Digital Eye Care and Teleophthalmology: A Practical Guide to Applications

Professor Yogesan is a Chair of Digital Health and Telemedicine at the School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Australia. He is also Visiting Scholar at the Harvard University. In addition, he is Senior Advisor to Medivitals (Aus), SPEQS (Aus) and Lifeguard Health Networks (USA). He has obtained many awards including WA Australian of the Year Finalist, Achiever of the Year in 2018, WAITTA INCITE Awards 2017-2018, one of the Inventors of the Year Awards in 2006 and 2008 (for EyeScan device and i-Test). He has published over 85 peer-reviewed research papers and books in the field (including the first textbook in Tele-ophthalmology). He has a patent portfolio of over 35 patents including ophthalmic diagnostic devices, machine learning algorithms for early detection of eye diseases and systemic diseases, and telemedicine systems. He has strong record in translation of research findings into clinical practice.

Dr. Goldschmidt wasan early innovator in telemedicine and medical informatics, exploring use of the technologies in patient education, Cardiology, Pathology, and in patients with spinal cord injury. He is an ophthalmologist at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System in Palo Alto, California and was formerly director of medical informatics at that facility. In addition, he is also Clinical Associate Professor in Ophthalmology at the Stanford University School of Medicine and participates in teaching the next generation of doctors. Dr. Goldschmidt was co-director for many years of one of the earliest large- scale diabetic teleretinal screening programs at the Department of Veterans affairs, an organization serving approximately nine million patients. VA's electronic patient record system is among the largest in the world, and Dr. Goldschmidt was instrumental in leading efforts to enhance the capabilities of its imaging archive, which works seamlessly with the individual medical record. Currently, he serves as a subject matter expert for the organization, helping to continually improve VA's telemedicine capabilities. He participates widely as an invited speaker, sharing the lessons from a health care system that serves patients from Hawaii to the east coast of the United States.

Professor Cuadros is Director of Informatics Research in the Department of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of California, Berkeley and he is a pioneer in introducing telemedicine based eye screening programs in the USA and internationally. He is CEO of EyePACS (Santa Cruz, CA, USA), a telemedicine service, providing screening to more than one million patients. He has conducted clinical trials on several innovative technologies, such as automated retinal image reading, laser imaging devices, and primary care programs. His work is focused on expanding access to eye care in underserved communities.

Giselle Ricur is a Latin-American pioneer in teleophthalmology. Founder of the American Telemedicine Association's Latin American and Caribbean chapter in 2004 (ATALACC). She has spearheaded telemedicine program developments, training, and advocating for eHealth policy adoption since the early 2000s'. Currently, she is the Executive Director of Virtual Care at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami. Her background includes being an Accredited Specialist in Ophthalmology in Argentina, an MBA in Strategic Direction at EUNCET Polytechnic University of Catalonia, and a M.Sc. in Healthcare Management at the Swiss Business School (SBS). Dr. Ricur has held several faculty positions in Argentina and has served as an international consultant for PAHO/WHO, CEPAL/UN, ICO, CAO, and the PAAO. Her publications, lectures, and classes throughout the LATAM region focus mainly on the patient-physician virtual relationship as well as the use of unified video communication technologies applied to the remote assessment of the eyes in real-time.

教授Yogesan是澳大利亞聖母大學醫學院數位健康與遠距醫療的主任。他同時也是哈佛大學的訪問學者。此外，他還擔任Medivitals（澳洲）、SPEQS（澳洲）和Lifeguard Health Networks（美國）的高級顧問。他獲得了多項獎項，包括西澳大利亞年度澳洲人決賽入圍者、2018年成就者、2017-2018年WAITTA INCITE獎、2006年和2008年年度發明者獎（因EyeScan裝置和i-Test）。他在該領域發表了超過85篇經過同行評審的研究論文和書籍（包括第一本遠距眼科教科書）。他擁有超過35項專利的專利組合，包括眼科診斷裝置、用於早期檢測眼病和系統性疾病的機器學習算法，以及遠距醫療系統。他在將研究成果轉化為臨床實踐方面有著良好的記錄。

金施密特博士是遠距醫療和醫療資訊學的早期創新者，探索技術在病人教育、心臟病學、病理學以及脊髓損傷患者中的應用。他是加州帕洛阿爾托退伍軍人事務部（VA）醫療系統的眼科醫生，曾擔任該機構的醫療資訊學主任。此外，他還是斯坦福大學醫學院的眼科臨床副教授，參與培養下一代醫生。金施密特博士曾擔任退伍軍人事務部早期大型糖尿病遠距視網膜篩檢計畫的共同主任，該組織服務約九百萬名患者。VA的電子病歷系統是全球最大的系統之一，金施密特博士在提升其影像檔案能力方面發揮了重要作用，該系統與個人病歷無縫對接。目前，他擔任該組織的主題專家，幫助不斷改善VA的遠距醫療能力。他廣泛參與各種邀請演講，分享從夏威夷到美國東海岸的醫療系統所獲得的經驗教訓。

Cuadros教授是加州大學伯克利分校視光學與視覺科學系的資訊研究主任，他是美國及國際上推動基於遠距醫療的眼科篩檢計畫的先驅。他是EyePACS（美國加州聖克魯斯）的首席執行官，該遠距醫療服務為超過一百萬名患者提供篩檢服務。他對幾項創新技術進行了臨床試驗，例如自動化視網膜影像閱讀、激光成像裝置和初級護理計畫。他的工作重點是擴大對弱勢社區眼科護理的可及性。

Giselle Ricur是拉丁美洲遠距眼科的先驅。她於2004年創立了美國遠距醫療協會的拉丁美洲和加勒比地區分會（ATALACC）。自2000年代初以來，她一直在推動遠距醫療計畫的發展、培訓和倡導電子健康政策的採用。目前，她是邁阿密大學Bascom Palmer眼科研究所的虛擬護理執行董事。她的背景包括在阿根廷獲得眼科認證專家資格、在加泰羅尼亞EUNCET理工大學獲得戰略管理MBA學位，以及在瑞士商學院（SBS）獲得醫療管理碩士學位。Ricur博士曾在阿根廷擔任多個教職，並擔任PAHO/WHO、CEPAL/UN、ICO、CAO和PAAO的國際顧問。她在拉丁美洲地區的出版物、講座和課程主要集中在病人與醫生的虛擬關係以及應用統一視頻通訊技術進行眼睛實時遠程評估。