The Canadian Orthoptic Society Scientific Session

Neuro-orthoptics, Strabismus, Pediatric Vision and Vision Development Research

Monday 17 June 2013, 0800-1715
Bonaventure

Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the features for a variety of clinical diagnoses and conditions encountered by orthoptists.
  • Integrate knowledge of new testing techniques and current research into their daily practice.
  • Demonstrate an awareness of atypical clinical presentations and their significance in a clinical setting.

Guests
Michael Flanders MD FRCS (John Pratt Johnson Lecture)
Raquel Beneish OC(C) BS MSc (Catherine Lunn Lecture) 		Moderator
Joel Hyndman OC(C)

0800Opening remarks
0810The John Pratt Johnson Lecture: Diagnosis and Management of Restrictive Strabismus
Michael Flanders
0900An overview of acquired reading disorders in patients with good visual acuity
Amadeo Rodriguez
0915Recovery of acute unilateral cranial nerve palsies at 6 months
Jocelyn Zurevinsky
0930Pediatric cerebral visual impairment
Luis Ospina
0945Superior oblique paresis: vertical incomitance as an indicator of longstanding paresis
Coral Crawford
0955Open discussion
1000Break
1045Differential diagnosis and management of ocular problems in neurodegenerative disorders
Gill Roper-Hall
1105A new afterimage test
Kyle Arnoldi-Jolley
1120Complete sixth nerve palsies: surgical options
Stephen Kraft
1135A review of inferior oblique surgery
G. Robert LaRoche
1150Heavy eye syndrome
Brad Wakeman
1200Panel discussion
Michael Flanders, G. Robert LaRoche, Stephen Kraft
1215Lunch
1330Graduate presentations
1350The Catherine Lunn Lecture: Residual tenacious functional amblyopia: underlying organic component?
Raquel Beneish
1420A new approach to the treatment of amblyopia
Robert Hess
14353D perceptual-cognitive training in aging
Isabelle Legault
1445Visual development during the school-year ages as a function of stimulus complexity
Armand Bertone
1455Open discussion
1500Break
1545An overview of retinoblastoma for allied healthcare providers in 2013
Patrick Hamel
1555How to improve patching compliance in challenging amblyopic children? A case for elbow splinting
Kourosh Sabri
1605Diplopia and bitemporal hemianopsia
May Chidiac
1615Fresnel prisms: not just for the rich and famous
Cheryl McCarus
1630Atypical exotropia
Joan Parkinson
1640 MS and MG
Laura Irons
1650Does occlusion therapy improve control in non-diplopic patients with intermittent exotropia?
Lina Alkahmous
1700Discussion and open case forum
1715Adjourn