Michael J. Shumski M.D., M.S.E. CV

Magruder Laser Vision

Partner / Cataract & refractive surgeon

• Orlando, FL
• Present
• Specialized in cataract and refractive surgery, including femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery and vision correction procedures, such as LASIK.

Google

Consultant

• Palo Alto, CA
• 2015-present
• Provides ophthalmic consulting services to Google health care teams on a variety of eye care-related projects.
• Co-authored journal manuscript published in Ophthalmology in 2019, titled: “Using a Deep Learning Algorithm and Integrated Gradients Explanation to Assist Grading for Diabetic Retinopathy.”

Lensar

Consultant

• Orlando, FL
• 2020-present
• Provides ophthalmology-related consulting services to Lensar for their femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery platform.

Alliance of American Football

Chief Ophthalmologist of the Orlando Apollos

• Orlando, FL
• 2019
• Coordinated and provided eye care services for the Orlando Apollos professional football team of the Alliance of American Football League during inaugural season.

Orlando Health

Staff Ophthalmologist

• Orlando, FL
• 2017-present
• Provides on-call Ophthalmology services for trauma patients, emergency room, and in-patient consultations at Orlando Health hospitals, including: Orlando Regional Medical Center, Arnold Palmer Hospital, Winnie Palmer Hospital, Dr. Phillips Hospital, South Seminole Hospital, Orlando South Lake Hospital

Lehigh Valley Eye Center Allentown

Cataract & Refractive Surgeon / Comprehensive Ophthalmologist

• Bethlehem, PA
• 2015-2017

Georgia Institute of Technology – Department of Biomedical Engineering

Design Project Sponsor

• Atlanta, GA
• 2013-2014
• Designed and built prototype of an automated, electro-thermal device to perform anterior capsulotomy in cataract surgery with Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering student senior design project team.

L.E.K. Consulting

Life Sciences Specialist

• Boston, MA
• 2010-2011
• Provided consultation to various biotech and pharmaceutical companies, ranging from early-stage firms to global industry leaders. Projects included market analysis, asset valuation, and corporate strategy.

Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology

Research Assistant / Children/s Hospital of Philadelphia (May 2010 – December 2010)

• Philadelphia, PA
• 2010
• Coordinated a pilot study for a clinical trial on the effects of corticosteroids on acute optic neuritis in children.
• Conducted “prospective preference assessment” for Pediatric Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial by helping design, distribute and analyze results from questionnaire given to parents and physicians.
• Conducted retrospective analysis of cases of pediatric leukemic optic neuropathy seen at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Division of Cardiology- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Research Assistant

• Philadelphia, PA
• 2009-2010
• Developed database of 1319 patients with a primary discharge diagnosis of congestive heart failure to test various hypotheses based on cardiorenal physiology and hepatic function in heart failure.
• Results submitted and accepted to both conferences and journals as poster presentations and manuscripts.

Center for Technology Transfer – University of Pennsylvania

Center for Technology Transfer Fellow

• Philadelphia, PA
• 2009-2010
• Supported CTT licensing staff in assessing technical, commercial, and intellectual property aspects of University of Pennsylvania technologies
• Assisted in the development of commercialization strategies for University of Pennsylvania technologies

Sanofi-Aventis – Global Pharmaceutical Corporation

M.D. North American Clinical Research Unit Summer Associate

• Great Valley, PA
• 2007
• Developed, implemented, and executed feasibility studies for Phase II clinical trials of drugs in development for various Neurologic and Psychiatric indications.
• Organized and presented live, telephone-based and web-based seminars educating Clinical Research Unit staff on the underlying pharmacology, biochemistry and associated disease states for drugs in the Sanofi-Aventis pipeline.
• Participated in educational seminars, shadowing opportunities and training sessions to the numerous divisions of this multi-national pharmaceutical corporation, including drug discovery, preclinical research, Phase I, II and III clinical trials, biostatistics, and intellectual property with emphasis on understanding each division within context of the overall organization.

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Drug Discovery Biotechnology Corporation

Consultant with Penn Biotech Group

• Blue Bell, PA
• 2006
• Worked with team of Penn graduate students to explore ways of leveraging Locus’s proprietary computational drug discovery platform.
• Researched the drug discovery marketspace identifying the best practices of successful firms in highly fragmented market.
• Analyzed trends in deal structures between drug discovery firms with “big pharma” and studied the business life cycle of firms with similarities to Locus.

