Yogi Kanagasingam

Research Director

Contact

Building 46, Level 2
Leeuwin Centre
CSIRO Floreat
Brockway Rd
Floreat WA

Tel: +61 8 9333 6135

Biography

Prof Yogesan is the Research Director at the Australian e-Health research Centre, and the Acting Theme Leader, Health Services. He is a is also a visiting scholar at the Stanford University School of Medicine, USA where he worked as a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the Eye Institute at Stanford in 2011. He is a Adjunct Professor at the School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame in WA. Prof Yogesan is the President of the Australasian Telehealth Society and one of the Board of Directors of the International Society for Telemedicine and e-Health. He is the Vice President and Board of director of International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics in Holland.
He has been working in the field of Biomedicine and telemedicine for more than 20 years and developed innovative technologies and service models to bring specialist eye care to the doorsteps of the underserved. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed papers and 2 textbooks in the field (Teleophthalmology and Digital Homecare). He is also part of editorial boards of several health information technology journals. In addition, he has been moderator for many telemedicine courses at major telemedicine and ophthalmology conferences around the world. He has won inventor of the year awards for developing low cost easy-to-operate ophthalmic imaging device and computer-aided vision testing systems. His device EyeScan is now sold around the world for screening and telemedicine based consultations. It is easy-to-use and can be operated by nurses with little training. He has also obtained Inventor of the year awards for the development of a simple computer-aided vision testing system for school children.

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