Speaker Biography

Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, MD, is Professor of Ophthalmology at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Her clinical expertise includes surgical and medical retina. Her scientific research focuses on innovative techniques in retinal imaging with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and the translational introduction of novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in retinal disease. She founded the Vienna Reading Center and the Ophthalmic Image Analysis group (OPTIMA), an interdisciplinary team of computer scientists and retina experts. She holds several patents for the development of novel imaging analysis methods and has published more than 600 scientific peer-reviewed papers. She is a full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the ethics board of the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM), the Macula Society, Retina Society, ASRS and the Club Gonin et al.