Case Study: The LION Foundation achieves worldwide interactive distance learning for medical professionals with LifeSize

LION Foundation and LifeSize Collaborate to Provide Worldwide Distance Learning to Medical Professionals

The LION Foundation (Live International Otolaryngology Network) is a non-profit founded in 2006 to promote continuing medical and surgical education for otolaryngologists. Faced with the need to deliver live surgery, lectures and interactive training to professionals worldwide—often across limited-bandwidth connections—LION needed a reliable, high-quality videoconferencing solution that would expand access while reducing travel costs and environmental impact.

LION partnered with LifeSize to deploy high-definition, low-bandwidth videoconferencing linking “faculty” operating sites with remote conference or computer “distant” sites. The result is a global interactive network for live surgeries, panels and conferences that provides real-time access to international experts, lowers travel expenses, reduces CO2 emissions, and supports multiple annual scientific and training events.

The LION Foundation

Wilko Grolman

Vice President