NOSA Neuro-Ophthalmology Society of Australia 33 rd Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting
PROGRAM THURSDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 8.30 8.40 Welcome Session 1 Chair People: Dr Kate Ahmad & Dr John Harrison 08.40-09.10 Keynote Lecture: LHON bench to bedside Dr Nancy Newman 09.10-09.50 Scientific Platform Presentations 09.10-09.20 Eye Candy: A remarkable recovery Dr Natalie Palavra & Dr Cathy Cui 09.20-09.30 Autoantibodies in Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy Dr Kunwardeep Bhatia 09.30 09.40 Is Lumbar Puncture Opening Pressure Still required for the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Dr Zak Prime 09.40 09.50 Prognostic Predictors for Visual Function after Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration Dr Jane Lock 09.50-10.20 Keynote Lecture: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Update Dr Valerie Biousse 10.20-10.50 Morning Tea
10.50-11.20 11.20 12.10 11.20-11.30 11.30-11.40 11.40 11.50 11.50 12.00 12.00 12.10 12.10-12.40 Session 2 Chair People: Dr Clare Fraser & Professor John Crompton European plenary Lecture: Optic disc drusen A/Prof Steffen Hamann Scientific Platform Presentations Objectively assessing concussion using VEPs Dr Daryl Fong Watching a singer or watching a speaker: gaze pattern differences in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) A/Prof Larry Abel Isolated metastases to extraocular muscles a case report, literature review and pooled data analysis Dr Vanessa Leung Does the outcome of strabismus surgery offer insights into the pathogenesis of esotropia in Ataxia-oculomotor apraxia type 2 Dr Evan Heinecke Quantifying retinal vascular changes in obstructive sleep apnea as a means of monitoring disease progression Dr Jessica Tong Keynote Lecture: Perioperative Vision Loss 12.40-13.40 Lunch Dr Nancy Newman Session 3 Chair People: Dr Isla Williams & Dr Stephen Best
13.40 14.10 Local expertise plenary: Anti-MOG optic neuritis A/Prof Fabienne Brilot & Dr Sudarshini Ramanathan 14.10-14.50 Scientific Platform Presentations 14.10-14.20 Bilateral Optic Neuritis associated with Harvoni Dr Catriona Downie 14.20-14.30 Evaluating the Temperature Effects of Heat and Ice Tests on Ptosis due to Myasthenia Gravis Dr Emmanuel Marino 14.30-14.40 The Heidenhain variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: A review of cases for the New Zealand CJD Registry Dr Benson Chen 14.40-14.50 Mechanical microcysts of the retinal inner nuclear layer in optic neuropathies 14.50 15.00 Dr Jessica Tong Optic Neuritis Following Autoimmune Encephalitis Dr Stephen Duma 15.00-15.20 Afternoon Tea Session 4 Chair People: Dr Susan Carden & Dr Mitchell Lawlor 15.20-16.30 Short Cases
15.20-15.30 That neurotrophic ulcer giving me a headache! Dr Jenny Lauschke 15.30 15.40 Trigeminal Neuropathy: A rare Presentation of Small Cell Lung Cancer Dr Hye Jin Kwon 15.40 15.50 A Hairy Case Prof John Crompton 15.50 16.00 Whom do you believe: me or your own eyes Dr Oded Hauptman 16.00 16.10 Terson syndrome: a spectacular example of an under-recognised subarachnoid haemorrhage complication with clinicopathologic correlation Dr Mitchell Lee 16.10 16.20 An unusual case of bitemporal hemianopia 16.20 16.30 Dr Melissa Chih-Hui Tien A small symptom with a big problem Dr Yin Nwe Win 16.30 17.00 Keynote Lecture: Acute retinal ischaemia Dr Valerie Biousse 17.00 NOSA AGM 19.00-22.00 Conference Dinner Bentley Restaurant Corner Pitt & Hunter Streets
FRIDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER Session 1 Chair People: Professor Helen Danesh Meyer & Professor Christian Lueck 08.30-10.10 Walsh Williams Cases 08.30-08.50 An Unusual case of Intracranial Hypertension Dr Emma Foster 08.50-09.10 A false Localising Sign (abstract insert) Dr Ruaridh Smail 09.10-09.30 A Curious Case of Horizontal Diplopia, Esotropia and Bilateral Adduction Deficit Dr Anna Waldie 09.30 09.50 Can you connect the spots Dr Clare Fraser 09.50 10.10 Keep your chin up Dr Kate Ahmad 10.10 10.30 Morning Tea 10.30 10.50 Tour of Posters
Session 2 Chair People: Dr Celia Chen & A/Professor Owen White 10.50 11.50 Walsh Williams Cases (cont) 10.50-11.10 Can We Fix It? Dr Lysandra Katelaris 11.10 11.30 A long time between drinks Dr Kate Hogden 11.30 11.50 What s rare, pink and red, black and white, and can t read a newspaper? A/Prof Stephen Reddel 11.50 12.10 Visual loss plus Prof John Crompton 12.10 12.30 Monocular Ophthalmoplegia Dr Emma Foster 12.30 12.50 Is the Law Immune 12.50 13.50 Lunch Prof Peter McCluskey
Session 3 - Chair People: Dr Mark Paine & Dr Ian Francis 13.50 14.20 Asia Pacific Plenary Lecture: New adventures of and old flame: the role of inflammation in disease Prof Helen Danesh Meyer 14.20 14.40 Scientific Platform Presentations 14.20 14.30 The use of non-mydriatic fundus camera in neurology Mr Michael Cheung 14.30 14.40 Comparative usability of smartphone and traditional funduscopy (efocus Phase 1) Dr Hamish Dunn 14.40-15.10 Keynote Lecture: Ophthalmoscopy in the 21st century Dr Nancy Newman 15.10 15.40 Afternoon Tea
Session 4 - Chair People: Dr Clare Fraser & Dr Brent Gaskin 15.40 16.25 Scientific Platform Presentations 15.40-15.50 Correlation of visual field loss with MRI findings in patients with pituitary tumours Ms Emily Kane 15.50 16.00 The Rational Use of Neuroimaging for Neuroophthalmic Presentations Dr Shanil Dhanji 16.00 16.05 Giant Cell Arteritis Presenting as Scleritis Dr Jane Lock 16.05 16.15 The length of temporal artery biopsy continues to be a significant predictor of diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis Dr Lawrence Oh 16.15 16.25 Positron Emmission Tomography (PET) CT Detected Vascular Disease in Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis Dr Anthony Sammel 16.25-16.55 Keynote Lecture: What s new in GCA Dr Valerie Biousse 16.55 Close and thanks