Congratulations to Award Winners at #NANOS2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING AWARD RECIPIENTS
2024 MERIT AWARDS
For extraordinary contributions of time, energy, and resources to the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society:

Steven R. Hamilton, M.D.

Devin D. Mackay, M.D.

Clare L. Fraser, M.D.

Courtney E. Francis, M.D.

BEST FRANK B. WALSH PAPER PRESENTATION BY A FELLOW-IN-TRAINING
Amalie Chen, MD for the presentation: Headache and Visual Deficits: Ironing Out the Details

BEST ABSTRACT AWARD BY STUDENT
Olivia Grech for the presentation: Raised Intracranial Pressure Alters Cranial Nociception Which Can Be Rescued by Glucagon Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonism and CGRP Antagonism In Vivo

BEST ABSTRACT AWARD BY RESIDENT
Amy (Mung Yan) Lin for the presentation: Emergency Department (ED) Non-Mydriatic Fundus Photography Expediates Care for Patients Referred For “Papilledema"

BEST ABSTRACT BY A FELLOW-IN-TRAINING
Maximilian Friedrich, MD for the presentation: Curiouser and Curiouser: A Distributed Brain Network Underlying Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

J. LAWTON SMITH AWARD
Francisco Sanchez, M.D for the abstract: Transient Bilateral Central Scotoma on Awakening: A Distinct Phenomenon

DANIEL M. JACOBSON MEMORIAL LECTURE AWARD
Valerie Purvin, MD for the presentation: Moving from Not Knowing to Knowing

WILLIAM F. HOYT LECTURE AWARD
Steven Galetta, MD for the presentation: Optic Neuritis and MS: Friend or Foe

TOP INDIVIDUAL NOVEL CONTRIBUTOR
Allison Nogi, DPT, Johns Hopkins Medicine

TOP INSTITUTION NOVEL CONTRIBUTOR
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine

2024 DR. IVY DREIZIN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT GRANT
Nurhan Torun, MD, FRCS(C)

2024 PILOT GRANT AWARD
Nitza Goldenberg-Cohen for the research topic: Non-Invasive Identification of Alzheimer's Disease Through Ocular Analysis Utilizing Raman Spectroscopy

2024 THOMAS AND SUSAN CARLOW YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD
Benson Chen, MBChB, MSc, FRACP for the research topic: Vision-Related Quality of Life in LHON Patients Treated with Lenadogene Nolparvovec Gene Therapy: Analysis of the VFQ-25 using Rasch Measurement Theory

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