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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 #11, 1985
Sunshine Village, Banff, Alberta, Canada
1985-03-06 through 1985-03-09
Meeting statistics: 4 days; 7 programs; 46 presentations; 58 active participants (9 moderators; 33 presenters; 55 authors)

Wednesday, March 6, 1985 (1985-03-06)

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

Presentation 1: Escape From Bromocryptine
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Authors: Mark J. Kupersmith; Larry P. Frohman; David L. Kleinberg; Paul R. Cooper; Joseph Ransohoff

Presentation 2: Injury of Optic Pathways and Contiguous Structures After Irradiation for Clival Meningioma
Presenters: Mario Kornfeld
Authors: Mario Kornfeld

Presentation 3: The Role of Hypercoagulation in Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Alan S. Weingarden
Authors: Alan S. Weingarden; Jonathan D. Wirtschafter

Presentation 4: Post-Ganglionic Horner's Syndrome in a Young Woman
Presenters: Steven E. Feldon
Authors: Steven E. Feldon

Presentation 5: Calcific Retinal Emboli
Presenters: Brian R. Young
Authors: Brian R. Young

Presentation 6: A Variation of Ross' Syndrome
Presenters: Kay C. Hezelett
Authors: Kay C. Hezelett; Jeffrey G. Odel; Max R. Johnson

Presentation 7: Amaurosis Fugax and Headache in a 34 Year Old Woman
Presenters: James J. Corbett
Authors: James J. Corbett

Program: Visual System Symposium
Moderators: Steven E. Feldon

Presentation 1: Clinical and Anatomical Evidence for Parallel Processing in the Human Visual System
Presenters: Alfredo A. Sadun
Authors: Alfredo A. Sadun

Presentation 2: Controversial Issues Related to Abnormalities of the Optic Disc
Presenters: Robert H. Spector
Authors: Robert H. Spector

Presentation 3: The Pathogenesis of Optic Nerve Damage in Glaucoma
Presenters: Harry A. Quigley
Authors: Harry A. Quigley

Presentation 4: Bromocryptine and Pituitary Macroadenomas
Presenters: Steven A. Newman
Authors: Steven A. Newman; Mary L. Vance

Presentation 5: Quantitative Analysis of Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Steven E. Feldon
Authors: Steven E. Feldon

Presentation 6: Acute Bilateral Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: David W. Zauel
Authors: David W. Zauel; Ruth C. Goodell; Fred M. Wilson Sr; Kenneth G. Julian

Thursday, March 7, 1985 (1985-03-07)

Program: Scientific Platform Presentation (Session 2)
Moderators: John S. Kennerdell

Presentation 1: The Wing Sign
Presenters: Stephen F. Johnson
Authors: Stephen F. Johnson

Presentation 2: An Unusual Case of Exotropia
Presenters: Cynthia L. Bullen
Authors: Cynthia L. Bullen

Presentation 3: Ocular Motor Syndrome of the Superior Cerebellar Artery
Presenters: Paul J. Ranalli
Authors: Paul J. Ranalli; James A. Sharpe

Presentation 4: Oculo-Palatal Myoclonus
Presenters: James A. Goodwin
Authors: James A. Goodwin

Presentation 5: Isolated Medial Rectus Myositis Presenting as a Sixth Nerve Palsy
Presenters: Joseph C. Flanagan
Authors: Joseph C. Flanagan; John J. Siliquini; John N. Negrey Jr; Ignatius S. Hneleski Jr; Christine L. Zolli; Susan M. Hughes; Edward H. Bedrossian Jr

Presentation 6: An Unusual Cause of an Unusual Problem of Ocular Motility
Presenters: Michael L. Rosenberg
Authors: Michael L. Rosenberg

Program: Ocular Oscillations Symposium
Moderators: James A. Sharpe; Thomas J. Carlow

Presentation 1: Physiology and Pharmacology of Ocular Oscillations
Presenters: R. David Tomlinson
Authors: R. David Tomlinson

Presentation 2: Ocular Motor System - Medical Treatment
Presenters: Thomas J. Carlow
Authors: Thomas J. Carlow

