[edwardkorot.md]/ index — vitreoretinal surgeon, ai translator
§ 01 / introduction

EDWARD
KOROT, MD

Vitreoretinal Surgeon / Venture-Backed Founder / AI <> Clinic Translator

Partner at one of the largest private retina practices in the U.S., Stanford adjunct faculty, and founder. Active high-volume clinical practice — 6,000+ patient encounters and 150+ vitreoretinal surgeries per year, investigator on multiple clinical trials & board member on Foundation for Vision Research. Beyond clinic, I translate generalist AI into safe, high-value tools for specialist care. Previously at Genentech and Google Health. Founder of Sanro Health, now Chief Medical Innovation Officer at Lumata Health.

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Industry

venture-backed · round with company valuation of 8 figures
FOUNDER
Sanro Health · raised millions for AI in clinical trials
CMIO
chief medical innovation officer · Lumata Health
ADVISOR
Riverine Ventures · strategic + multiple board advisory roles
EX GOOGLE × GENENTECH
former clinical AI R&D · Google Health / Roche
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Clinical Care

PARTNER
one of the largest private retina practices in the U.S.
6,000+
patient encounters per year
150+
vitreoretinal surgeries per year
DOUBLE DIGIT
industry-sponsored clinical trials — investigator
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Academic

STANFORD
adjunct faculty · center for AI in medicine
30+
peer-reviewed papers in top journals such as Nature Machine Intelligence
$165K+
in AI research grants
4 / 4
michels · gragoudas · heed · fellows forum — only retina surgeon to win all four major fellowship awards
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ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE — KEYNOTE 2020STANFORD AI + HEALTH 2023HARVARD OPHTHALMOLOGY DATA SCIENCE & AI SYMPOSIUM 2024BRAZILIAN RETINA AND VITREOUS SOCIETY 2024MACULA SOCIETY 2022AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RETINA SPECIALISTS 2022CLEVELAND CLINIC COLE EYE INSTITUTE GRAND ROUNDS 2021LV PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE 2023GOOGLE CLOUD NEXT ANALYST SERIES 2021CAMBRIDGE / WHO SIMULATION 2020RETINA WORLD CONGRESS — ASRS RETINA IMAGE BANK 2024OPHTHALMIC AI SUMMIT 2023ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE — KEYNOTE 2020STANFORD AI + HEALTH 2023HARVARD OPHTHALMOLOGY DATA SCIENCE & AI SYMPOSIUM 2024BRAZILIAN RETINA AND VITREOUS SOCIETY 2024MACULA SOCIETY 2022AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RETINA SPECIALISTS 2022CLEVELAND CLINIC COLE EYE INSTITUTE GRAND ROUNDS 2021LV PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE 2023GOOGLE CLOUD NEXT ANALYST SERIES 2021CAMBRIDGE / WHO SIMULATION 2020RETINA WORLD CONGRESS — ASRS RETINA IMAGE BANK 2024OPHTHALMIC AI SUMMIT 2023

EXPERIENCE

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  1. 01
    2022Present

    Vitreoretinal Surgeon

    Retina Specialists of Michigan / Foundation for Vision Research // Grand Rapids, MI

    Sub-investigator on multi-center clinical trials including DRCR Retina Network, EyePoint DAVIO 2, Janssen Parasol LTE, Aviceda SIGLEC, EyeBio Brunello, EyePoint Lugano, EyeBio Barolo, and Ollin Biosciences JADE.

  2. 02
    2022Present

    Adjunct Faculty

    Stanford University — Center for AI in Medicine & Imaging // Palo Alto, CA

  3. 03
    2019Present

    Chief Medical Innovation Officer

    Lumata Health // Oklahoma City, OK

    CMIO for ophthalmic SaaS-enabled chronic care management. Clinical AI consultant/advisor across Genentech/Roche, Topcon Healthcare, Reti Health, and Eyesight DX.

  4. 04
    2022Present

    Founder

    Sanro Health

    Secured venture-funded Seed/A round valued 8 figures. AI integration of multimodal data for clinical trials — pharma and clinic customers.

  5. 05
    20192020

    Clinical Specialist

    Google Health // London, UK

    Clinical AI model validation, implementation & safety, pharmaceutical trial recruitment, partner management, UX research.

  6. 06
    2016Present

    Honorary Clinical Research Fellow — Retina AI

    Moorfields Eye Hospital / UCL // London, UK

    Initiated and project-managed ophthalmic image analysis projects. Springboard Grant: Automated Machine Learning. PI: Pearse A. Keane.

  7. 07
    20202022

    Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow

    Stanford University Byers Eye Institute // Palo Alto, CA

  8. 08
    20162019

    Ophthalmology Resident

    Beaumont Health // Royal Oak, MI

    Board member, Resident Fellow Council. Member, Program Improvement Committee.

  9. 09
    20112015

    Doctor of Medicine (MD)

    Michigan State University College of Human Medicine // East Lansing, MI

    TEDMED Frontline Scholar; organized MSU’s first TEDMED Live event.

  10. 10
    20072011

    B.S. Neuroscience

    University of Michigan // Ann Arbor, MI

    University Honors.

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