Rush University Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology

Rush University Medical Center's Department of Ophthalmology in Chicago, Ill., has been using Mediasite for about two years to catalogue lectures and record activities for faculty. But in August of 2007, the department held a world-wide webcast called "Retinaws" for doctors. 

Stemming off the movie "Jaws," the webcast focused on the dangers lurking with retinal disease. The webcast studied the complications that can happen when trying to manage retinal disease, the idea being that studying complications is a powerful way to teach how to do a retinal surgery properly. 

The webcast brought together a team of faculty from around the world and was provided live and on-demand in four languages -- English, Spanish, German and Italian. 

"Mediasite allowed us to reach a global faculty as well as a global audience in a way that I don't think has ever been done quite this way before, all through the magic of Mediasite. The ability to bring these people around the world together could only have been done with Mediasite and previously it would have been impossible to achieve this," said Dr. Kirk Packo, chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Rush University Medical Center. 

The archived webcast received over 1,200 views.