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.
Advisory · board · speaking · partnerships
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Clinical Care
Academic
EXPERIENCE
§ 02- 012022 → Present
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.
- 022022 → Present
Adjunct Faculty
Stanford University — Center for AI in Medicine & Imaging // Palo Alto, CA
- 032019 → Present
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.
- 042022 → Present
Founder
Sanro Health
Secured venture-funded Seed/A round valued 8 figures. AI integration of multimodal data for clinical trials — pharma and clinic customers.
- 052019 → 2020
Clinical Specialist
Google Health // London, UK
Clinical AI model validation, implementation & safety, pharmaceutical trial recruitment, partner management, UX research.
- 062016 → Present
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.
- 072020 → 2022
Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow
Stanford University Byers Eye Institute // Palo Alto, CA
- 082016 → 2019
Ophthalmology Resident
Beaumont Health // Royal Oak, MI
Board member, Resident Fellow Council. Member, Program Improvement Committee.
- 092011 → 2015
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine // East Lansing, MI
TEDMED Frontline Scholar; organized MSU’s first TEDMED Live event.
- 102007 → 2011
B.S. Neuroscience
University of Michigan // Ann Arbor, MI
University Honors.
