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The Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering (VISE): Bringing Engineers and Surgeons Together to Improve Patient Care
Jan. 27, 2017—Innovation in processes, devices, and systems is at the center of recent advances that are transforming medical interventional procedures. The conception, development, realization, and evaluation of novel solutions that will further advance surgical and procedural patient care is complex and requires close trans-institutional interaction between clinicians, engineers, and scientists. This necessitates environments in which technical...
VISE Seminar: High Throughput Histological and Metabolic Imaging of Surgical Specimens
Jan. 13, 2017—Speaker: Michael G. Giacomelli Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Optical Imaging and Biophotonics Group Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Research Lab of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Date: Thursday, January 19, 2017 Time: 12:20 start, lunch 12:15 Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: High throughput histological and metabolic imaging of surgical specimens Abstract: Optical imaging of preserved,...
VISE Seminar: Computational Modeling to Enable Therapeutic Intervention: Applications in Radiation Oncology
Jan. 9, 2017—Title: Computational Modeling to Enable Therapeutic Intervention: Applications in Radiation Oncology Dual Speaker Format: Albert Attia, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, VUMC and Jared A. Weis, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, VU Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017 Time: 12:20pm start, 12:15pm lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Patients with intracranial metastasis treated...
Vanderbilt School of Engineering offers new master of cyber-physical systems degree
Jan. 4, 2017—A new master’s degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering is designed to prepare students to meet the dramatic rise in workforce needs in such high-profile fields as the Internet of Things – the advanced connectivity of devices and systems – the security of cyber domains, the smart grid and defense. Beyond courses in...
Fresh from company launch and I-Corps, Webster passes lessons along
Dec. 21, 2016—Robert Webster III launched his first company, Virtuoso Surgical, in April. He completed the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program for new tech companies in early August.
Seven young faculty to watch
Dec. 8, 2016—Brett Byram, VISE affiliate and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, named one of the seven young faculty to watch.
NIH’s chief of translational tech is fifth annual VISE Symposium speaker
Dec. 7, 2016—An engineering symposium dedicated to translational technology will host a national figure in that field as its keynote speaker, plus give visitors a first look at the devices coming out of Vanderbilt’s labs.
Robots vs. Cancer: How Tech is Tackling Biden’s Moonshot
Nov. 16, 2016—The vice president has roughly two months left to continue leading the Cancer Moonshot initiative, an effort to significantly speed the pace of progress in cancer detection and treatment. It’s a personal mission for Biden, whose son Beau died from brain cancer in 2015. There’s no guarantee that Biden’s moonshot — which was announced at...
Fall Seminar: Ashwini D. Sharan, MD FACS
Nov. 4, 2016—Speaker: Ashwini D. Sharan, MD FACS President of North American Neuromodulation Society President Elect of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Professor of Neurosurgery Program Director Division Chief for EN2 Epilepsy and Neuromodulation Neurosurgery Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience Thomas Jefferson University Date: Thursday, November 10, 2016 Time: 12:05 start, noon lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326...
Nabil Simaan: Giving surgical robots a human touch
Nov. 4, 2016—A critical goal in modern surgery is to make procedures as safe and minimally invasive as possible, which often means using robotic tools. Vanderbilt University bioengineer Nabil Simaansays a negative side effect of doing surgery with tiny entry points into the body is that the surgeon loses his or her sense of touch and pressure...
VISE Fall Seminar Series: Fabien Maldonado, MD
Nov. 1, 2016—Speaker: Fabien Maldonado, MD Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery, VUMC Date: Thursday, November 3, 2016 Time: 12:05 start, noon lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Interventional Pulmonology: How the changing landscape of lung cancer provides unprecedented opportunities for translational and clinical research Speaker Biography: Fabien Maldonado, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery...
Fall VISE Seminar: Michael I. Miga, PhD
Oct. 19, 2016—Speaker: Michael I. Miga, PhD Harvie Branscomb Professor, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University Date: Thursday, October 20, 2016 Time: 12:05 start, noon lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Being able to obtain an independent National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant award can be daunting even to the most accomplished investigators. While having great research is...
New faculty: Kenny Tao uses optical coherence tomography to improve delicate eye surgeries
Oct. 13, 2016—Kenny Tao was incredibly close to becoming a surgeon instead of a biomedical engineer. The only thing standing in the way of medical school: a renowned adviser who convinced him to take a different path. Fortunately for Vanderbilt, the new assistant professor of biomedical engineering did change his mind and now brings both his improvements...
