69: Four Cases of Chronic Subdural Hematoma Presenting with Papilledea
Presenters: Hideki Chuman
Presentation 70: Bilateral Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Following Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
Presenters: Eric D. Weber
Presentation 71: Does Acetazolamide Act in Intra-Axonal Flow?
Presenters: Vitor H. Pacheco
Presentation 72: It's Snowing! Four Cases of Persistent Migrainous Visual Aura Without Infarction
Presenters: Vitor H. Pacheco
Presentation 73: Neuromuscular Junction Dysfunction in Miller Fisher Syndrome
Presenters: Janet C. Rucker
Presentation 74: Mechanisms of Interrupted Saccades Differ in Normal Subjects and Late Onset Tay-Sachs Patients
Presenters: Janet C. Rucker
Presentation 75: Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis, a Rare Presenting Symptom of Diabetes Mellitus
Presenters: Amy Zguta
Presentation 76: Visual Function After Mimimally Invasive Pituitary Surgery (MIPS)
Presenters: Ruben Kuruvilla
Presentation 77: Oculogyric Crisis During Treatment with Aripiprazole
Presenters: Erik J. Kobylarz
Presentation 78: Danazol Associated Intracranial Hypertension in Biological Sisters
Presenters: Susan M. Pepin
Presentation 79: Are Eye Symptoms a Trigger of Blepharospasm?
Presenters: Katie Luneau
Presentation 80: Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy and PDE5 Inhibitors: Two New Cases with Re-Challenge and a Case with Large Cup
Presenters: Julie M. Falardeau
Presentation 81: A Novel Device to Measure Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency
Presenters: Kathleen Daetwyler
Presentation 82: High Volume, Low Cost, I.V. Free Strabismus Surgery: An Alternative Low Cost, Safe Model for Strabismus Surgery in Developing Nations
Presenters: Henry S. O'Halloran
Presentation 83: An Unusual Case of Cogan's Syndrome
Presenters: Guruswami Arunagiri
Presentation 84: Upbeat Nystagmus from Small Pontine Lesion: A Way to Delineate the Central Vestibular Pathways
Presenters: Caroline Tilikete
Presentation 85: Oculomotor Plasticity: Behavioural Properties and Neural Substrates of Adaptation of Voluntary and of Reactive Saccades in Humans
Presenters: Caroline Tilikete
Presentation 86: Visual Field Abnormalities 10 Years After Optic Neuritis: Experience in the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial (ONTT)
Presenters: John L. Keltner
Presentation 87: Oral Memantine Preserves Retinal Histology in Rabbits Exposed to Acute Ischemic Damage
Presenters: Adelekan Oyejide
Presentation 88: Memantine and Brimonidine Significantly Attenuate VEGF Protein Levels in Retina and Vitreous Fluid of Diabetic Rats
Presenters: Jyotirmoy Kusari
Presentation 89: Relationship Between Axon Loss and Visual Field Loss in Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (AION)
Presenters: Jacinthe Rouleau
Presentation 90: Correlation of Lacrimal Gland Uptake Using Gallium Scan with Lacrimal Biopsy Results in Sarcoidosis Suspects
Presenters: Bradford Tannen
Presentation 91: Sera from Patients with Acute Idiopathic Blind Spot Enlargement Contain Elevated Anti-Harmonin Antibody Titers
Presenters: Jeffrey L. Bennett
Presentation 92: Swollen Optic Discs at High Altitudes
Presenters: Martina M. Bosch
Presentation 93: Early vs. Delayed Surgery for Infantile Esotropia in Human Infants: Effects on Cortical Visual Motion Processing
Presenters: Christina Gerth
Presentation 94: Alpha2 Modulation of Intracellular CA++ Signal in the Inner Plexiform Layer (IPL) of the Rat Retina
Presenters: Cun-Jian Dong
Presentation 95: Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (AION) in the Young
Presenters: Pisit Preechawat
Day 4: Wednesday, February 13 (2007-02-14)
Program: Interventional Neuroradiology and Radiation Oncology
Moderators: Jonathan D. Trobe; Janet C. Rucker
Presentation 1: Current Management of Intracranial Aneurysms
Presenters: Kieran J. Murphy
Presentation 2: Current Management of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations (AMVS) and Dural Arteriovenous Fistula (DAVF)
Presenters: Kieran J. Murphy
Presentation 3: Platform Presentation: Dynamic MRI Encodes Differential Contraction of Extraocular Muscle Segments in Healthy Subjects
Presenters: Oliver O. Bergamin
Presentation 4: Technology of Radiation Therapy
Presenters: Volker Stieber
Presentation 5: Radiation Therapy of Tumors Affecting the Anterior Visual Pathways
Presenters: Volker Stieber
Presentation 6: Complications of Radiation Therapy
Presenters: Volker Stieber
Day 5: Thursday, February 15 (2007-02-15)
Program: Immunological Diseases in Neuro-Ophthalmology
Moderators: Steven E. Feldon; Jeffrey L. Bennett
Presentation 1: What the H#LL Is Uveitis?
Presenters: Russell van Gelder
Presentation 2: Autoimmune Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Larry P. Frohman
Presentation 3: Humoral Immunity in Optic Neuritis and Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: Jeffrey L. Bennett
Presentation 4: Uses and Abuses of the Polymerase Chain Reaction in Ocular Infectious Disease
Presenters: Russell van Gelder
Presentation 5: Immunology of Thyroid Eye Disease
Presenters: Steven E. Feldon
Program: Platform Presentation: Immunological Diseases in Neuro-Ophthalmology
Moderators: Steven E. Feldon; Jeffrey L. Bennett
Presentation 1: Clinical Characteristics Associated with Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Antibody Seropositivity
Presenters: Christopher C. Glisson