Digital Eye Care and Teleophthalmology (PDF)

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 was an 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