[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
CO-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
[ invited_talks ]
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
    2022 → 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.

  2. 02
    2022 → Present

    Adjunct Faculty

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

  3. 03
    2019 → 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.

  4. 04
    2022 → 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.

  5. 05
    2019 → 2020

    Clinical Specialist

    Google Health // London, UK

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

  6. 06
    2016 → 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.

  7. 07
    2020 → 2022

    Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow

    Stanford University Byers Eye Institute // Palo Alto, CA

  8. 08
    2016 → 2019

    Ophthalmology Resident

    Beaumont Health // Royal Oak, MI

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

  9. 09
    2011 → 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.

  10. 10
    2007 → 2011

    B.S. Neuroscience

    University of Michigan // Ann Arbor, MI

    University Honors.

SELECTED_WORK

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