NOSA 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting and Neurovision Training Day
The NOSA 2026 Annual Scientific meeting was held on Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th September 2026, with the Neurovision Training Day on Saturday 5th September 2026 at Citadines on Bourke, 131 Bourke Street, Melbourne.
NOSA ASM and Neurovision Training Day 2027 will be held on 19 – 21st August 2027 in Adelaide Australia – Save the Date!
A copy of the full program can be viewed via this link
A copy of the abstracts can be viewed here
Congratulations to the following award winners:
Best Walsh Williams presentation: Dr Bjorn Betzler
Best Platform presentation (Fellow): Dr Elishai Assayag
Best Platform presentation (Resident): Dr Siyi Chen
Guest Speakers:
Dr Heather Moss
Dr. Heather Moss is Professor in the Stanford Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology & Neurological Sciences. She is also Associate Dean in the Stanford School of Medicine Office of Academic Affairs, Vice Chair of Clinical Research and Director of the Neuro-ophthalmology Fellowship in the Stanford Department of Ophthalmology. She directs an innovative clinical-research program in biomarker discovery at the Spencer Center for Vision Research at Stanford and provides expert neuro-ophthalmic clinical care at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford.
Dr. Moss pursued undergraduate studies in biomedical engineering at the University of Guelph, followed by doctoral studies in medical engineering at Harvard and MIT, seeking to improve human health through application of engineering principles. Working with patients inspired her to become a physician; after earning her medical degree at Harvard, she completed residency training in Neurology and fellowship training in Neuro-ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania. She spent six years on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago, serving as the Director of Neuro-ophthalmology and starting a neuro-ophthalmology fellowship training program, before joining the Stanford faculty in 2016.
Her clinical expertise includes diagnosis and treatment of optic nerve diseases, eye movement disorders, and neurological pathology affecting visual pathways. She is a national leader in application of telemedicine to improve access to neuro-ophthalmic care. Her research lab is developing novel diagnostic approaches to neurological and neuro-ophthalmic diseases through application of innovative electrophysiology, imaging, and mathematical modeling. She has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, has authored numerous book chapters, and serves on the editorial board of four journals. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) and has been elected to leadership roles in both organizations.
Outside of work Dr. Moss enjoys spending time with her two children, exploring northern California, and renovating her 100-year-old house.
Mr Michael Burdon
Mr Burdon is a Consultant Ophthalmologist with a sub-specialty interest in neuro-ophthalmology. His training in neuro-ophthalmology began with Dr John Harrison in Brisbane in 1992. Following further training at St Thomas’ Hospital, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Moorfields Eye Hospital he was appointed as a Consultant in Birmingham in 1997 with a remit to establish a supra-regional neuro- ophthalmology service. This service now has a world-wide reputation with seven Consultants and two Fellows, and has trained 22 Fellows from around the United Kingdom and overseas. In 2021 he moved to take up a part-time post in Bishop Auckland.
Mr Burdon is an internationally recognised lecturer/educator with particular links to East Africa and Australia. He has delivered four named lectures, and co-authored books and book chapters including ‘The Neuro-Ophthalmology Survival Guide’. He is an examiner for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and has acted as external examiner both in the United Kingdom and abroad.
Mr Burdon has undertaken clinical research throughout his career, most notably in regard to papilloedema and idiopathic intracranial hypertension and has published over 40 peer reviewed papers. His contributions to the wider UK health service include being President of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (2017-2020), Chairing National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline development committees for cataracts in adults and diabetic retinopathy, and running the Secretary of the British Isles Neuro-Ophthalmology Club from 2000 to 2015. In addition, he initiated, and has made significant contributions to the Link between the College of Ophthalmologists of East, Central and Southern Africa and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.
In 2022 Mr Burdon was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in recognition of his various contributions to ophthalmology both in the United Kingdom and overseas.