35th Annual Meeting of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS), Lake Tahoe, Nevada, February 21-26, 2009

The 35th Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) Meeting drew 375 attendees to Lake Tahoe, Nevada, from February 21 to 26, 2009. Among the attending neuro-ophthalmologists were 46 from outside North America (United Kingdom, 9; France, 8; Australia, 5; Switzerland, 4; Israel, Korea, and Singapore, 3; Denmark, Germany, Japan, and Sweden, 2; and Belgium, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, 1). The Walsh Meeting, traditionally held on the first day and organized superbly by Timothy J. McCulley, MD (San Francisco, CA), produced the usual wild and crazy cases (19) enhanced with trenchant and witty commentary by invited neuroradiologist Christine M. Glastonbury, MBBS and neuropathologist Andrew W. Bollen, MD, DMV, both of the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF). The winner of the prize for best Walsh presentation by a fellow was Sashank Prasad, MD, University of Pennsylvania, for his presentation: “Hear No Evil, See No Evil,” which turned out to be MELAS (mitochondrial encephalopathy lactic acidosis with stroke-like episodes). The following days included 25 scientific platform presentations culled from a record number of submissions. Divya Aggarwal, MD, Doheny Eye Institute, won the award for the best platform presentation by a fellow for “Melanopsin Retinal Ganglion Cells: A New Class of Cells in Human Retina.” There were 100 posters on view, 10 of which were chosen for a discussion moderated by Steven Galetta, MD (Philadelphia, PA) and Lynn K. Gordon, MD, PhD (Los Angeles, CA). Sally Chang, University of Pennsylvania, won the prize for the best poster by a medical student; her title was “MS Functional Composite Scores with a Visual Component Added Capture Axonal Loss in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.” Daniel Barthelmes, MD, University of Zurich (Switzerland), won the award for the best poster by a resident for “Retinal Hemorrhages in High Altitude Mountaineers.” The NANOS 2009 Pilot Grant Award went to Prem S. Subramanian, MD, PhD (Baltimore, MD) for his project entitled “Pilot Study to Measure Diplopic Fields and the Correlation of Diplopic Field Characteristics with Visual Function Quality.” The NANOS 2009 Young Investigator Award went to Michael S. Salman, PhD, MRCP (Winnipeg, Manitoba) for his project entitled “Characteristics of the Cerebellar Dysplasia in Chiari Type II Malformation as Revealed by Ocular Motor Functions.” The Fight For Sight/NANOS Postdoctoral Fellowship Award went to Zoë Williams, MD (Rochester, NY) for her project entitled “Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Optic Nerve in Patients with Congenital and Acquired Optic Disc Elevation.” Robert B. Daroff, MD (Cleveland, OH) delivered the 2nd Jacobson Lecture. At the closing banquet, Mark J. Kupersmith, MD (New York, NY) received the NANOS Distinguished Service Award. Peter J. Savino, MD (San Diego, CA) was recognized as having given the 7th Hoyt Lecture at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The next (36th) NANOS meeting will take place at the Marriott Star Pass Resort in Tucson, AZ, from March 7 to 11, 2010. Jonathan D. Trobe, MD Ann Arbor, MISashank Prasad, MD, University of Pennsylvania (left), accepts the prize for the best Walsh presentation by a fellow.Divya Aggarwal, MD, Doheny Eye Institute (left), accepts the award for the best platform presentation by a fellow.Daniel Barthelmes, MD, University of Zurich (Switzerland) (left), receives the award for the best poster by a resident.Prem Subramanian, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University (right), receives the NANOS 2009 Pilot Grant Award from Jeffrey Bennett, MD, PhD (Denver, CO).James Sharpe, MD (Toronto, ON) accepts the NANOS 2009 Young Investigator Award on behalf of Michael S. Salman, PhD, MRCP (Winnipeg, MB).Zoe Williams, MD (Rochester, NY) accepts the Fight For Sight/NANOS Postdoctoral Fellowship Award.Mark J. Kupersmith, MD, New York, NY, accepts the NANOS Distinguished Service Award.Joseph Rizzo, MD (Boston, MA), Susan Pepin, MD (Hanover, NH), Wayne Cornblath, MD (Ann Arbor, MI), Agnes Wong, MD, PhD (Toronto, ON), Swaraj Bose, MD (Irvine, CA), and Ivy Dreizin, MD (Madison, WI).Steven Galetta, MD (Philadelphia, PA), Isla Williams, MD (Melbourne, Australia), Lynn Gordon, MD, PhD (Los Angeles, CA), and Bradley Katz, MD, PhD (Salt Lake City, UT).Grace Kao, MD, MPH (Irvine, CA) and Janet Rucker, MD (New York, NY) accept certificates as NANOS Fellows.Boogying by Patty Johnston-McNussen, MD (Urbana, IL), Mark Borchert, MD (Los Angeles, CA), Sophia Chung, MD (St. Louis, MO), and Sharon Johnstone, MD (Phoenix, AZ).NANOS President Anthony Arnold, MD (Los Angeles, CA) thanks Janel Fick, NANOS Executive Director, for her superb organizational effort at the 35th Annual NANOS Meeting.Posing by the 2009 NANOS Board Members (front row, left to right): Deborah Friedman, MD (Rochester, NY), Leah Levi, MD (San Diego, CA), Jane Warner, MD (Salt Lake City, UT), Lyn Sedwick, MD (Orlando, FL), Valerie Biousse, MD (Atlanta, GA), Thomas Carlow, MD (Albuquerque, NM); (back row, left to right): Eric Eggenberger, DO (East Lansing, MI), Preston Calvert, MD (Alexandria, VA), Edward Fitzgibbon, MD (Bethesda, MD), Larry Frohman, MD (Newark, NJ), Anthony Arnold, MD (Los Angeles, CA).Jane Daroff with Louis Dell'Osso, PhD (Cleveland, OH).Jeffrey Odel, MD (New York, NY).Dan Milea, MD (Copenhagen, Denmark), Luis Mejico, MD (Syracuse, NY), and Jorge Kattah, MD (Peoria, IL).Eric Eggenberger, DO (East Lansing, MI) and Fiona Costello, MD, FRCP (Calgary, AB).Edward Margolin, MD (Toronto, ON), Kara Warden, MD (Ann Arbor, MI), and Wayne Cornblath (Ann Arbor, MI).

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