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The NANOS Annual Meeting Collection is an archive that contains the posters, presentations, and other works from the annual meeting of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS), a professional organization of more than 600 members who are fully trained ophthalmologists or neurologists. Contains records from the first meeting in 1975 to the present.

Since 1992, the NANOS Annual Meeting has also included annual meetings with presentations organized by the Frank B. Walsh Society (see our Frank B. Walsh Society Collection), which began meeting in 1969 at The Johns Hopkins University’s Wilmer Eye Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.

NANOS Annual Meeting #10, 1984
Snowbird Ski Resort, Snowbird, Utah, United States of America
1984-01-18 through 1984-01-21
Meeting statistics: 4 days; 7 programs; 40 presentations; 41 active participants (8 moderators; 28 presenters; 40 authors)

Wednesday, January 18, 1984 (1984-01-18)

Program: Visual Cortex Symposium
Moderators: Thomas J. Carlow; Carl Ellenberger Jr

Presentation 1: Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual Cortex and the Retino-Geniculo-Striate Pathway
Presenters: Michael P. Stryker
Authors: Michael P. Stryker

Presentation 2: Contrast Sensitivity in Neuro-Ophthalmology - not available for Web publication
Presenters: Jonathan D. Wirtschafter
Authors: Jonathan D. Wirtschafter

Presentation 3: Rapid Visual Assessment From Evoked Potentials: An Alternative to Computer Averaging
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Authors: Mark J. Kupersmith; Jeremiah I. Nelson; William H. Seiple

Presentation 4: Hemianopia
Presenters: Carl Ellenberger Jr
Authors: Carl Ellenberger Jr

Presentation 5: Disorders of Visual Higher Function
Presenters: Thomas J. Carlow
Authors: Thomas J. Carlow

Program: Scientific Platform Presentation (Session 1)
Moderators: Jonathan D. Wirtschafter

Presentation 1: Steroid Responsive Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Robert C. Harbour
Authors: Robert C. Harbour; Peter J. Savino; Norman J. Schatz; Robert C. Sergott; Thomas M. Bosley; Mark L. Moster

Presentation 2: Optic Nerve Tumor in a Child
Presenters: Mary A. Stefanyszyn
Authors: Mary A. Stefanyszyn

Presentation 3: Radiation Therapy and Chiasmal Glioma - A Complication
Presenters: Philip Y. Paden
Authors: Philip Y. Paden; William T. Shults

Presentation 4: Bilateral Disc Edema Associated with Ulcerative Colitis and Vasculitis on Skin Biopsy
Presenters: David W. Zauel
Authors: David W. Zauel

Presentation 5: Contrast Sensitivity as an Independent Measure of Foveal Function
Presenters: James A. Goodwin
Authors: James A. Goodwin

Presentation 6: Optic Nerve-Pattern Electroretinogram
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Authors: Mark J. Kupersmith

Thursday, January 19, 1984 (1984-01-19)

Program: Various Subjects Symposium
Moderators: Peter J. Savino

Presentation 1: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Presenters: Robert A. Zimmerman
Authors: Robert A. Zimmerman

Presentation 2: Amaurosis Fugax
Presenters: Roy W. Beck
Authors: Roy W. Beck

Presentation 3: Digital Subtraction Angiography
Presenters: George E. Sanborn
Authors: George E. Sanborn

Presentation 4: Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula
Presenters: Craig H. Smith
Authors: Craig H. Smith

Presentation 5: Neuroradiologic Interventional Diagnosis and Therapy
Presenters: Robert A. Zimmerman
Authors: Robert A. Zimmerman

Program: Scientific Platform Presentation (Session 2)
Moderators: Peter J. Savino

Presentation 1: Oculomotor Nerve Palsy With IV Nitroglycerin Therapy
Presenters: John B. Selhorst
Authors: John B. Selhorst

Presentation 2: Spontaneous Vertical Eye Movements in a Comatose Patient
Presenters: Michael L. Rosenberg
Authors: Michael L. Rosenberg

Presentation 3: Vertical Oculomotor Apraxia
Presenters: Jane L. Hughes
Authors: Jane L. Hughes; Patrick S. O'Connor

