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Virtual reality headsets are a hot topic.

Augmented reality is a type of virtual reality technology that blends what the user sees in their real surroundings with digital content generated by computer software. Using augmented reality, we can “visit” countries around the world or drive a spaceship, all from the comfort of our home.

This technology may also transform medical care, allowing a surgeon to view x-rays or chart notes while in the operation room.

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Tiffany Chan
Tiffany Chan
Dr. Tiffany L. Chan provides primary optometric care with a specialty in low vision rehabilitation. Dr. Chan received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Davis and optometric degree from the University of California Berkeley, School of Optometry. During her internships at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) New Mexico Health Care System in Albuquerque, NM and VAMC Miami Medical Center in Miami, FL she managed geriatric eye care with heavy ocular disease emphasis. She also completed an internship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, FL in the pediatric and strabismus division. After graduating from optometry school, she completed her residency at the Northport VAMC in New York in low vision rehabilitation, primary care and vision therapy. Dr. Chan then completed the Lions Vision Rehabilitation Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine. She then joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine where she was an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology in Low Vision Rehabilitation at Wilmer Eye Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.

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