Organizer: M.Ali Nasseri, Abouzar Eslami
This workshop for the first time in EMBC will bring together researchers working on projects related to vision and ophthalmology to present their works and discuss their latest achievements. According to the proceedings of EMBC 2017, 57 projects related to ophthalmology was presented (Oral and poster) in Jeju, South korea last year. These projects range from ophthalmic imaging to deep-learning and robotic methods for both diagnosis and therapeutic enhancements. The organizers of this workshop found synergies between all the presented works that may result in even more significant contributions by figuring out the overlaps and learning from similar works. The workshop will be a forum for researchers with interest in ophthalmology, specifically those who are presenting their ophthalmic works in EMBC’18, to discuss their opinions and realize the current state of the art as well as the future directions in the field. The workshop is organized by an expert from academia with both experiences in engineering and medicine as well as an expert from industry with experiences in translational research and commercialization of ophthalmic tools. To increase the efficiency of the discussions the speakers of the workshop are selected from key players of different disciplines in ophthalmic technology. The speakers will share their experiences with audiences during their individual presentations as well as during the panel discussion at the end of the session. The organizers of ophthalmic technologies workshop hope to build an environment for taking one step towards filling the gap between the research work and clinical routines. We believe this will only be realized by bringing together expertise from universities, clinics and industry.
List of Speakers:
Dr.-Ing. M. Ali Nasseri, Ophthalmology Department – Technical University Munich
Engineering Needs in Ophthalmology
Ali Nasseri is an ophthalmology researcher and entrepreneur. He did his PhD in biomedical engineering working on robotic and imaging technologies for assisting eye surgeons. Since 2014 he is head of research at ophthalmology department of a university hospital in Munich where he is working on several medtech projects addressing ophthalmic challenges.
Prof. Iulian Iordachita, Johns Hopkins University
Smart Surgical Tools for Ophthalmic Applications
Prof. Iordachita is a research professor at Johns Hopkins University. Iordachita is one of the pioneers in surgical robotics and he is one of the most important figures influencing the development of robotic devices for ophthalmic microsurgery.
Prof. Jin Kang, Johns Hopkins University
Sensor Integrated Ophthalmic Instruments
Prof. Kang’s research focuses on fiber optic devices and biophotonics for applications in medicine and sensing. Much of his recent research emphasizes the development of real-time, ultrafast optical coherence tomography, 3-D imaging and sensing systems for guided surgical intervention.
Dr. Abouzar Eslami, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
Bench to Bedside Translation of Ophthalmic Devices
Abouzar Eslami is project manager of interventional imaging and he is directing the translational research team at Carl Zeiss Meditec in Munich, Germany. Since 2012, he has been conducting research on novel approaches for computer assisted ophthalmic surgery. In 2015 he co-organized with Dr. Nasseri the MICCAI workshop on interventional microscopy.