John-Ross (JR) Rizzo, MD, MSc, FACRM is a physician-scientist-leader at NYU Langone Health. Dr. Rizzo is the Vice Chair for Health Equity and Innovation at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He also holds appointments in the departments of neurology, ophthalmology, mechanical and aerospace engineering, and biomedical engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He heads the Visuomotor Integration Laboratory, exploring motor control with a special emphasis on visual guidance and biomechanics in blindness, and the Rehabilitation Engineering Alliance and Center Transforming Low Vision Laboratory (REACTIV), exploring bio-inspired, multi-sensory assistive technologies with a focus on advanced wearables. In addition, Dr. Rizzo is an advisor to multiple startups and early ventures focused broadly on technological disruption for those with visual impairments of all kinds and holds a series of board and advisory roles at leading NPOs, including the MTA, National Academies, Lighthouse Guild, FFB, CRF, City Access, and more. Dr. Rizzo capitalizes on his lived experience with vision loss in all aspects of his work.