Welcome to BCSEPS Clinical Day Blog 1May2009

Welcome to the blog from the May 1, 2009 British Columbia Society of Eye Physicians & Surgeons (BCSEPS) Clinical Day on Neuro-ophthalmology and Electronic Medical Records. Each entry has a flash-player for the audio of that talk, a link to download the audio file, and an option to listen if you do not have a flash-enabled device (certain pda/phones.) The slides will be added soon.

Please add comments; there is a link next to my name under each talk's entry. Also, there is a Discussion forum (see DISCUSSION) in title bar.

You can also use this audio player to access all the talks in this one convenient location:

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0905hrs Controversies in thyroid eye disease - Michael Kazim, MD

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A talk on the medical & surgical management of patients with Thyroid Eye Disease (TED.)

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0925hrs Clinical approach to idiopathic intracranial hypertension - Kimberley Cockerham, MD

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Conclusion:

- Think of this as glaucoma of the brain

- Intracranial Pressure (ICP) dependent optic neuropathy

- Visual Field key to management

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0945hrs Correction of strabismus in thyroid eye disease: lessons learned - Michael Kazim, MD

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A rational approach to correcting strabismus in patients with Thyroid Eye Disease with an emphasis on the need for orthoptics involvement throughout.

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1005hrs Session 1 Panel Discussion, Peter Dolman, MD moderator

Panel discussion including audience questions covering the first three topics: Controversies in Thyroid Eye Disease, Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, and Correction of Strabismus in Thyroid Eye Disease.

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1120hrs Compression optic neuropathy: when "glaucoma isn't glaucoma" - Kimberley Cockerham, MD

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- could this be compressive optic neuropathy or altered EV flow

- look, listen, palpate

- look at the scan yourself or have someone you trust look at it.

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