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Show NANOS NEWS Thirty- First Annual Meeting of the North American Neuro- Ophthalmology Society, Copper Mountain, Colorado, February 1 3- 1 7, 2005 It was back to the slopes of Copper Mountain, Colorado, for the 31st Annual Meeting of the North American Neuro- Ophthalmology Society ( NANOS). A total of 289 participants shuttled to the 10,000- feet base camp, with 26 arriving from abroad ( Australia 7, Israel 5, Japan 5, Switzerland 4, France, Germany, Mexico, Lithuania, and Saudi Arabia, 1 each). A record- breaking 56 residents/ fellows/ medical students came. As usual, the first day was devoted to the Frank B. Walsh Session, organized by the formidable neuro-ophthalmology team from the University of Pennsylvania, led by Nicholas Volpe, MD ( Philadelphia). Also from the University of Pennsylvania were Lucy Rorke- Adams, MD, our guest neuropathologist, and Robert A. Zimmerman, MD, our guest neuroradiologist, who enriched the case material with their own collection of stained sections and unusual magnetic resonance images. The intrepid front row sages, apparently undaunted by the thin air, called out most of the answers ( well, maybe not all of them). The rest of us were again stumped by the bizarre stories and twisted images generated by the 20 cases selected for presentation. Kevin M. Barrett, MD, a resident in neurology at the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, received the award for the best Walsh Session paper by a resident or fellow for his presentation entitled " An Obvious Case of Giant Cell Arteritis." It proved NOT to be giant cell arteritis at all, of course, but systemic amyloidosis that looked like giant cell arteritis in causing jaw claudication, limb girdle aches, transient monocular visual loss, fatigue, fever, and a high sedimentation rate. Temporal artery biopsy was negative but renal biopsy eventually gave the answer. In keeping with the whodunit tradition of the Walsh meeting, all case answers, discussions, and references were withheld until the end of the Walsh session, when they were made available in the meeting book. The pathologic and imaging materials related to the case presentations were condensed onto a CDROM and given to each participant. Extending over the next 3.5 days, the NANOS meeting included symposia on headache, featuring special guests Peter Goadsby, MD ( London, England) and Judy C. Lane, MD ( Denver, CO), " hot topics," and pediatric neuro-ophthalmology, 22 platform presentations, 87 posters, and special tutorials on practice management and on the Neuro- Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library ( NOVEL) being developed at the University of Utah. Christopher Rodarte, BA, Columbia University, New York, received the award for the best presentation by a medical student for his platform talk entitled " A Quantitative Approach to Identifying Delayed Latencies in the Multifocal Visual Evoked Potential." Clare Fraser, MBBS, Steven F. Stasheff, MD, PhD ( Boston, MA), right, receives the NANOS Young Investigator Award from Agnes M. F. Wong, MD, PhD ( Toronto, ON) representing the Research Committee. Steven E. Feldon, MD, MBA ( Rochester, NY), right, with Thomas J. Carlow, MD ( Albuquerque, NM), after receiving the NANOS Distinguished Service Award. Karl C. Golnik, MD ( Cincinnati, OH) holds forth at the poster tour. 160 J Neuro- Ophthalmol, Vol 25, No. 2, 2005 NANOS NEWS J Neuro- Ophthalmol, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2005 Waki Fujie, MD, PhD ( Tokyo, Japan) and Kiran K. Vallam, MD, neuro- ophthalmology fellow at Michigan State University, in front of Dr. Vallam's poster. Mark J. Kupersmith, MD ( New York, NY), Steven Galetta, MD ( Philadelphia, PA), and Larry Frohman, MD ( Newark, New Jersey), NANOS President, take time out. John B. Kerrison, MD ( Baltimore, MD) explaining his poster in front of a balding presence ( guess who?). From the back on the left is John L. Keltner, MD ( Sacramento, CA). On the far right is Thomas M. Bosley, MD ( Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). Kathleen B. Digre, MD ( Salt Lake City, UT) and Gabrielle R. Bonhomme, MD, neuro- ophthalmology fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, and winner of best NANOS presentation