With NANOS 2026 just 22 days away, one thing is already clear: this year is different. The momentum heading into Boston is unlike anything we've seen in recent years - registration is surging, the program is generating real buzz, and the field is gearing up for four days that will shape how neuro-ophthalmology thinks, practices, and collaborates in 2026.
Across the meeting, you'll find the cases, updates, and conversations that define the year ahead. But even in a program this strong, a handful of sessions are already emerging as the ones people are talking about - the sessions that will spark hallway conversations, fill notebooks, and become the stories that clinicians carry home. If you haven't registered yet, you can secure your spot here: Register for NANOS 2026
These are the five sessions you'll want to be in the room for:
- The Walsh Session
The specialty's most iconic room - and the one that always delivers the cases that challenge assumptions, sharpen diagnostic instincts, and become part of our shared memory. This year's lineup is already being described as one the strongest in recent years. If there's one session you don't want to hear about secondhand, it's this one.
- Neuro-Ophthalmology in the Age of AI - Aaron Y. Lee, MD, MSCI
AI is no longer theoretical - it's reshaping clinical decisions right now. Dr. Lee brings clarity, grounded expertise, and a practical lens to a topic everyone is trying to navigate. Expect real-world guidance, future-focused thinking, and insights you'll use immediately.
- Cross-Subspecialty Diagnostic Symposium
Where neuro-ophthalmology meets neuroradiology, neurology, and ophthalmology. These interdisciplinary discussions reveal how experts from different vantage points approach the same diagnostic challenge - and they consistently generate the kind of insights that shift clinical reasoning.
- Clinical Updates That Will Influence Practice in 2026
From evolving paradigms in optic neuropathies to updates on conditions reshaping referral patterns, this session delivers the information clinicians rely on to stay current. It's the kind of session where notetaking is intense, questions run deep, and everyone walks out with something they'll use on Monday morning.
- The Session Everyone Will Be Talking About
Every year, one session becomes the unexpected standout - the presentation that sparks hallway conversations and becomes the surprise highlight of the meeting. Whether it's a rare case panel, a diagnostic pitfalls discussion, or an emerging condition that shifts thinking, this is the one that keeps coming up all week. You'll want to be in the room when it happens.
NANOS is where inspiration sparks, innovation accelerates, and impact takes shape - and with the meeting fast approaching, this is the moment to secure your place in the conversations shaping 2026.
If you've been planning to register, now is the time . . . Register for NANOS 2026
We'll see you in Boston.
Be well and peaceful,
Billy
Billy J. Atwell
NANOS Communications and Meetings Specialist
NANOS Executive Office
1935 County Road B-2 W Ste 165 | Roseville, MN 55113
Tel: (952) 646-2053 | Fax: (888) 381-0170 | Email: communications@nanosweb.org