Presentation 4: Big Blue Tongue - Gaze Paresis Syndrome
Presenters: Thomas J. Carlow
Authors: Thomas J. Carlow

Presentation 5: Wrong Side Gaze Deviation After Frontal Lobe Hemorrhage
Presenters: James A. Sharpe
Authors: James A. Sharpe; Roberta L. Bondar; William A. Fletcher

Presentation 6: Ocular Myasthenia - A Surgical Cure
Presenters: Edward H. Bedrossian Jr
Authors: Edward H. Bedrossian Jr; Robert Slater

Presentation 7: Left Abducens Palsy Followed Ten Months Later by Left Optic Atrophy
Presenters: Jonathan D. Wirtschafter
Authors: Jonathan D. Wirtschafter; Edward L. Seljeskog

Friday, January 20, 1984 (1984-01-20)

Program: Saccadic Movement Symposium
Moderators: John B. Selhorst; James A. Sharpe

Presentation 1: Saccadic Intrusions and Oscillations
Presenters: James A. Sharpe
Authors: James A. Sharpe

Presentation 2: Huntington's Disease and Ocular Motor Abnormalities
Presenters: Steven A. Newman
Authors: Steven A. Newman

Presentation 3: Drug-Induced Ophthalmoplegia
Presenters: Robert H. Spector
Authors: Robert H. Spector

Presentation 4: Wernicke's Encephalopathy Revisited
Presenters: John B. Selhorst
Authors: John B. Selhorst

Presentation 5: Disorder of Higher Cortical Function in the Visual System
Presenters: James A. Goodwin
Authors: James A. Goodwin

Presentation 6: Abnormal Eye Movements in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Presenters: James A. Goodwin
Authors: James A. Goodwin

Presentation 7: Labyrinthine Dysfunction
Presenters: Charles G. Maitland
Authors: Charles G. Maitland

Program: Scientific Platform Presentation (Session 3)
Moderators: Thomas J. Carlow

Presentation 1: Toxic and Metabolic Ophthalmoplegias
Presenters: Robert H. Spector
Authors: Robert H. Spector

Presentation 2: Cystic Orbital Mass Following Fracture of the Orbital Roof
Presenters: Patrick A. Sibony
Authors: Patrick A. Sibony

Presentation 3: Orbital Cystic Mass
Presenters: Patrick A. Sibony
Authors: Patrick A. Sibony

Presentation 4: Contraction Anisocoria caused by Half-Field Stimulation
Presenters: Terry A. Cox
Authors: Terry A. Cox; Camilla P. Drews

Saturday, January 21, 1984 (1984-01-21)

Program: Graves' Ophthalmopathy Symposium
Moderators: Brian R. Younge; John S. Kennerdell

Presentation 1: Immunopathogenesis of Graves' Ophthalmopathy
Presenters: Robert C. Sergott
Authors: Robert C. Sergott

Presentation 2: Graves' Dysthyroid Ophthalmopathy: The Relationship of Clinical Signs to Extraocular Muscle Volume
Presenters: Steven E. Feldon
Authors: Steven E. Feldon

Presentation 3: Graves' Ophthalmopathy
Presenters: Robert A. Zimmerman
Authors: Robert A. Zimmerman

Presentation 4: Orbital Decompression in Thyroid Orbitopathy
Presenters: John S. Kennerdell
Authors: John S. Kennerdell

Presentation 5: Ocular Muscle Surgery in Thyroid Myopathy
Presenters: Peter J. Savino
Authors: Peter J. Savino

Presentation 6: Dysthyroid Lid Retraction
Presenters: John S. Kennerdell
Authors: John S. Kennerdell

History

The NANOS (North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society) Annual Meeting was originally named the “Annual Rocky Mountain Neuro-Ophthalmology Course”, until the incorporation of NANOS and its first meeting in February, 1980.

Since 1992, the NANOS Annual Meeting has also included annual meetings with presentations organized by the Frank B. Walsh Society, which began meeting in 1969 at The Johns Hopkins University’s Wilmer Eye Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.

North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS)

The North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) is a professional organization of about 700 members who are fully trained ophthalmologists or neurologists. It seeks to promote the field of neuro-ophthalmology by supporting all forms of education, encouraging research, fostering clinical expertise and maintaining cordial exchanges.