Cohort 3

Ravi Purohit

  • Orthoptist- Lead of ROP and craniofacial service
  • Oxford University Hospitals/ Nuffield Department for Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford University
  • @ravi_purohit
  • 2022

In my 12 months as a Topol Digital Fellow I will design ocular motility examinations in virtual reality and aim to calibrate an attached eye tracking system with concurrent virtual reality stimuli.

Using virtual reality to design ocular motility examinations

My Topol fellowship problem / project:

Orthoptic examinations have historically required subjective measurements using various optical equipment to quantify ocular motility and its defects. I aim to design and build a system that can partly automate the process using virtual reality.

From a young age I have been interested in computing and imaging. I have trained as an orthoptist, followed by a masters in neuroscience and a PhD that combined the two disciplines in paediatric patient group. I have clinical and research interests in nystagmus, retinopathy of prematurity, papilledema and amblyopia. During my PhD, I programmed an eye tracking system and used machine learning algorithms for statistical analysis of data. I am a believer in advancing healthcare through the use of technology, which is especially relevant in orthoptic testing; little innovation has been made in the last few decades. I am also working towards accreditation for Advanced clinical practice in ophthalmology.