| OCR Text |
Show Neuro-Ophthalmology News Section Editors: Kathleen B. Digre, MD Meagan D. Seay, DO 15th European Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Birmingham, England, June 20–23, 2022 T he European Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (EUNOS) met for the first time since the pandemic started in Birmingham, England. Although the meeting was hybrid —meaning that attendees could attend virtually, the inperson portion was well-attended. Each day was packed with great educational sessions and free articles. Monday, June 20, 2022, was the clinical neuro-ophthalmology education course. Titles of the sessions—“my approach to.”—gave learners practical ways to approach disc swelling, diplopia, and visual loss. The session also covered investigations such as optical coherence tomography (OCT) and, of course, case discussions. The opening reception held outside the Elgar Concert Hall on the University of Birmingham campus featured music by North American NeuroOphthalmology (NANOS) members, Neil Miller, Prem Subramanian, and Dan Milea (Fig. 1) as well as a recital by 2 EUNOS members from Zurich: Fabienne Fierz (piano) and Leah Disse (violin). Tuesday morning’s Presidential session, chaired by President Fion Bremner, highlighted an update on corona virus disease (COVID) and its many ophthalmological and neurological manifestations. This was followed by a wonderful session on idiopathic intracranial hypertension from pathophysiological updates to how to get our patients to lose weight presented by Alex Sinclair, Susan Mollan, Clare Fraser, Steffen Hamann, and Sally Abbott. Scientific abstracts followed and a session on pituitary tumors stressed how important a multidisciplinary team is. Wednesday started with free articles and was followed by lively debates, including “Can we treat nystagmus?” and “Can we treat anterior ischemic optic neuropathy?” The session, Meaningful Research in the COVID Era, highlighted many challenges to doing research in the pandemic. Another highlight was the session on inherited optic neuropathies including Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy by Nancy Newman and Patrick Yu-Wai Man. The last session of the day attempted to answer some key clinical questions in neuro-ophthalmology including the best management approaches to multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). The final day focused on visual rehabilitation and radiation therapy for skull-based meningiomas and consequent optic neuropathies. Wednesday’s evening gala was held at the beautiful Birmingham Botanical Gardens with dancing at the end (Fig. 2). Each day posters were also presented, and there were 181 posters. Tim Matthews and Mike Burdon lead the Birmingham crew in setting up the very well-organized meeting. Other planners included international NANOS members Susan FIG. 1. Neil Miller (bass), Prem Subramanian (French horn), and Dan Milea (saxophone) played jazz to the audience’s delight. FIG. 2. Local organizer, Tim Matthews (left), and President of EUNOS, Fion Bremner (right), enjoying the banquet. EUNOS, European Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. e604 Digre and Seay: J Neuro-Ophthalmol 2022; 42: e604-e605 Copyright © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. Neuro-Ophthalmology News Mollan, Alex Sinclair, Richard Blanch, and others including Ruchika Batra and Lidia Alverez. There were 300 registrants in person and 88 registrants virtually. Although most speakers attended in person, COVID and a national train strike kept some presenters virtual. The next meeting will be in 2024 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Kathleen B. Digre, MD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Digre and Seay: J Neuro-Ophthalmol 2022; 42: e604-e605 Meagan D. Seay, DO Department of Ophthalmology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah ACKNOWLEDGMENTS M. Seay and K. Digre are supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, New York, NY, to the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah. e605 Copyright © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. |
