Neuro-Orbital MasterClass 2026

Tickets, including all refreshments:

£250: Consultant

£215 (15% discount): Full members of the following Societies:

  • ESOPRS
  • BOPSS

£180: Non-consultant colleagues (Trainees)

Fully refundable until 1st March 2026

Register HERE


In 2019, the  Ophthalmic Association of St John (SOA) held its first Masterclass in NeuroOrbital disease. This attracted over 100 delegates from 12 countries, with a wide selection of distinguished speakers covering a range of diseases. The Masterclass was recorded in HD and the entire event, with full transcripts, is available HERE.

The second Masterclass, in Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology, was staged in 2024 in London, and was similarly highly acclaimed. This hosted Professor Geoffrey Hinton as the key speaker, universally regarded as the pioneering scientist behind AI for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

In 2025, SOA hosts its third Masterclass, and its second in NeuroOrbital disease, on March 14th in the Royal Society of Medicine in London. Once again, a range of neuro-orbital subjects will be covered by leading speakers, exploring new technologies, neuro and orbital imaging, and complex pathologies.

This event draws together international multidisciplinary professionals unlike any other congress. With rapid advances in medical technology, and the advent of modern and innovative tools and techniques, such as cranial robotics and image-guided stealth navigation systems, ‘NeuroOrbital2026’ explores the interaction of established techniques with cutting-edge technology, and how a multidisciplinary approach is changing the way these diseases are managed.

There will be plenty of opportunity for interaction, and all proceeds are reinvested in SOA’s teaching platform.

The Masterclass will also be livestreamed between 0900 – 1815 GMT, and paying delegates will also have subsequent access to the recordings.

Join us for NeuroOrbital2026!


PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

A Brief History of Ophthalmology in St John: 142 years

The Orbit – and beyond

  Keep the neurosurgeon out?

  Endoscopic approaches to the Orbit: State of play

  TONES: Hype, or Here to Stay?  

The orbit as a neurosurgical  window

Cutting Edge Technology

  Artificial intelligence – aid to neuroimaging?

  Hyperspectral imaging for tumour diagnosis

  Stealthy business: Navigation or mind map?

Orbit and skull base neoplasia

Perennial challenge

  Lacrimal outflow tumours: State of the Art

  Orbital and skull base disease: combined approaches

Sphenoid wing meningioma

State of the Art

Radiology of SWM – 2026 update

  Orbital surgery – cure, control, or curse?

  Radiotherapy: new frontiers

  Combined neuro and orbital surgery – perennial challenge

Orbital Apex – Tiger territory

  Modern imaging techniques

  Apical syndromes

  Apical lesions: combined surgery

Brave new world – Orbital frontiers

A Perspective, by Prof Geoffrey Rose