Presentation 3: Congenital and Latent Nystagmus: Their Relationship to Strabismus
Presenters: Louis F. Dell'Osso
Authors: Louis F. Dell'Osso

Presentation 4: Gaze Palsies
Presenters: David H. Zackon
Authors: David H. Zackon

Presentation 5: Visual Fixation: Spasm, Paralysis, Nystagmus, and the Visual Grasp Reflex
Presenters: James A. Sharpe
Authors: James A. Sharpe

Presentation 6: Issues in the Use of Botulinum Toxin Injections in the Early Management of Cranial Nerve Palsies, Particularly Abducens Palsy
Presenters: Jonathan D. Wirtschafter
Authors: Jonathan D. Wirtschafter

Presentation 7: Treatment of Facial Dyskinesias with Botulinum Toxin
Presenters: Thomas J. Carlow
Authors: Thomas J. Carlow

Friday, March 8, 1985 (1985-03-08)

Program: Scientific Platform Presentation (Session 3)
Moderators: Craig H. Smith

Presentation 1: Visual "Fireworks" and Palinopsia
Presenters: Stephen F. Johnson
Authors: Stephen F. Johnson

Presentation 2: CT Manifestations of Acquired Hyperopia with Choroidal Folds
Presenters: Roger A. Dailey
Authors: Roger A. Dailey; William T. Shults

Presentation 3: The Phantom Eye
Presenters: Alan S. Weingarden
Authors: Alan S. Weingarden; Jonathan D. Wirtschafter

Presentation 4: Monocular Hemianopsia
Presenters: James A. Goodwin
Authors: James A. Goodwin

Presentation 5: Pupil Sparing Third Nerve Palsy
Presenters: David W. Zauel
Authors: David W. Zauel

Presentation 6: Temporal Arteritis with an Orbital Mass
Presenters: Alfredo A. Sadun
Authors: Alfredo A. Sadun

Presentation 7: Childhood Diplopia with Trauma
Presenters: Kenneth R. Kesty
Authors: Kenneth R. Kesty

Program: Multiple Sclerosis Symposium
Moderators: Mark J. Kupersmith

Presentation 1: Opsoclonus
Presenters: Ivor S. Levy
Authors: Ivor S. Levy; Alan Ridley

Presentation 2: Experimental Optic Neuritis
Presenters: John R. Guy
Authors: John R. Guy

Presentation 3: Pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis - Opportunities for Intervention?
Presenters: Donald H. Silberberg
Authors: Donald H. Silberberg

Presentation 4: Optic Neuritis or Multiple Sclerosis?
Presenters: Donald H. Silberberg
Authors: Donald H. Silberberg

Presentation 5: Multiple Sclerosis: Some Ocular Myths and Legends
Presenters: Sydney FJ Pilley
Authors: Sydney FJ Pilley

Presentation 6: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: Donald H. Silberberg
Authors: Donald H. Silberberg

Presentation 7: Tha Visual Evoked Potential in Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Authors: Mark J. Kupersmith; Jeremiah I. Nelson

Saturday, March 9, 1985 (1985-03-09)

Program: Migraine Symposium
Moderators: James J. Corbett; Brian R. Younge

Presentation 1: The Non-Benign Aspects of Migraine
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Authors: Mark J. Kupersmith; Floyd A. Warren; William K. Hass

Presentation 2: Neuro-Ophthalmologic Findings with Thalamic Infractions
Presenters: Neill R. Graff-Radford
Authors: Neill R. Graff-Radford

Presentation 3: Visual Field Defects in Pseudotumor Cerebri: A Comparison of Gladmann and Automated Static Perimetry
Presenters: Michael H. Wall
Authors: Michael H. Wall

Presentation 4: Amaurosis Fugax and Ocular Infraction in Young Adults
Presenters: James J. Corbett
Authors: James J. Corbett; Jon M. Tippin

Presentation 5: Cortical Defects in Color Processing
Presenters: Michael L. Rosenberg
Authors: Michael L. Rosenberg

Presentation 6: The Etiology of Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Roy W. Beck
Authors: Roy W. Beck

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.