Haptic Exploration Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University

Lead Engineer, Two-Degree of Freedom Haptic Slip Display

• Baltimore, MD
• 2004-2006
• Designed and built a “Two-Degree of Freedom Haptic Slip Display”, a device that allows users to perceive slip while interacting with a virtual environment.
• Presented and demonstrated the project at the World Haptics 2005 Conference in Pisa, Italy.
• Potential future applications of the device are for use with human-machine interfaces, such as robotic surgical systems.

Research Assistant, Surgical Skill Assessment

• Developed mathematical algorithms written in the MATLAB programming language to automatically divide data from a robotic surgical system into discrete pieces, each representing elementary motions which together comprise a complex surgical task.
• Helped design a Hidden Markov Model recognition system to correlate sequences of elementary motion patterns with those of users of a known skill level ranging from complete novice to experienced surgeon.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• Sayres R, Taly A, Rahimy E, Blumer K, Coz D, Hammel N, Krause J, Narayanaswamy A, Rastegar Z, Wu D, Xu S, Barb S, Joseph A, Shumski M, Smith J, Sood AB, Corrado GS, Peng L, Webster DR. “Using a Deep Learning Algorithm and Integrated Gradients Explanation to Assist Grading for Diabetic Retinopathy.” Ophthalmology. 2019 Apr;126(4):552-564.
• Waldman AT, Hiremath G, Avery RA, Conger A, Pineles SL, Loguidice MJ, Talman LS, Galetta KM, Shumski MJ, Wilson J, Ford E, Lavery AM, Conger D, Greenberg BM, Ellenberg JH, Frohman EM, Balcer LJ, Calabresi PA. “Monocular and binocular low-contrast visual acuity and optical coherence tomography in pediatric multiple sclerosis.” Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2013 May 1;3(3):326-334.
• Waldman AT, Shumski MJ, Jerrehian M and Liu GT. “Parent and medical professional willingness to enroll children in a hypothetical pediatric optic neuritis treatment trial.” Front Neuro-ophth 2011;2(75):1-6.
• Testani JM, McCauley BD, Chen J, Shumski M, Shannon RP. “Worsening renal function defined as an absolute increase in serum creatinine is a biased metric for the study of cardio-renal interactions.” Cardiology. 2010;116(3):206-12. Epub 2010 Aug 3.

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Waldman AT, Shumski MJ, Tennekoon GI. “Acquired Demyelinating Syndromes of the Central Nervous System.” Chapter 14. Pediatric Neurocritical Care. Abend NS. Desmos Medical. 2013.

CONFERENCE LECTURES

• Michael J. Shumski, MD, Bobby Sanz, DO, Kyle Sandberg, DO. “Unlocking the Potential of Refractive Surgery.” American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting 2020. Nashville, TN. (Presented as Virtual Meeting due to COVID-19 pandemic.)
• Michael J. Shumski, MD, Bobby Sanz, DO, Kyle Sandberg, DO. “Unlocking the Potential of Refractive Surgery.” American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting 2019. Orlando, FL

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Amy T. Waldman, MD., Michael J. Shumski, MD, MSE, Grant T. Liu, MD. “Questionnaire assessing potential patient participation in a Pediatric Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial.” Department of Ophthalmology Scheie Eye Institute University of Pennsylvania 136th Anniversary Meeting Scientific Program. 2010.
• Jeffrey M. Testani, Michael J. Shumski, Brian D. McCauley, Richard P. Shannon, “Hemoconcentration May be a Useful Predictor for Worsening Renal Function during Treatment of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure,” Presented at 2010 American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Meeting.
• Jeffrey M. Testani, Michael J. Shumski, Brian D. McCauley, Richard P. Shannon, “Laboratory Evidence of Congestive Hepatopathy Predicts Improvement in Renal Function During the Treatment of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure.” Presented at 2010 American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Meeting.
• Jeffrey M. Testani, Michael J. Shumski, Brian D. McCauley, Richard P. Shannon, “Elevated International Normalized Ratio, Bilirubin and Alkaline Phosphatase Levels Predict Improvement in Renal Function during the Treatment of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure,” Presented at 2009 Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Meeting. Awarded 3rd prize overall.
• K. A. Jeung, M. J. Shumski, and A. M. Okamura, “A Novel Two-Dimensional Tactile Slip Display,” First Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (World Haptics), 2005.

CONFERENCE DEMONSTRATIONS

• K. A. Jeung, M. J. Shumski, and A. M. Okamura, “A Novel Two-Dimensional Tactile Slip Display,” First Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (World Haptics), 2005.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• Todd E. Murphy. “Towards Objective Surgical Skill Evaluation with Hidden Markov Model-based Motion Recognition.” Thesis. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. August, 2004.