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Show The First Chinese Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Conference in Beijing, the People's Republic of China, June 8-10, 2012 The First Chinese Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (CNOS) Conference was held at the international con-ference meeting center of Beijing People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from June 8 through June 10, 2012, in conjunction with the second National Neuro-ophthalmology Key Doc-tor Training Course. Having been organized by the Chinese Ophthalmological Society and approved by the Chinese Medical Association, the Neuro-Ophthalmology Academic Conference came into being in China. Prof Shihui Wei, the President of the CNOS, Department of Ophthalmology, General Hospital PLA and Prof Xiaojun Zhang, the Vice President of the CNOS, Department of Neurology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, in Beijing, served as cochairs (Fig. 1). More than 400 participants were in attendance, reflecting the rapidly growing number of ophthalmologists and neurologists in China with an interest in neuro-ophthalmology. There were 17 invited lectures covering a wide variety of topics. These included "Visual field maps: how are they formed in the brain?" by Satoshi Kashii, MD, PhD (Aichi, Japan), "Work-up for the swollen optic disc" by An-Guor Wang, MD (Taipei, Taiwan), "Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: from disease mechanisms to therapeutic strat-egies" by Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, BMedSci, MBBS, PhD (Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom), "Natural his-tory of refractive development in children" by Ian Morgan, PhD (Canberra, Australia), "Integrated imaging: MRI + MEG + eye movements" by David Crewther, PhD (Melbourne, Australia), and "A role for the visual system in recovery and rehabilitation from stroke" by Sheila Crewther, PhD (Melbourne, Australia). Scientific sessions were composed of 114 platform and poster presentations. Twelve clinical cases in neuro-ophthalmology were presented and discussed on the morning of the second day. Thereafter, the conference was followed by the second National Neuro-Ophthal-mology Key Doctor Training Courses, featuring lectures on vision loss, diplopia, and pupillary disorders. Satoshi Kashii, MD, PhD Department of Visual Science and Ophthalmology Aichi Shukutoku University Nagakute Aichi, Japan FIG. 1. Shihui Wei, President of the CNOS (left) and Xiaojun Zhang Vice President of the CNOS (right) organized the first meeting of the Chinese Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. 390 Kashii: J Neuro-Ophthalmol 2012; 32: 390-390 Neuro-Ophthalmology News Section Editor: Kathleen B. Digre, MD Copyright © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. |
