Interview on unmet needs for performing eye treatments and medical treatment screening with the team who performs visits to rural areas in Paraguay at Fundacion Vision Hospital.

Interview with OR Manager Dr. Jorge Medina on unmet needs in the operating rooms at Fundacion Vision Hospital in Asuncion Paraguay.

Dr. Erich Schmidt, Medical Director of Fundacion Vision Hospital in Asuncion, Paraguay, describes an unmet clinical need: improve a glaucoma valve to manage the pressure under the eye that is lower in cost and more practical to implant.

Dr. Erich Schmidt, Medical Director of Fundacion Vision Hospital in Asuncion, Paraguay, describes an unmet clinical need to engineer a small fan that can attach to a microscope during eye surgeries to improve visibility.

Dr. Erich Schmidt, Medical Director of Fundacion Vision Hospital in Asuncion, Paraguay, describes two unmet clinical needs: engineer a way to provide oxygen and cooling of his patients who are not fully sedated during eye surgeries, and develop a method to better extract silicon oil with lower pulling forces during silicone oil extraction surgeries.

Interview with medical director and surgeon Dr. Erich Schmidt on unmet needs and about Fundacion Vision Hospital in Asuncion Paraguay.

Interview on the Cornea Bank and ROP processes for cornea transplants and acquiring tissues for transplantation from donors and tissue from amniotic sacs after C-sections with Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez at Fundacion Vision Hospital in Asuncion, Paraguay.

Interview with anesthesiologist Dr. Jose Saravia who discusses unmet needs and current practices when performing various anesthesia procedures for eye surgeries at Fundacion Vision Hospital in Asuncion, Paraguay.

Interview with Dr. Jose Saravia at Fundacion Vision Hospital in Asuncion, Paraguay. Here, he describes his methods and needs for when he performs local anesthesia procedures prior to performing eye surgeries.

This is an interview with Dr. Donald Suh of CHOC and UCI Medical Center on ophthalmology procedures for pediatrics and adults. He specializes in pediatric procedures and strabismus procedures.

An interview with Dr. Pranav Patel, an interventional cardiologist and chief of cardiology at UC Irvine. He discusses his experience with trans catheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and describes the materials involved with the procedure.

Interview with Arif Iftekhar, Consultant and Owner of Elite Healthtech LLC. on Aortic Aneurysms and Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) procedures.

An interview with a team of translators at a clinic in Vietnam. They share their experiences with treating patients, translation difficulties, and the diseases they see the most often.

This video shows the living quarters for patients at a leprosy colony. Leprosy, or Hansen's disease, is a chronic bacterial infection that causes skin lesions and nerve damage. It is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae.

A brief interview with pharmacist Theresa Nguyen. She describes the main medications that they prescribe and the conditions they treat.

This is an interview with a patient with leprosy. She describes her experiences since being diagnosed with leprosy in her 20s and the surgeries she has undergone as a result. Other patients with more advanced leprosy are also shown.

This video demonstrates a basic patient examination at a clinic in Vietnam. It includes, for example, checking the patient's vitals, asking about their symptoms and past medical history, and prescribing the appropriate medication for treatment.

This video shows patients at a Leprosy colony receiving their wheelchairs. Leprosy complications and their severity can vary by person, but wheelchairs can be helpful to patients who have had leg amputations or reduced mobility, like the patients shown here.

In this video, they discuss the orphanage's mission and the proportion of kids who still need health insurance within the orphanage. For kids to enroll in school in Vietnam, they must have health insurance, so it becomes the orphanage's responsibility to provide them with it prior to starting school.

For this interview, Ahmed Zobi Syntr, CEO of Sinter Health Technologies, describes the clinical needs that are yet to be met. He discusses how the medical device his company is developing will contribute to these needs, especially concerning diabetic wound care and aesthetic procedures. His device processes fat with a microfluidic chip, which provides more consistent and replicative results as opposed to the current techniques used for fat processing.

Interview on how current research is performed in women's health with Dr. Michelle, Oyen, Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Wayne State University. In this interview, she describes challenges and opportunities associated with diagnosis, prevention, and treatment in maternal health by better understanding the complex mechanisms during pregnancy and in human health as a whole. She talks about future directions of the field using multiscale modeling of pregnancy using in-vitro and digital twin models. Link to Dr. Oyen's Research Laboratory: https://www.oyenlab.org/people/michelle-l-oyen-pi/

An interview with MD Dr. Tracy Bennett where she discusses women's health products and how her company strives to improve them. As the senior vice president of sales and marketing for Ceek Women's Health, she describes how current medical tools, like the vaginal speculum, don't consider the patient's comfort and overall experience. She describes the setbacks associated with using certain materials and the alternatives that they have found.

An interview with Dr. Marjan Farid, a professor of ophthalmology and director of cornea, cataract, and refractive surgery at UC Irvine. She describes some of the main procedures she works on and provides a brief overview of the evolution of cataract treatment and corneal transplants. Dr. Farid also discusses the potential, future advances in ophthalmology, especially with the tools and techniques involved in her procedures.

