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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 #16, 1990
The Steamboat Sheraton Resort, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States of America
1990-02-04 through 1990-02-08
Meeting statistics: 5 days; 7 programs; 56 presentations; 91 active participants (11 moderators; 49 presenters; 87 authors)

Sunday, February 4, 1990 (1990-02-04)

Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 1)
Moderators: James J. Corbett

Presentation 1: Sensory Visual Testing in Pseudotumor Cerebri; Tests Sensitive to Change During Treatment
Presenters: Michael H. Wall
Authors: Michael H. Wall

Presentation 2: Optic Tract Hypersignal on MRI in Craniopharyngioma
Presenters: Gordon T. Plant
Authors: Gordon T. Plant; Bryan D. Youl; Lindsay S. Symon; Hugh A. Crockard

Presentation 3: Occipital Visual Field Defects Respecting the Horizontal Meridian: A Hallmark of Extrastriate Cortical Lesions
Presenters: Jonathan C. Horton
Authors: Jonathan C. Horton; William F. Hoyt

Presentation 4: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Human Lateral Geniculate Body
Presenters: Klara Landau
Authors: Klara Landau; Jonathan C. Horton; Philippe Meeder; William F. Hoyt

Presentation 5: The Dynamic Relationship Between Optic Nerve Intradural Pressure and Intracranial Pressure in Patients with Papilledema
Presenters: William L. Benedict
Authors: William L. Benedict; Gregory S. Kosmorsky

Presentation 6: Treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri with Digoxin
Presenters: James A. Goodwin
Authors: James A. Goodwin

Presentation 7: To Push Or Not To Push
Presenters: Kathleen B. Digre
Authors: Kathleen B. Digre; Michael W. Varner

Presentation 8: Amitriptyline and the Treatment of Trigeminal and Other Facial Neuralgias
Presenters: Patricia K. Johnston
Authors: Patricia K. Johnston

Presentation 9: Brainmapping Occipital Lesions: Preliminary Results
Presenters: Stephen F. Johnson
Authors: Stephen F. Johnson

Monday, February 5, 1990 (1990-02-05)

Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 2)
Moderators: Thomas J. Carlow

Presentation 1: Congenital Nystagmus Foveation Periods and Oscillopsia
Presenters: Louis F. Dell'Osso
Authors: Louis F. Dell'Osso; R. John Leigh

Presentation 2: Isolated Nuclear Third Nerve Palsy; An Unusual Complication of Cerebral Angiography
Presenters: Matthew D. Kay
Authors: Matthew D. Kay; Thomas R. Mizen

Presentation 3: Isolated Bilateral Fascicular Sixth Cranial Palsies as Initial Presentations of Multiple Sclerosis
Presenters: Warren L. Felton III
Authors: Warren L. Felton III; Rajesh K. Rajpal

Presentation 4: Inverse Latent Macro Square-Wave Jerks
Presenters: Kenneth W. Houchin
Authors: Kenneth W. Houchin; Jonathan D. Wirtschafter; John H. Anderson

Presentation 5: Paroxysmal Oculosympathetic Paresis and Spasm with Segmental Myoclonus
Presenters: William A. Fletcher
Authors: William A. Fletcher; Mary A. Lee

Presentation 6: Clinical Significance of Tournay's Pupillary Phenomenon
Presenters: Terry A. Cox
Authors: Terry A. Cox

Presentation 7: Cerebral Control of Saccades Assessed with Presaccadic Potentials
Presenters: Mark L. Moster
Authors: Mark L. Moster; Gary Goldberg

Presentation 8: Orbital Intramuscular Schwannoma: A Rare Cause of Rectus Muscle Enlargement
Presenters: D. Hal Capps
Authors: D. Hal Capps; Michael C. Brodsky; Charles D. Rice; Robert E. Mrak; Charles M. Glasier; Harry H. Brown

Presentation 9: Lid Closure Associated with Facial Movements
Presenters: Primitivo D. Roca
Authors: Primitivo D. Roca

Program: The Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
Moderators: James A. Sharpe; David H. Zackon

Presentation 1: Elements of the VOR
Presenters: James A. Sharpe
Authors: James A. Sharpe

Presentation 2: Relations Between Reflex and Perceptual Responses to Vestibular Stimulation
Presenters: G. Melvill Jones
Authors: G. Melvill Jones

Presentation 3: Gaze-Evoked Nystagmus and its Diferential Diagnosis
Presenters: Louis F. Dell'Osso
Authors: Louis F. Dell'Osso

Presentation 4: The VOR and the Otoliths
Presenters: Gary D. Paige
Authors: Gary D. Paige

Presentation 5: The Ocular Tilt Reaction and Skew Deviation
Presenters: David H. Zackon
Authors: David H. Zackon

Presentation 6: Saccadic Compensation for Impairment of the VOR
Presenters: G. Melvill Jones
Authors: G. Melvill Jones

Presentation 7: Aerospace Disorientation and the Vomit Comet
Presenters: Brian R. Younge
Authors: Brian R. Younge

Tuesday, February 6, 1990 (1990-02-06)

Program: AIDS and Lyme Disease Update
Moderators: Jeffrey G. Odel; Alfredo A. Sadun

Presentation 1: Diagnosis and Treatment of Visual Complications of AIDS
Presenters: William R. Freeman
Authors: William R. Freeman

