RCSV and School of Optometry Joint Research Seminar - "Smart Primary Eye Care Service"
Conference / Seminar
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Date
26 Feb 2024
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Organiser
School of Optometry
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Time
13:00 - 14:00
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Venue
Room FJ301
Speaker
Prof. He Mingguang
Summary
Smart Primary Eye Care Service leverages cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and hardware innovation to address the growing challenges in eye care accessibility, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. By integrating AI algorithms for clinical questioning and diagnosis with novel automated self-testing devices, this approach aims to streamline routine procedures such as visual acuity tests, ocular imaging, clinical examination or even spectacle dispensing. The initiative seeks to reduce the workload on healthcare professionals, enabling them to focus on complex cases, while ensuring patients receive timely and accurate care. This service model aligns with strategic healthcare plans of Hong Kong SAR government, emphasizing the use of digital technology to improve healthcare outcomes. In this presentation you will hear the previous development, ongoing work and future plan for this ambitious work supported by the Global Stem Professorship Scheme.
Keynote Speaker
Prof. He Mingguang
Chair Professor of Experimental phthalmology, School of Optometry, PolyU
Global STEM Scholar
Henry G. Leong Professor in Elderly Vision Health
DoRCSV
Prof. Mingguang He is the Chair Professor of Experimental Ophthalmology at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prof. He undertook his medical training in China, receiving his MBBS degree from Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, before going on to obtain a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, a MD degree in Ophthalmology from Sun Yat-sen University, and a PhD in Ophthalmology at UCL Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. Before joining PolyU, Prof. He was the former Associate Director and Professor of Ophthalmology in the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC), Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. Prof. He was a NHMRC Leadership Fellow and Professor of Ophthalmic Epidemiology in The University of Melbourne and Centre for Eye Research Australia, as well as Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness (Australia). Prof. He founded and served as the first president of the Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society and is a founding council member of the Asia Pacific Myopia Society and Deputy Secretary-General for the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. Prof. He is currently the deputy Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
