K Yogesan
Australian e-Health Research Centre
Australia
Biography
K Yogesan is the Research Director at the Australian e-Health research Centre, and leads the ophthalmology research. His team is developing the eye test for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and other chronic diseases. He is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame in WA. He is also a visiting Professor at the Harvard University. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University in 2011. He has been the Director of the Centre of Excellence in e-Medicine and has been part of several start-up companies in Australia and Silicon Valley. He was nominated as one of the finalists for Australian of the Year award in 2015. He was the Past President of the Australasian Telehealth Society and one of the Board of Directors of the International Society for Telemedicine and e-Health. He has developed innovative technologies and service models to bring specialist eye care to the doorsteps of the underserved. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers and 4 textbooks in the field (Teleophthalmology and Digital Homecare). He has won inventor of the year awards for developing low cost easy-to-operate ophthalmic imaging device which is now used by NASA at the International Space Station. He has a patent portfolio of more than 35 patent applications including algorithms for computer-aided disease detection, e.g. diabetic retinopathy.
Abstract
Abstract : Tele-ophthalmology and tele-eye screenings