Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky: How the Brain Works, Curing Blindness & How to Navigate a Career Path
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In this episode, my guest is Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky, Ph.D., a professor of neurosurgery and ophthalmology at Stanford University. He studies how we see and uses that information to build artificial eyes that restore vision to the blind.
We discuss how understanding the retina (the light-sensing brain tissue that lines the back of our eyes) is critical to knowing how our brain works more generally.
We discuss brain augmentation with biologically informed prostheses, robotics, and AI and what this means for medicine and humanity.
We also discuss E.J.’s unique journey into neuroscience and how changing fields multiple times, combined with some wandering, taught him how to guide his decision-making in all realms of life.
This episode ought to be of interest to anyone interested in learning how the brain works from a world-class neuroscientist, those interested in the future of brain therapeutics and people seeking inspiration and tools for navigating their own professional and life journey.
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- Krishna Shenoy: professor of engineering, Stanford
- Jaimie Henderson: professor of neurosurgery, Stanford
- Eddie Chang: professor of neurosurgery, UCSF
- Eric Knudsen: professor of neurobiology, Stanford
- Robert G. Heath: psychiatrist, early brain stimulation research
- Brian Wandell: professor of psychology, Stanford
- Markus Meister: professor of biology, Caltech
About this Guest
Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky
E.J. Chichilnisky, Ph.D., is a professor of neurosurgery and ophthalmology at Stanford University, studying how we see and use that information to build artificial eyes to restore vision to people who are blind.
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