Neuro-ophthalmologist Mathias Abegg, MD, Ph.D. will show how VR can be used to diagnose neurological and ophthalmologic disease. He will elaborate on why humans have two eyes and the meaning of stereovision. Eye and pupil movements are sensitive biomarkers for brain disorders affecting the visual- and oculomotor pathways. VR can be used to measure these biomarkers directly to make a diagnosis. VR is a new generation of diagnostic tools that performs fast, high-quality, automated, and easy-to-use examination of brain function that provides quantifiable and reproducible data.
Speakers
Mathias Abegg, MD Ph.D.
University of Zurich and Medical Director, machineMD
Shaunak is a currently a resident in ophthalmology at the University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center, and incoming fellow at Mass Eye and Ear/Harvard in Cornea and Refractive Surgery. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School and BS from Yale College. He has been involved in MedVR since its inception, and has worked on multiple projects applying extended reality in healthcare. He has a deep interest in the development and application of technological innovations at the bedside, and has published on a wide range of subjects, from the keratoprosthesis (artificial cornea) and presbyopia-correcting technology to applications of artificial intelligence and virtual reality in healthcare. He has a background in both clinical research and translational bench research in the neurosciences.
