OmniPresence and LifeSize in Action

Distinguished oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr. Arun K. Garg of Implant Seminars, Miami Beach, Florida wanted to bring surgery to life for students attending his workshops. Academic instruction can take place in a large classroom with many students, but the most vital part of the training is observing the surgical techniques. Since it isn’t possible to have the entire class in the doctors clinic the next best logical solution was to bring the clinic to the classroom.

Implant Seminars called upon the video conferencing experts at OmniPresence, one of the nation’s leading suppliers of videoconferencing systems and services, to design the solution. The expert team at OmniPresence understood the challenges involved in creating a high-definition video link between the doctor’s clinic and the seminar classroom. After a full assessment of the closed-circuit video systems and videoconferencing products, where image quality, ease of use, price performance and bandwidth efficiency where all considerations, Dr. Garg and his technical team chose LifeSize. OmniPresence designed and implemented a LifeSize Room solution tailored to fit the needs of their unique telemedicine application.

By creating a high-definition video link between the doctor’s clinic and the seminar classroom, Dr. Garg can share the latest techniques in dental implant surgery with a far greater number students and fellow surgeons. “Giving a student literature and explaining the procedure by pictures and models is great,” said Dr. Arun K. Garg. “But allowing an entire classroom to get a first-hand view of the surgery and ask questions as we go along is invaluable to their learning experience. It’s just like being there, only better.”

Implant Seminars has had so much success with their seminars using LifeSize HD video, they plan to take LifeSize on the road with them and conduct weekend surgical seminars in locations all over the country. By eliminating the need to travel, they are saving a lot of money and they can train even more doctors.

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Filed under: High Definition (HD), Telemedicine