A teleoperational medical system for performing a medical procedure comprises an eye tracking system which includes an image display configured to display an image of a surgical field to a user, at least one right eye tracker configured to measure data about a first gaze point of a right eye of the user, at least one left eye tracker configured to measure data about a second gaze point of a left eye of the user, and at least one processor configured to process the data about the first gaze point and the second gaze point to determine a viewing location in the displayed image at which the first gaze point and the second gaze point of the user are directed. The teleoperational medical system also includes a control unit configured to control at least one function of the teleoperational medical system based upon the determined viewing location.
