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The Frank B. Walsh Society Annual Meeting Archives contain presentations from the annual meeting of the Society, an event which is now part of the NANOS Annual Meeting (see our NANOS Annual Meeting Collection). Includes records from the first meeting in 1969, through to the present.

Frank B. Walsh Society Meeting #30, 1998; abstract review committee: Paul W. Brazis; Lyn A. Sedwick; James P. Bolling; James A. Rush; R. Michael Siatkowski; John O. Susac
(with NANOS Annual Meeting) Buena Vista Palace Resort, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
1998-03-22 through 1998-03-23
Meeting statistics: 2 days; 1 program; 18 presentations; 61 active participants (6 organizers; 3 moderators; 17 presenters; 54 authors)

Day 1: Sunday, March 22, 1998 (1998-03-22)

Program: Session 1
Moderators: Andrew G. Lee

Case 1: Cryptic Chiasmal Corruption
Presenters: Roger E. Turbin
Authors: Roger E. Turbin; Juliette Hukin; Cheryl A. Muszynski; Joao Siffert; Marc K. Rosenblum; Mark J. Kupersmith

Case 2: A Sinusitis-Associated Optic Neuritis
Presenters: Francois Evoy
Authors: Francois Evoy; Maryam Aroichane

Case 3: Apical Madness
Presenters: Sophia M. Chung
Authors: Sophia M. Chung; John B. Selhorst

Case 4: Progressive Neurologic Dysfunction and Optic Neuropathy
Presenters: Nicholas J. Volpe
Authors: Nicholas J. Volpe; Elizabeth S. Plotkin; Malcolm L. McHarg; Laura J. Balcer; Steven L. Galetta

Case 5: Pseudo Pseudotumor Cerebri
Presenters: Robyn J. Wolintz
Authors: Robyn J. Wolintz; Wayne T. Cornblath; Stephen S. Gebarski; Gerald D. Abrams

Case 6: Ta-Ta for Now
Presenters: Jeffrey L. Bennett
Authors: Jeffrey L. Bennett; Steven L. Galetta; Robert A. Aronowitz; Zissimos Mourelatos

Day 2: Monday, March 23, 1998 (1998-03-23)

Program: Session 2
Moderators: Norman J. Schatz

Case 1: Der Apfel Fallt Nicht Weit von Stamm
Presenters: Anna B. Fierz
Authors: Anna B. Fierz; David I. Kaufman; Eric R. Eggenberger; Nayan P. Desai; Umur A. Kayabasi; Amjad M. Hammad

Case 2: Not the Usual Suspect
Presenters: Andrew G. Lee
Authors: Andrew G. Lee; Robert G. Parrish; J. Clay Goodman

Case 3: No Time to Panic
Presenters: Victoria S. Pelak
Authors: Victoria S. Pelak; Jeffrey L. Bennett; Steven L. Galetta; Shawn J. Bird; Zissimos Mourelatos

Case 4: The Mysterious Case of the Purple Toes
Presenters: Howard D. Pomeranz
Authors: Howard D. Pomeranz; Simmons Lessell

Case 5: Blood Less than the Whole
Presenters: Steven A. Newman
Authors: Steven A. Newman; Edward R. Laws Jr

Case 6: Blindness from Bad Bones
Presenters: Nancy F. Vilar
Authors: Nancy F. Vilar; Linda L. Sternau; Carole D. Brathwaite; R. Michael Siatkowski

Program: Session 3
Moderators: Joel S. Glaser

Case 1: I Don't Want Her, You Can Have Her - She's Too Tough for Me
Presenters: Gregory S. Kosmorsky
Authors: Gregory S. Kosmorsky

Case 2: Comitant Strabismus in an Older Woman
Presenters: Dilip A. Thomas
Authors: Dilip A. Thomas; Jonathan D. Trobe; Wayne T. Cornblath; Mila Blaivas; Stephen S. Gebarski

Case 3: Girl, You've Got Some Nerve!
Presenters: Francine B. Wein
Authors: Francine B. Wein; Nancy A. Tucker; Colin H. Chalk

Case 4: Case of the Winking Peduncles
Presenters: Norah S. Lincoff
Authors: Norah S. Lincoff; Lucia L. Balos

Case 5: Blurred Vision and Confusion after Removal of a Craniopharyngioma
Presenters: Julian D. Perry
Authors: Julian D. Perry; Neil R. Miller; Christopher A. Girkin

Case 6: Young Man with Progressive Decrease in Vision and Facial Paresthesias
Presenters: Charlotte R. Thompson
Authors: Charlotte R. Thompson; Simmons Lessell

Frank B. Walsh, MD

1895/10/18 - 1978/11/27

Frank B. Walsh worked as a neuro-ophthalmologist at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Walsh is best known for his textbook Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, which contains a compilation of Walsh's case reports and the conclusions he drew from them. Walsh is considered by many to be the father of neuro-ophthalmology due to his contributions to the field.