In this interview, Dr. Donald C. Dafoe describes his experience with kidney transplants. Dr. Dafoe leads the kidney transplant program at UC Irvine and has 40 years of experience with kidney transplants. The main disease he treats is end-stage renal disease (ESRD), which is a chronic kidney disease that occurs when the kidneys can no longer function properly. He also comments on the evolution of kidney transplants and the prospective developments in the field, especially regarding the donor organ shortage and need for chronic immunosuppressants.

Interview with Sean Chow, the senior director in transcatheter valve research and development (THV R&D) at Edwards Lifesciences. He describes, in detail, the process behind a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure and how his company is involved. Chow discusses the benefits of TAVR as a minimally invasive procedure over the more invasive alternatives like open-heart surgery.

Digital Health in Transitions of Care with Dr. David A. Ziring, a pediatric gastroenterologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

An interview with Dr. Sam Garg, a cornea cataract refractive surgeon at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute at UC Irvine. He describes the different types of corneal transplants available and the factors that contribute to deciding on the procedure for a patient. Dr. Garg also mentions the improvements he has noticed in corneal transplants and what we can expect in the future for them.

Interview with Dr. Kristen M. Kelly, a professor in the Department of Dermatology at UC Irvine and a faculty member at the Beckman Laser Institute. Her subspecialty in dermatology is in laser/energy-based treatments for a variety of conditions. In this video, she focuses on port wine birthmarks and goes into detail about the condition and how laser therapy is used to treat it. Dr. Kelly also discusses the aspects of treatment that still need improvement and the difficulties that contribute to them.

In this interview with Dr. Michelle R. Paff, she discusses her experience with deep brain stimulation (DBS) as treatment for Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. Dr. Paff is an assistant clinical professor for the Department of Neurosurgery at UC Irvine, and her specialty is in DBS and functional and stereotactic neurosurgery. She also states some of the improvements she has seen in the equipment used in DBS and the potential applications that can be explored for this treatment. Parkinson's disease: a chronic brain disorder where a part of the brain deteriorates, resulting in mobility issues, mental health problems, and more Essential tremor: a neurological condition that causes involuntary and rhythmic shaking Dystonia: a chronic movement disorder that causes muscle contraction and involuntary movement

An interview with Dr. Ilhab B. Alomari, an interventional cardiologist, cardiovascular specialist, and associate professor at the School of Medicine at UC Irvine. He describes the Watchman procedure and explains how an occlusion of the heart’s left atrial appendage (LAA) contributes to strokes. Dr. Alomari also discusses the improvements we can expect in the future regarding the WATCHMAN device and the procedure overall.

In this interview with Dr. Joshua Kim, the technology officer for Vena Vitals, he describes the development process for his continuous blood pressure measuring device. The two standards currently used for continuous blood pressure measurement are inflatable arm cuffs and arterial lines. The goal for his device is to bridge both standards for a more convenient method that solves the drawbacks they present. He discusses the benefits the device can bring for physicians and patients alike, the challenges his company has faced during development, and gives recommendations to students hoping to delve into the field.

Interview with Dr. Joshua Mauney, an associate professor in the Department of Neurology and Biomedical Engineering at UC Irvine and the inaugural holder of the Jerry D. Choate Presidential Endowed Chair in Urology Tissue Engineering. He discusses the major areas of research his laboratory explores and what one should know about the disease conditions he works with. Dr. Mauney highlights his recent developments in urethral stricture repair and how they compare to the historical treatments used. He ends the video by providing insight into the unmet needs in his field that students can address and further improve upon.

An interview with Amit Rushi, the chief commercial officer at Bodyport. Bodyport is a guided digital therapeutic company whose debut product aims to improve heart disease management. Their product, Bodyport for Heart Health, integrates a noninvasive biomarker platform into a scale to provide patients and their care teams with comprehensive health insights. It aims to improve the current scale method used where patients weight themselves frequently to identify any sudden weight gain. The weight gain can be due to congestion in the heart that may require hospitalization. Rushi describes the other treatment options used, how his product compares, and the major challenges his company has had to navigate during development. He also specifies the company's future goals and expectations for the product, such as applying it to other diseases like chronic kidney disease (CKD). Finally, he emphasizes the unmet needs he has noticed in understanding patients' clinical parameters and the impacts they have on patients and their families.

In this interview, Dr. Andrew Browne discusses the diseases he treats and procedures he performs at his ophthalmology clinic. In particular, he describes intraocular injections, a form of treatment that injects medication directly into the vitreous cavity of the eye. It is the preferred treatment for a variety of visual diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion. Dr. Brown also describes some the improvements that have been made in ophthalmology and the medical field overall but warns against developments that compromise patient comfort. He ends the interview by emphasizing the need to increase and optimize the workflow in the medical settings in order to treat as many patients as possible.

Interview with Dr. Steven D. Mills, a health surgeon at UC Irvine who specializes in colon and rectal surgery and inflammatory bowel disease. He describes the process for colonoscopies, their purpose, and the common reasons behind them. Although colonoscopies are the golden standard for identifying and preventing colon cancer, some limited alternatives are available. Dr. Mills also describes the improvements technology can make to the procedure and maintenance of colon health. Minimizing the need for bowel preparation with computer imaging, for example, would increase patient tolerance of the procedure.