Scientific Program

June 12–13, 2026 | Hotel Mona Plaza, Belgrade

Society of Serbian Neurologists

Program Overview
Approaches in
Neuro-Ophthalmology

Belgrade June 12–13, 2026

Friday
Saturday
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Day 1 – Friday, June 12

Efferent System & Practical Sessions

08:45 - 09:00

Registration

The official badge received upon registration is required for attending lectures and all other activities.

08:45 - 09:00

Opening Remarks

Nataša Dragašević Mišković (Belgrade)

Aasef Shaikh (Cleveland)

Aleksandar Ristić (Belgrade)

Milija Mijajlović (Belgrade)

EFFERENT SYSTEM – SESSION 1 | 09:00 – 11:10

Chair persons: Vladimir S. Kostić, David Zee, Alexander Tarnutzer

09:00 – 09:30

Tips, tricks and pearls to diagnose eye movement disorders

David Zee (Baltimore)

09:30 – 09:50

Eye movements and vestibular function in emergency medicine and critical care

Alexander Tarnutzer (Zurich)

09:50 – 10:10

Approach to saccades and saccadic intrusions

Aasef Shaikh (Cleveland)

10:10 – 10:30

Migraine and visual vestibular phenomena

Alexander Tarnutzer (Zurich)

10:30 – 10:50

Update on instrumented measures and analyses of eye movements

Alessandra Rufa (Siena) ZOOM

10:50 – 11:10

Discussion – Q&A

11:10 – 11:30 Coffee Break

EFFERENT SYSTEM – SESSION 2 | 11:30 – 13:00

Chair persons: Aasef Shaikh, Joao Lemos

11:30 – 11:50

Approach to pediatric eye movement disorders

Fatema Ghasia (Cleveland) ZOOM

11:50 – 12:10

Approach to pendular nystagmus

Joao Lemos (Lisbon)

12:10 – 12:30

Approach to downbeat nystagmus

Aasef Shaikh (Cleveland)

12:30 – 12:50

Approach to other jerk nystagmus

Aasef Shaikh (Cleveland)

12:50 – 13:00

Discussion – Q&A

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

EFFERENT SYSTEM – SESSION 3 | 14:00 – 15:10

Chair persons: Nataša Dragašević Mišković, Aasef Shaikh

14:00 – 14:20

Eye movements in Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonism

Nataša Dragašević Mišković (Belgrade)

14:20 – 14:40

Deep brain stimulation and its effects on eye movements and vestibular system

Aasef Shaikh (Cleveland)

14:40 – 15:00

Bilateral vestibulopathy

Bojana Bukurov (Belgrade)

15:00 – 15:10

Discussion – Q&A

EFFERENT SYSTEM – SESSION 4 | 15:10 – 16:20

Chair persons: Bojana Bukurov, Dušan Pavlović

15:10 – 15:30

Eye movement disorders in patients with epilepsy

Aleksandar Ristić (Belgrade)

15:30 – 15:50

Positional vertigo beyond canalolithiasis

Bojana Bukurov (Belgrade)

15:50 – 16:10

Positional nystagmus in vestibular migraine

Dušan Pavlović (Belgrade)

16:10 – 16:20

Discussion – Q&A

16:20 – 16:40 Coffee Break

PRACTICAL SESSION – SESSION 5 | 16:40 – 17:55

Chair persons: Aasef Shaikh, Igor Petrović

16:40 – 17:00

Course 1 - Botulinum neurotoxin treatment in migraine, hemifacial spasm, and blepharospasm

Aleksandra Tomić Pešić (Belgrade)

17:00 – 17:15

Trainee case presentation

Andona Milovanović (Belgrade)

17:15 – 17:30

Trainee case presentation

Nina Mazalica (Belgrade)

17:30 – 17:45

Trainee case presentation

Ana Nikolić (Belgrade)

17:45 – 17:55

Discussion – Q&A

Day 2 – Saturday, June 13

Afferent System

AFFERENT SYSTEM – SESSION 1 | 10:00 – 11:10

Chair persons: Šarlota Mesaroš, Olivera Tamaš

10:00 – 10:20

Optic neuritis in the context of MS diagnostic criteria

Olivera Tamaš (Belgrade)

10:20 – 10:40

Neuro‑ophthalmology in NMOSD and MOGAD

Alessandro Serra (Cleveland)

10:40 – 11:00

Update on treatment in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD)

Šarlota Mesaroš (Belgrade)

11:00 – 11:10

Discussion – Q&A

11:10 – 11:30 Coffee Break

AFFERENT SYSTEM – SESSION 2 | 11:30 – 12:40

Chair persons: Nikola Kresojević, Jasna Jančić

11:30 – 11:50

Hereditary optic neuropathies: Clinical and paraclinical findings

Sanja Petrović Pajić (Belgrade)

11:50 – 12:10

Neuro-ophthalmology of genetic ataxias

Nikola Kresojević (Belgrade)

12:10 – 12:30

Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy – A new clinico-genetic paradigm?

Jasna Jančić (Belgrade)

12:30 – 12:40

Discussion – Q&A

12:40 – 13:40 Lunch Break

AFFERENT SYSTEM – SESSION 3 | 13:40 – 15:10

Chair persons: Aki Kawasaki, Milija Mijajlović

13:40 – 14:00

Pupils in neuro-ophthalmology

Aki Kawasaki (Lausanne)

14:00 – 14:20

Neuro-ophthalmic pitfalls

Aki Kawasaki (Lausanne)

14:20 – 14:40

Central vertigo with emphasis on cerebrovascular diseases

Milija Mijajlović (Belgrade)

14:40 – 14:50

Discussion – Q&A

14:50 – 15:10 Break

AFFERENT SYSTEM – SESSION 4 | 15:10 – 16:20

Chair persons: Alessandro Serra, Joao Lemos

15:10 – 15:30

Eye movements in multiple sclerosis

Joao Lemos (Lisbon)

15:30 – 15:50

Internuclear ophthalmoplegia research

Alessandro Serra (Cleveland)

15:50 – 16:10

Significance and interpretation of the OCT in multiple sclerosis

Maja Budimkić (Belgrade)

16:10 – 16:20

Discussion – Q&A

16:20 – 16:40 Break

AFFERENT SYSTEM – SESSION 5 | 16:40 – 17:50

Chair persons: Marija Božić, Aleksandra Radosavljević Pavlović

16:40 – 17:00

Ischemic optic neuropathy

Aleksandra Radosavljević Pavlović (Belgrade)

17:00 – 17:20

Glaucoma as a neurodegenerative disorder

Marija Božić (Belgrade)

17:20 – 17:40

Papilledema: differential diagnosis

Nikola Veselinović (Belgrade)

17:40 – 17:50

Discussion – Q&A

17:50 – Closure of Congress

Enabling of CME Questionnaire Scientific