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Show First European Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Update Course, Budapest, Hungary, April 14-15, 2012 The First European Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (EUNOS) Update Course was hosted in Budapest by the Hungarian Ophthalmology Society and the Hungarian Society of Neurologists and Psychiatrists (http://eunosweb.org/HomeTop/UpdateMeetings.aspx). This was the first such course organized by EUNOS and was extremely successful, attracting 212 attendees from 32 countries. It was accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and by the Euro-pean Board of Ophthalmology. Update Course President Gabriella Szatmáry and EUNOS President Christopher Kennard convened the meeting. Opening lectures dealt with the examination of the afferent, efferent, and autonomic visual systems and were given by Klara Landau, Caroline Tilikete, and Fion Bremner, respectively. Additional presentations included those by Marko Hawlina (Slovenia) on multimodal imaging of the eye and ischemic optic neuropathies and Shlomo Dotan (Israel) on idiopathic intracranial hypertension and compressive optic neuropathies. The second day included lectures on a variety of topics including neuro-ophthalmic emergencies by members of the Hungarian ophthalmology and neurology community. This was followed by a session on "Future Directions in Neuro-Ophthalmology" moder-ated by Christopher Kennard. The closing session focused on state-of-the-art diagnostic tests in neuro-ophthalmology. The prize for best poster went to Rita Rosa (Portugal). In addition to the scientific program, there was a scenic tour of Budapest and a gala dinner held at one of the premier wineries in the region. At this dinner, Dr Katalin Korányi (Hungary) commemorated Prof László Remenár. Professor Remenár (1917-1998), an ophthalmologist with a special interest in neurological disorders and the "founding father" of Hungarian neuro-ophthalmology, established Hungary's first ophthalmo-neurology department at The National In-stitute of Neurosurgery in Budapest (1953), which is now The National Institute of Neurosciences. We hope to have more update courses in neuro-ophthalmology in the future. The next EUNOS meeting will take place in Oxford, England, April 10-13, 2013. Gabriella Szatmáry, MD, PhD Secretary of Neuro-Ophthalmology Section Hungarian Ophthalmology Society Szatmáry: J Neuro-Ophthalmol 2012; 32: 295-295 295 Neuro-Ophthalmology News Section Editor: Kathleen B. Digre, MD Copyright © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. |