by a fellow, at the resident/ fellow reception. ( Top row) Mark L. Moster, MD ( Philadelphia, PA), Preston C. Calvert, MD, ( Alexandria, VA), and Rudrani Banik, MD ( New York, NY); ( bottom row) Anat Kesler, MD ( Tel Aviv, Israel), Nitza Goldenberg- Cohen, MD ( Tel Aviv, Israel), and Shalom E. Kelman, MD ( Baltimore, MD). William F. Hoyt, MD ( San Francisco, CA) points out something important about the imaging of a third cranial nerve palsy associated with infliximab therapy on a poster by Michael S. Lee, MD ( Cleveland, OH), et al. Standing by are Cameron F. Parsa, MD ( Baltimore, MD) and colleague. Joel M. Weinstein, MD ( Madison, Wl), Klara Landau, MD ( Zurich, Switzerland), and Gabriela Wirth Barben, MD ( St. Gallen, Switzerland) at the posters. Nicholas J. Volpe, MD ( Philadelphia, PA), chief organizer of the Walsh Session, with Emily DeCarlo, a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania, at his right, and Richard L. Sogg, MD ( Palo Alto, CA) at her right. Andrew Lee, MD ( Iowa City, IA), Anthony C. Arnold, MD ( Los Angeles, CA), and Bo Yang, MD ( New York, NY), an about- to- be ophthalmology resident at the University of Iowa, at the resident/ fellow reception. 161 J Neuro- Ophthalmol, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2005 NANOS NEWS Louis F. Dell Osso, PhD ( Cleveland, OH) explains his concepts of what makes eyes wiggle to Rosa A. Tang, MD ( Houston, TX) and Jason J. S. Barton, MD ( Vancouver, BC). Save Sight Institute, Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, Australia, received the award for the best presentation by a resident for her platform talk entitled " Multifocal Visual Evoked Potentials in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Optic Neuritis." Gabrielle R. Bonhomme, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, received the award for the best presentation by a fellow for her platform talk entitled " Isolated Pediatric Optic Neuritis: Brain MRI Abnormalities and Risk of Multiple Sclerosis." Steven F. Stasheff, MD, PhD, Children's Hospital & Beth Israel- Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, received the Tom & Susan Carlow Young Investigator Award for his paper entitled " Alterations in Spontaneous and Light- Evoked Ganglion Cell Activity During Retinal Degeneration in rdl Mice." At the closing banquet, Steven E. Feldon, MD, MBA was honored for his enduring dedication to NANOS in receiving the Distinguished Service Award. Creig Hoyt, MD, was recognized as having been selected to give the 2004 William F. Hoyt Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. His lecture, entitled " What We Do Not Know About Amblyopia," will be published in the September 2005 issue of the journal of Neuro- Ophthalmology. Jorge C. Kattah, MD ( Peoria, IL), Shalom E. Kelman, MD ( Baltimore, MD), and Martin P. Kolsky, MD ( Washington, DC) at Banquet Night. Jacqueline A. Leavitt, MD ( Rochester, MN), Richard L. Sogg, MD ( Palo Alto, CA), Robert A. Egan, MD ( Portland, OR), and Deborah I. Friedman, MD ( Rochester, NY) boogie at the banquet. The following society members were inducted as NANOS fellows: Valerie Biousse, MD ( Atlanta, GA), Bradley K. Farris, MD ( Salt Lake City, UT), Robert A. Egan, MD ( Portland, OR), Mark Gans, MD ( Montreal, PQ), Louise A. Mawn, MD ( Nashville, TN), Thomas J. Mehelas, MD ( Toledo, OH), Roger E. Turbin, MD ( Newark, NJ), Agnes M. F. Wong, MD PhD, FRCSC ( Toronto, ON), and RuthHuna- Baron, MD ( Tel Aviv, Israel) ( international fellow). The 2006 NANOS meeting will be held at the Stan- Pass Marriott Resort and Spa, Tucson, Arizona from February 26 to March 2. The Walsh Session, organized by Shirley Wray, MD ( Boston, MA) and Simmons Lessell ( Boston, MA), will again occur on the first day. The 2007 NANOS meeting will be at the Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Snowbird, Utah from February 9 to 16. The 2008 NANOS meeting will be at the Renaissance Orlando Hotel at Sea World, Orlando, Florida from March 7 to March 13. The 2009 meeting will be in the cold, site and date to be announced. The 2010 meeting will be back at the Starr Pass Marriott Resort and Spa, Tucson, Arizona from February 27 to March 4. Jonathan D. Trobe, MD Ann Arbor, Michigan 162 © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |