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Mitochondria and the RGC | Discussion of various forms of mitrochondrial optic neuropathies and how to distinguish from toxic optic neuropathies, with examples from Cuba and Brazil. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma; Telangiectasis; Apoptosis; Dyschromatopsia. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disc; Retinal ganglion cells; Reactive oxyge... | Text |
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Neuro-Surgical Approaches to the Orbit | Discusses specifics of various approaches to surgical treatment of lesions, including transcranial and transfrontal orbitotomies; neuroimagery scans from before and after operation for meningioma. Presenting Symptom: Proptosis. Anatomy: Orbit; Optic nerve sheath. Disease/Diagnosis: Meningioma; Heman... | Text |
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Neuroprotection = Apoptosis of Retinal Ganglion Cells | Slide presentation with several microscopic images demonstrating cell death, LHON, AIDS. Presenting Symptom: Blindness; Ischemia; Retinal detachment. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells; Phosphopyruvate Hydratase. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber; Acquired Immunod... | Text |
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Office Techniques for Detecting Optic Nerve Disease | Demonstration of brightness sense testing and of computer-generated graphics for Amsler grid testing. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma; Metamorphopsia. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina; Macula lutea. Disease/Diagnosis: Glaucoma; Optic neuritis; Macular degeneration. | Text |
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On Being a Program Director | Speech on the occasion of receiving the first Straatsma Award for Excellence in Resident Education in 2003. | Text |
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Optic Nerve Regeneration | A slide presentation with three sets of 3 views increasing magnification. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic neuropathy, Ischemic; Retrograde degeneration; Necrosis. Treatment: Cerestat; Aptiganel; Memantine; Riluzole. | Text |
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Optic Neuritis Treatment Trials | Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic neuritis; Multiple sclerosis. Treatment: Methylprednisolone; Prednisone; Solumedrol. | Text |
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Preparing for the RRC | Discussion of the work of the Residency Review Committee and how a department can prepare for their visit. | Text |
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Program Director Collaboration Model: On Being a Program Director | A slide presentation on the role of a project manager. | Text |
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Teaching & Learning in Ophthalmology: Improving Lecture Skills | A slide presentation on the improvement of lecture skills. | Text |
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Teaching & Learning in Ophthalmology: Improving Lecture Skills | A slide presentation on the topic of improving instructional skills. | Text |
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Teaching in the Operating Room | Presented at the PAAA/AAO Symposium on Teaching Residents Ophthalmology in the 21st Century, in Buenos Aires, July 2007. Treatment: Neurosurgery. | Text |
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Teaching Residents Ophthalmology in the 21st Century | Discusses teaching residents Ophthalmology. Covers issues relating to accreditation and the history of the ACGME. Accreditation criteria and core competencies are outlined. | Text |
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Testing the Functional Patient | Discusses testing to distinguish organic ailments from psychosomatic or willful simulation of symptoms. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic nerve diseases; Retinal degeneration; Hysteria | Text |
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Toxic Optic Neuropathies: How Much Evidence Should it Take to Convict? | A critique of claims that the drug Amiodarone causes optic neuropathies. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma; Dyschromatopsia. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Toxic optic neuropathy. | Text |
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Visual Fields | Slideshow presentation with images of bow-tie atrophy due to an optic disc tract lesion. Anatomy: Optic chiasm; Optic nerve; Optic disk. Disease/Diagnosis: Pituitary adenoma; Bitemporal hemianopia; Optic nerve atrophy. | Text |
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The Visual Process: Tracing Light From the Retina to the Cortex | Physiological basis of vision, including the optics of the eye and the retina and retinal pathways. Anatomy: Retina; Cortex | Text |
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Visual Processing in the Cortex | Part 5 of a course at Stanford University. | Text |
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The Process of Resident Selection | Evaluation and selection of residency candidates. Includes a section on "Ophthalmology matching program" presented at AAO meeting in Anaheim, Nov. 2003, with permission of Doug Perry. | Text |
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Viagra and Vision Loss: Does Sex Make You Blind? | At a formal debate during a meeting in Canada in Sept. 2006, Sadun was assigned the role of arguing the case FOR a connection between taking phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitors and developing anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Presenting Symptom: Hypotension. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disc; Cyc... | Text |
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Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Applications in the Eye | Optical Coherence Tomography is a technique for non-invasive cross-sectional imaging of ocular tissues. This PowerPoint covers an overview of the technique with excellent diagrams and images. Anatomy: Retina; Anterior eye segment; Cornea; Macula Lutea; Vitreous body; Optic nerve; Retinal ganglion ce... | Text |
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The Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations of Diabetes | Anatomy: Orbit; Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Diabetes; Mucormycosis; Acidosis; Hypoplasia of the optic nerve; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic optic papillopathy; Optic neuropathy, Ischemic; Diabetic optic atrophy; Ophthalmoplegia; Arteritis; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Orbital cellulitis. Treatment: Debri... | Text |
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Mitochondrial Optic Neuropathy: Mitochondria as Gatekeepers for Apoptosis | Presentation at Harvard in 2006, focussing on Leber's Heriditary Optic Neuropathy; includes several images of optic nerve and optic disk with LHON. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disk; Retinal ganglion cells. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic nerve diseases; Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Presenting Symptom:... | Text |
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An Epidemic of Blindness in Cuba: Lessons on Nutrition and Mitochondria | Presented at Stanford in April 2007, recapping the 1990s expedition to Cuba to investigate causes of blindness epidemic. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic nerve diseases; Alcoholic neuropathy. Treatment: Folate. Presenting Symptom: Ambliopia; Ataxia; Paresthesia; Hyporeflexia. | Text |
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The Surgical Management of Graves' Orbitopathy | Slide presentation that includes 2 neuroimages. Presenting Symptom: Proptosis. Anatomy: Orbit; Entire inferior rectus. Disease/Diagnosis: Graves Ophthalmopathy; Graves Disease; Myotomy of levator palpebrae. Treatment; Decompression, Surgical; Canthoplasty. | Text |