Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD

Vitreoretinal surgeon and researcher. Cross-disciplinary lab at the intersection of Surgery + AI creating an enhanced environment for ophthalmic microsurgery

[Retina Today @RetinaToday]

Day 2 of the 16th Annual Mass Eye & Ear Vitrectomy Course kicked off bright & early with Yannek Leiderman, MD, PhD, offering advice to help support surgical performance. #retina @VR_Surgeon @YoungMDConnect @MassEyeAndEar @Nemo_Patel_MD @JohnBMillerMD

[Michael F. Chiang, MD @NEIDirector]

Fascinating study linking OCT retinal imaging to multiple systemic diseases based on phenome-wide and genome-wide analysis.

@zekavatm @DrZebardast @sdorodgar @asegre @pnatarajanmd @HMSeye @MassEyeAndEar @broadinstitute @UniLeipzig @YaleOph

@ScienceTM: https://t.co/7TcqZQL0ZK

[Michael F. Chiang, MD @NEIDirector]

Check this out: @nyutandon developed an app to help route people with blindness or low vision through the “middle mile” (inside subway and other transit hubs).

@jrrizzo00 @PorfiriMaurizio @MahyaBeheshti @MTA @nyulangone #NEIfunded

@IEEEXplore paper: https://t.co/wUPYt7jSid

[Michael F. Chiang, MD @NEIDirector]

Beautiful work involving #AI at @nyulangone:

Trained #LLM to analyze inpatient clinical notes & predict hospital readmissions with high accuracy in real-world setting. @lavenderchiang @monagflores @kchonyc @anthonycosta @ekoermann

@Nature paper: https://t.co/whgAD2ViBK

[Michael F. Chiang, MD @NEIDirector]

New look into “inattentional blindness” - ability to see moving objects while focused on something else:

We can't really notice slow-moving objects but we are quite good at seeing fast-moving ones.
@Pascallisch @mkarlovich7 @djheeger @NYUPsych

@PNASNews: https://t.co/N938BcO1Qy

[Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD @VR_Surgeon]

My partner @rvpchan and colleague @jpetercampbell moderating the pediatrics section of the @RetinaSociety 2022 conference. Outstanding discussion of new monitoring strategies for retinopathy of prematurity and outcomes of surgery for pediatric retinal detachment.

[Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD @VR_Surgeon]

Enjoyed sharing a complex case of retinal detachment in a pregnant patient at the surgical case conference session of @RetinaSociety 2022

[Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD @VR_Surgeon]

@RetinaSociety 2022 is underway with colleagues @LejlaVajzovic and @JasonHsuMD moderating the first session on Diabetic Eye Disease.

[Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD @VR_Surgeon]

Thrilled on behalf of our entire clinical and research team to be in our new state-of-the-art eye center! It’s a milestone for the UI Health Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences @uicovs

[Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD @VR_Surgeon]

Thank you to Drs. Cecilia S. Lee and Amy Yuan for their generous Invited Commentary in JAMA, "Real-time Augmented Reality—The Next Frontier for Ophthalmic Surgery"
https://t.co/tWv3Fq2tP5

[Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD @VR_Surgeon]

On behalf of our research group I'm proud to announce our progress in developing a first-in-class set of tools for #surgicalguidance using #artificialintelligence and #imageprocessing to create an enhanced environment for #ophthalmic #microsurgery.
https://t.co/cYE9zLFeRk

[Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD @VR_Surgeon]

Dr. Dimitri Azar from Google’s #verily speaking on #ArtificialIntelligence at UIC’s AI in Ophthalmology Symposium @uicovs

[RetinaLink @RetinaLink]

Alcon’s initiative to develop a new comprehensive Retina Fellows program came to fruition on 11/17. Program Director, Dr. Yannek Leiderman & Alcon’s Kevin Bulgarelli,Retina Mkt. Dev. hosted 40 Fellows from 22 programs. Faculty to Fellows 2:1 Unprecedented https://t.co/wWxdWgW56Q

[Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD @VR_Surgeon]

Netan Choudhry speaking on nomenclature and classification of Widefield Imaging in retinal diagnostics at the @RetinaSociety meeting

[Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD @VR_Surgeon]

Outstanding talk from Atlantic Shark Conservancy @A_WhiteShark on great whites off Cape Cod. Making a comeback. @CapeCodSeaCamps

[Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD @VR_Surgeon]

Proof of principle showing robotic, remote ocular tele-surgery by Dr. Jean-Pierre Hubschman @VitBuckleSoc

[Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD @VR_Surgeon]

Dr. Prithvi Mruthyunjaya gave a great talk @VitBuckleSoc on surgery for uveal effusion!

[Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD @VR_Surgeon]

Andrew Schachat, MD, reviews pending changes in CMS surgical coding requirements @uicovs Retina Symposium 2017

[Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD @VR_Surgeon]

Poverty, the American Dream, and @ChiPubSchools on WBEZ. https://t.co/rzVDqXlMIF

[Yannek I. Leiderman MD, PhD @VR_Surgeon]

Dr. Rajesh Rao doing amazing work on epigenetics of tumor markers in cancer @SurgeonRetina