Presentation 2: CNS Manifestations of AIDS
Presenters: Nancy J. Newman
Authors: Nancy J. Newman

Presentation 3: HIV Infection - Primary Visual Pathways
Presenters: Nancy J. Newman
Authors: Nancy J. Newman

Presentation 4: AIDS Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Alfredo A. Sadun
Authors: Alfredo A. Sadun

Presentation 5: New Approaches to Ophthalmic Diseases in AIDS
Presenters: William R. Freeman
Authors: William R. Freeman

Presentation 6: Serologic Diagnosis of Lyme's Disease
Presenters: Patrick A. Sibony
Authors: Patrick A. Sibony

Presentation 7: Lyme's Disease: Neurologic and Neuro-Ophthalmic Syndromes
Presenters: Jacqueline MS Winterkorn
Authors: Jacqueline MS Winterkorn

Program: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 3)
Moderators: Roy J. Meckler

Presentation 1: Optic Neuritis Associated with Lyme Disease
Presenters: Daniel M. Jacobson
Authors: Daniel M. Jacobson

Presentation 2: Hyperbaric Oxygen and Rhinocerebral Fungal Infections
Presenters: Mitchell J. Wolin
Authors: Mitchell J. Wolin; Jeffrey Carlisle; David Tardio

Presentation 3: Toxoplasma Retinochoroiditis and Optic Neuropathy in Aids
Presenters: Jacqueline A. Leavitt
Authors: Jacqueline A. Leavitt; Charles S. Specht; Hans E. Grossniklaus; Guy S. Allaire

Presentation 4: The NANOS Devic's Study Group
Presenters: Gerard L. Hershewe
Authors: Gerard L. Hershewe; James J. Corbett; H. Stanley Thompson

Presentation 5: Late-Onset Krabbe's Disease
Presenters: Robert S. Baker
Authors: Robert S. Baker; James C. Trautmann; Brian R. Younge; Kent D. Nelson; Donald Zimmerman

Presentation 6: Delayed Visual Loss Due to Trauma of the Internal Carotid Artery
Presenters: Joel M. Weinstein
Authors: Joel M. Weinstein; Daniel A. Rufenacht; Curtis R. Partington; Charles M. Strother; Richard E. Appen; Daniel M. Jacobson; Terry A. Cox

Presentation 7: Cryptococcal Optic Neuropathy in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Presenters: Karl C. Golnik
Authors: Karl C. Golnik; Steven A. Newman

Presentation 8: The CAR with Poor ERG-onomics: Is It an Optic Neuropathy or Retinopathy?
Presenters: Larry P. Frohman
Authors: Larry P. Frohman; Frank S. Lieberman; Leonard Bielory; Charles E. Thirkill

Presentation 9: Improvement of Visual Field Defects Associated with Optic Disc Drusen
Presenters: Anthony C. Arnold
Authors: Anthony C. Arnold; Robert S. Helper

Wednesday, February 7, 1990 (1990-02-07)

Program: Cavernous Sinus Session
Moderators: Roy W. Beck; Mark J. Kupersmith

Presentation 1: Neuroanatomy of the Cavernous and Sphenoid Sinus
Presenters: Kathleen B. Digre
Authors: Kathleen B. Digre

Presentation 2: Vascular Anatomy of the Cavernous Sinus and Involved Cranial Nerves
Presenters: Mark J. Kupersmith
Authors: Mark J. Kupersmith; Floyd A. Warren

Presentation 3: MR Imaging of the Cavernous Sinus
Presenters: Benjamin M. Frishberg
Authors: Benjamin M. Frishberg

Presentation 4: Management of Invasive Tumors of the Parasellar-Cavernous Sinus Region
Presenters: Steven A. Newman
Authors: Steven A. Newman

Presentation 5: Central Nervous System Lymphoma
Presenters: Joseph F. Rizzo III
Authors: Joseph F. Rizzo III

Presentation 6: Diagnosis and Management of Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis and Infection
Presenters: John B. Selhorst
Authors: John B. Selhorst

Presentation 7: The Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
Presenters: Roy W. Beck
Authors: Roy W. Beck

Presentation 8: Corneal Management with Fifth Nerve Dysfunction
Presenters: Baird S. Grimson
Authors: Baird S. Grimson

Thursday, February 8, 1990 (1990-02-08)

Program: Orbit Session
Moderators: Steven E. Feldon; Robert T. Spector

Presentation 1: Orbital Ultrasound
Presenters: Ronald L. Green
Authors: Ronald L. Green

Presentation 2: Ultrasonic Diagnosis of Graves' Ophthalmopathy
Presenters: Robert H. Spector
Authors: Robert H. Spector

Presentation 3: Management of Orbital Tumors
Presenters: Steven E. Feldon
Authors: Steven E. Feldon

Presentation 4: EN Block Resection of Orbital Tumors
Presenters: John A. McCrary
Authors: John A. McCrary; Richard L. Harper

Presentation 5: Optic Nerve Sheath Decompression
Presenters: Robert S. Baker
Authors: Robert S. Baker

Presentation 6: Reconstruction Surgery of the Orbit
Presenters: Steven A. Newman
Authors: Steven A. Newman

Presentation 7: Osteopetrosis - A Rare Disease: A New Treatment
Presenters: Jonathan D. Wirtschafter
Authors: Jonathan D. Wirtschafter

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.