Role:

• NIHR Clinician Scientist, University College London (UCL), Institute of Ophthalmology
• Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Pearse leads a programme of applied clinical research in artificial intelligence (AI) at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. As part of this, he initiated the long-term collaboration between Moorfields NHS Foundation Trust and DeepMind. He works closely with the Moorfields Image Reading Centre on this and a number of other independent research projects.

Summary:

Dr Keane specialises in applied clinical and translational research, with a particular interest in the application of new technologies to health care. In April 2015, he was ranked no. 4 on a worldwide ranking of ophthalmologists under 40, published in “the Ophthalmologist” journal. In 2016, he initiated a formal collaboration between Moorfields Eye Hospital and Google DeepMind, with the aim of applying machine learning to automated diagnosis of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images.

Role:

• National Institute for Health Research Academic Clinical Fellow
• Honorary Clinical Research Fellow, Moorfields Eye Hospital
• Specialty Registrar in Ophthalmology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Qualifications:

• 2009: BA (hons), University of Oxford
• 2012: BM BCh, University of Oxford
• 2017: FRCOphth, Royal College of Ophthalmologists

Projects:

• Data linkage: Retinal Imaging and Neurodegenerative Disease (AlzEye)
• Outcomes and Insights from Age-Related Macular Degeneration Analytics
• Automated Machine Learning in Ophthalmology

Expertise:

• Clinical Trials
• Data Linkage
• Big Data Analytics
• Retinal Imaging

Qualifications:

• 2010-2015: MBChB Graduate Medicine, University of Birmingham.

Professional experience:

• 2015-2017: Foundation Clinical Doctor, Birmingham, UK
• 2017-now: Doctoral Research Fellow in Ophthalmology, University of Birmingham

Projects:

• Diagnostic Accuracy of Deep Learning in Medical Imaging
• EQUATOR Vision: Objective Imaging-based Biomarkers of Inflammatory Eye Disease (https://www.equator.vision/)
• CONSORT/SPIRIT-AI: reporting guidelines for Transparent and Reproducible AI Clinical Trials
• Automated Machine Learning

Expertise:

• Diagnostic Test Evaluation
• Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis

Qualifications:

• 2017-ongoing: MSc Clinical Ophthalmology, University College of London, London, UK
• 2008-2013: Primary medical qualification, University Estacio de Sa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Professional Experience:

• 2014-2017: Specialty training in Ophthalmology, Benjamin Constant Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Projects:

• Creation of a Moorfields database for patients with neovascular age related macular degeneration receiving intravitreal injections
• Moorfields AI Pipeline

Expertise:

• Big data applications in ophthalmology