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Show Neuro- Ophthalmology in Japan In 1959, 10 Japanese neuro-ophthalmologists formed the Neuro-ophthalmology Group. With the approval of the Japanese Ophthalmology Society, a scientific session on neuro-ophthalmology took place in 1964 at the annual congress of Japan Clinical Ophthalmology. This session took place every year until 1973, when it was reorganized into the Society for the Study of Neuro-ophthalmology and 2-day annual meeting was begun under the leadership of Dr Satoshi Ishikawa (Fig. 1). In 1980, the organization was renamed the Japanese Neuro-ophthalmology Society (JNOS). A formal membership system in JNOS was created in 1984, and the official journal, the Japanese Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology (Shinkei Ganka), has been published quarterly since then. In 1985, in Hakone, Japan, JNOS hosted the sixth meeting of the International Neuro-oph-thalmology Society (INOS), the 14th International Pupil Colloquium, and an international workshop on extraocular muscle proprioception. These meetings attracted more than 1,000 participants from 24 countries. The International Scholarship (now Tsutsui-Fujino Fund) was instituted in 1992 to provide travel expenses for Asian neuro-ophthalmologists and offer them a chance to attend the annual JNOS meeting. Since then, 20 recipients from 10 Asian countries have attended the meeting. FIG. 1. Professor Satoshi Ishikawa. TABLE 1. Outpatient neuro-ophthalmology clinics at university hospitals in Japan Hokkaido University Hospital (Sapporo, Hokkaido) Sapporo Medical University Hospital (Sapporo, Hokkaido) Hirosaki University Hospital (Hirosaki, Aomori) Akita University Hospital (Akita, Akita) Iwate Medical University Hospital (Morioka, Iwate) Tohoku University Hospital (Sendai, Miyagi) Fukushima Medical University Hospital (Fukushima, Fukushima) Niigata University Hospital (Niigata, Niigata) Kitasato University Hospital (Sagamihara, Kanagawa) University of Tokyo Hospital (Tokyo, Tokyo) Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital (Tokyo, Tokyo) Keio University Hospital (Tokyo, Tokyo) Tokyo Medical University Hospital (Tokyo, Tokyo) Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital (Tokyo, Tokyo) Jikei University Hospital (Tokyo, Tokyo) Nihon University Hospital (Tokyo, Tokyo) Kyorin University Hospital (Tokyo, Tokyo) Showa University Hospital (Tokyo, Tokyo) Yokohama City University Hospital (Yokohama, Kanagawa) University of Toyama Hospital (Toyama, Toyama) Kanazawa University Hospital (Kanazawa, Kanazawa) Kyoto University Hospital (Kyoto, Kyoto) Osaka University Hospital (Osaka, Osaka) Osaka Medical College Hospital (Takatsuki, Osaka) Kansai Medical University Hospital (Moriguchi, Osaka) Kinki University Hospital (Sayama, Osaka) Kobe University Hospital (Kobe, Hyogo) Hyogo College of Medicine (Nishinomiya, Hyogo) Hiroshima University Hospital (Hiroshima, Hiroshima) Kawasaki Medical University Hospital (Kurashiki, Okayama) Ehime University Hospital (Toon, Ehime) Saga University Hospital (Saga, Saga) Kurume University Hospital (Kurume, Fukuoka) Oita University Hospital (Yufu, Oita) University of Miyazaki Hospital (Miyazaki, Miyazaki) Kagoshima University Hospital (Kagoshima, Kagoshima) University of the Ryukyus Hospital (Nishihara-cho, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa) Kashii: J Neuro-Ophthalmol 2012; 33: e1-e2 e1 Worldwide Neuro-Ophthalmology Section Editor: Kathleen B. Digre, MD Copyright © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. OOO The 1st Congress of the Asian Neuro-ophthalmology Society (ASNOS) was presided over by Dr Akio Tagbuchi, and it was held in Tokyo jointly with the 40th annual meeting of JNOS in October 2002. In 2006, about 400 neuro-ophthalmologists gathered in Tokyo for the 16th INOS meeting, 3rd ASNOS meeting, and 44th JNOS meeting. Notably, a program entitled "Walsh in Asia," mod-eled after the annual Frank B. Walsh Symposium, was held for the first time. It is now a part of every ASNOS meeting. Currently, there are 964 members of JNOS, including 722 ophthalmologists, 59 neurologists, 57 orthoptists, 8 otolaryngologists, and 34 basic science researchers. The current president of JNOS is Dr Masato Wakakura. There are 80 medical schools in Japan. Based on the information gathered on the Internet, 37 of them have outpatient neuro-ophthalmology services within their oph-thalmology departments (Table 1). Table 2 lists the areas of research in neuro-ophthalmology that are currently ongoing in Japan. Satoshi Kashii, MD, PhD TABLE 2. Current areas of neuro-ophthalmology research in Japan Anti-aquaporin 4-positive optic neuritis Fisher syndrome IgG4 orbitopathy Melanopsin retinal ganglion cells on pupil responses Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy Transcorneal electrical stimulation e2 Kashii: J Neuro-Ophthalmol 2012; 33: e1-e2 Worldwide Neuro-Ophthalmology Copyright © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. |
