[WFN] WFN Special Lecture
The eye as the window to the brain

[WFN-1] The eye as the window to the brain

^○Tissa Wijeratne (Western Health, La Trobe University, University of Melbourne, Australia)

Professor Tissa Wijeratne (MD FRACP FRCP FAHA FAAN) is Chair of the Department of Neurology and Stroke at Western Health (Victoria, Australia). He is a founder member and co-secretary, Australia and New Zealand Headache Society (www.anzhs.org), founder and chair, National Migraine Foundation and course director of the Lance Goadsby Annual Migraine Symposium (www.fightagainstmigraine.com).He is the chair, special interest group, migraine and headache disorders, World Federation of NeuroRehabilitation. He is also the chair, public awareness and advocacy, Chair, World Brain Day committee, World Federation of Neurology. Tissa is a proficient publisher and accomplished international speaker with his translational research in clinical neurology generating 216 Publications and over 100 invited presentations worldwide. He has more than 25000 citations (h-index = 53). He published over 3000 segments in print and electronic media a freelance journalist over thirty years across Australia and Sri Lanka. Tissa is the first Australian neurologist to be awarded with inaugural Munsat award (2017) and Priscilla Kincaid-Smith Award for advocacy (2019) . He established the National Migraine Foundation, Australia ( registered charity in Australia, www.migrainefoundation.org.au) with the aim promoting better migraine across Australia as a matter of priority. His research interests spread around eye as the window to the brain.