Eduardo Fernandez, MD and PhD

Director of the Bioengineering Institute
University Miguel Hernández, Spain

Eduardo Fernandez received a M.D. degree from the University of Alicante (1986) and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 1990. He is currently Director of the Bioengineering Institute of the University Miguel Hernández (Spain), Excellence Professor at Radboud University (Netherlands), and Adjunct Professor at the John Moran Eye Center (University of Utah, USA). In the last few years, he has been coordinating several projects to demonstrate the feasibility of a neuroprosthesis interfaced with the occipital cortex as a means through which a limited but useful sense of vision could be restored to the profoundly blind. He is also working on brain plasticity and reorganization in severe vision loss and developing non-invasive methodologies for the selection of appropriate candidates for the implantation of cortical visual prostheses.

Presentation(s):

• Intracortical Microstimulation (ICMS) as a Translational Tool for Neural Circuit Research and Sensory Restoration

  Friday, June 13, 2025
  1:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET