Dr. Joseph Myers: Optometrist-Kellogg Eye Center

Dr. Joseph Myers is a Windsor, Ontario native and Canadian resident who crosses an international border daily for his work and research pursuits in Ann Arbor, MI, USA. He has been practicing Optometry at the University of Michigan for 30 years.He graduated with MCO from Ferris State University College of Optometry in 1988.  He is presently part of the University's "Third Century Initiative," researching and providing advanced health care to underserved populations around the world. In this capacity, he serves as the Principal Investigator for the Common Health Plus, Container-to-Clinic pilot project. Dr. Myers was a co-founder (with Dr. Richard Cross) of the Eye Health Institute which has served the eye care needs of the residents in Hanover Parish, Jamaica. He is married to Lilly Perdomo and has 3 children.

Presentation Title: "Common Health Plus: A Genesis of Binary Humancare and Collaborations for Pop-Up Eye Care."

 

Abstract:

This is a presentation about a new $80k Global Grant Project proposed for Jamaica.

Common Health Plus has developed a platform that we call an A.R.C. (Architecturally Repurposed Container). The focus is on developing and integrating advanced technologies that are readily manufactured, robust, and distributed, inorder to support the needs of clinics and clinical researchers. CommonHealth+ at Sandy Bay Jamaica is the first in a series of prototypical,modified container health clinics that aim to deliver telemedicine-based services supporting healthcare and chronic care health monitoring in remote and underserved populations globally. It is a response to the inequality of healthcare around the globe. In believing that high quality healthcare is not a privilege but a fundamental human right. CommonHealth+ have leveraged multiple departments and committed the research engine of The University of Michigan to the development of low-cost, advanced technologies deployed in a sustainable healthcare delivery mechanism that is scalable to addressing the needs of populations in remote areas of the world (eye, dental, maternal care, etc).