Celebration of Innovation Day
The Penn Center of Innovation’s 10th annual Celebration of Innovation highlighted the remarkable creativity and impact of Penn’s research community, bringing together innovators from across the university to share their groundbreaking work. The Visi Health team introduced their emerging eyecare headset technology. The event marked an exciting milestone for the team as they continue refining their prototype and advancing toward commercial translation—a step that brings their innovation closer to real‑world impact.
OPTIC Lab Innovation Fellow, Almiqdad Saeed, showcased a poster at the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2025. Titled "A Proof-of-Concept Base Model for Automated Corneal Endothelial Cell Analysis via Specular Microscopy Images," the study demonstrates the feasibility of AI to assist in corneal graft evaluation. 
The Glaucoma Poster Panel Discussion at the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2025 showcased research by Dalal Ahmidouch, one of our student researchers from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. She presented on our topic: 
At the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2025, Dr. Al-Aswad presented on the panel titled "Innovations in Teleophthalmology" alongside colleagues such as April Maa and Grayson Armstrong (pictured). She presented on our successful implementation and launch of the eyeSITE project where she led the initiative to put AI enabled fundus cameras on 20 of Penn Medicine's primary care offices to screen for diabetic retinopathy. 
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