Khizer Khaderi, MD, MPH
Dr. Khizer Khaderi is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University. He is the Founding Director of the Stanford Human Perception Laboratory (HPL) and the Stanford Vision Performance Center (VPC). Additionally, he serves as faculty at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance (HPA).
Dr. Khaderi is a renowned neuro-ophthalmic surgeon, technologist, and futurist. He is pioneering the field of Symbiotics, defined as the convergence of human science and computer science.
Dr. Khaderi possesses extensive expertise in artificial intelligence (AI), spatial computing (virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MxR)), wearables, gaming, IoT, Web3, applied neuroscience, human factors, and human-machine interfaces/interaction.
Dr. Khaderi has experience across various industry sectors, including consumer electronics, gaming, retail, life sciences, sports/Esports, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and e-commerce, among others. He has developed innovative technologies in these areas and generated multiple invention patents. Recognized as a “40 under 40,” he contributed to President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology regarding vision technology and the aging population. Moreover, he advises multiple companies, venture firms, and organizations, including Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Riot Games, Intel, Activision, Unity, Epic Games, the NBA, Glaukos, the Global Esports Federation, the World Health Organization, the International Olympic Committee, the International Telecommunication Union, and the World Bank.