AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — The use of AI in glaucoma care has a lot of promise, but several challenges must be addressed, according to a speaker at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.
Rithu Ramchandran, MD, MSc, an assistant professor of ophthalmology at University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, said glaucoma presents a lot of challenges related to disparity of care, workforce shortages and access, and there is an urgent need for innovation and new approaches to management.
“The question is, does artificial intelligence offer a way forward, enabling earlier