• Professor Discipline of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at Adelaide University.

• Member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and the Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society.

• Co-founder and Chair of the NGO, Sight For All.

Professor Casson MB, BS (Hons), M. Biostatistics, DPhil, GAICD, FRANZCO is a Professor in the Discipline of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at Adelaide University and a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He is an internationally recognised ophthalmic clinician/scientist with special interests in glaucoma, neuroprotection, retinal bioenergetics, ophthalmic epidemiology, and translational ophthalmic research.

Professor Casson graduated with Honours from Adelaide Medical School in 1992 and completed ophthalmology specialty training in South Australia. He pursued subspecialty training in glaucoma at the Oxford Eye Hospital, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) at Oxford University in the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology. Additionally, he has obtained a Master of Biostatistics and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

He is the co-founder and Chair of Sight For All, a non-governmental organisation that trains eye doctors in the developing world to reduce blindness. Professor Casson remains engaged in advancing knowledge on the latest developments in glaucoma management and surgical techniques, ensuring his clinical approach is always grounded in the most up-to-date research.