$4 glasses are one of the most affordable healthcare interventions.
In this episode, we describe how a breakthrough in adaptive optics makes this possible by providing accurate and inexpensive eye exams.
The Quicksee is an accurate handheld auto refractometer bringing eye prescriptions (the bottleneck to refraction corrections) to remote, underserved areas. The SimVis is a head-mounted binocular visual simulator of presbyopic corrections bringing patients the experience of vision prior to surgery.
Diagnostic devices in ophthalmology inspired by adaptive optics technologies in astronomy have made their way to the clinic in the form of affordable portable or wearable instruments.
Dr. Susana Marcos is currently the David R Williams Director of the Center for Visual Science, Nicholas George Professor of Optics at the Institute of Optics and Professor of Ophthalmology at the Flaum Eye Institute, at the University of Rochester, New York.
Dr. Marcos is the former Director of the Institute of Optics at the National Research Council in Spain. Dr. Marcos obtained her PhD in Physics at the University of Salamanca, Spain, and was a Fulbright and Human Frontier Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Harvard University. She is a leading researcher in visual optics, having pioneered multiple technologies of eye optical imaging diagnostics and treatments, including novel IOL designs.
She has published more than 200 highly cited publications, is a co-inventor of 26 patents and participated in two spin-out companies (Plenoptika and 2EyesVision). She is a Fellow of Optica, European Optical Society and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
Dr. Marcos' work has been recognized with numerous awards including the Adolph Lomb Medal and the Edwin Land Medal of Optica (formerly Optical Society of America), the ICO Prize by the International Commission for Optics, the Ramon y Cajal Medal by the Royal Academy of Sciences, the Alcon Award, the Physics, Innovation and Technology Award by the Royal Society of Physics, or the National Research Award in Engineering by the Spanish Government, the Jaime I Award (the last two presented by the King of Spain).
https://youtu.be/ohtiLFIrk54
To learn more, go to:
Marcos Lab: https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/112362803-susana-marcos
Plenoptika: https://plenoptika.com
2EyesVision: https://www.2eyesvision.com
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