VISE Fall Seminar: Alexander J. Langerman, MD
Sep. 29, 2016—POSTPONED Speaker: Alexander J. Langerman Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology Date: Thursday, October 6, 2016 Time: 12:05 start, noon lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Speaker Bio: Dr. Alexander Langerman, MD is a head and neck surgeon and researcher who studies the operating room. He has a diverse surgical practice, with special interest in parapharyngeal and infratemporal fossa lesions,...
VISE Fall Seminar Series: Thursday, September 22
Sep. 19, 2016—Title: Engineering Precision Medicine in Epilepsy Speaker: Martin J. Gallagher, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Division, VUMC Date: Thursday, September 22, 2016 Time: 12:05 start, noon lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Epilepsy is a very heterogeneous disorder that is associated with a multitude of etiologies and can produce seizures...
Vanderbilt is at the forefront of robotic surgery
Sep. 9, 2016—Robots are used in many large hospitals to deliver supplies and assist doctors with delicate surgical procedures. In the future, robotic surgery will become the routine rather than the exception. Some of those tools of tomorrow are being developed today at Vanderbilt University’s Medical Engineering and Discovery Lab (MED). It is one of several labs...
VISE names first fellow: Smita De explores the intersection of surgery and engineering
Sep. 8, 2016—The Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering is pleased to announce its first VISE Fellow, a biomedical engineer and M.D. who specializes in urology and spent a research year at the manufacturer of the da Vinci surgical robot. Smita De first developed an interest in medical device development as an undergraduate at Duke University, majoring...
Vanderbilt team competes at NSF I-CORPS
Sep. 7, 2016—I-Corps prepares scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the laboratory, and broadens the impact of select, NSF-funded, basic-research projects.
VISE Fall Seminar Series: Thursday, September 8
Sep. 2, 2016—Title: Data-driven Healthcare: Perspectives from the Interface of Data Science, Research & Development, and Clinical Medicine Speaker: Nicholas Marko, MD, Chief Data Officer & Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger Medical Center Date: Thursday, September 8, 2016 Time: 12:10 start, noon lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Short Biography: Dr. Nicholas Mark, MD graduated...
Cochlear implant team shares insights in Ireland
Aug. 26, 2016—An interdisciplinary team at Vanderbilt that developed an innovative method of programming cochlear implants to help people hear better recently presented at Deerfield Residence, the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland’s official residence in Dublin. The presentation was part of Creative Minds, a series of discussions started by Ambassador Kevin O’Malley to promote cultural and scientific exchange...
VISE Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates seminar 8.26.16
Aug. 25, 2016—Date: August 26, 2016 Time: 12:10 start, noon lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Our undergraduates share what they worked on this past summer. The schedule is as follows: Talk 1: Gabriel Wamunyu – Secure Web Access of Medical Information on Distributed Databases Talk 2: Tianyi Chen – Background-Oriented Schlieren (BOS) Imaging for Optically Mapping Focused...
VISE Fall Seminar 8.23.16: Matthieu Chabanas, PhD
Aug. 23, 2016—Title: Vessel-based brain-shift compensation using biomechanical modeling and intraoperative ultrasound Speaker: Matthieu Chabanas, PhD, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Grenoble Institute of Technology, FR Date: Tuesday, August 23 Time: 12:10 start, noon lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: During brain tumor surgery, planning and guidance are based on the pre-operative images...
Voices of the NIH Community “It’s ok to love a patient”
Aug. 15, 2016—EB Jackson and surgeon Reid Thompson remember EB’s husband, Todd Jackson, who died from brain cancer in 2014. Reid, who had treated Todd ten years earlier, recalls his devastation when he learned about the re-occurrence and the futility of further treatments, and EB reflects on Todd’s passing. Todd’s battle against cancer inspired him and EB...
Mayor appoints faculty, staff representatives to Metro boards
Jul. 22, 2016—Metro Nashville Mayor Megan Barry has made a number of appointments to boards, committees and advisory committees in recent weeks. Among them are a number of members of the Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center communities, including: Sri Pallavaram, research associate for the Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering (VISE), to the Nashville New...
Six profs attract National Institutes of Health grants for wide-ranging research
Jul. 21, 2016—Five biomedical engineering professors and an electrical engineering and computer science professor are celebrating news about newly approved or resubmitted Research Project Grants (R01) from the Nationals Institutes of Health. With the grants, their teams – in collaboration with Vanderbilt University Medical Center — are performing groundbreaking research in areas as diverse as percutaneous heart...
WSJ names Webster’s surgical robot one of six technologies worth watching
Jul. 8, 2016—The Wall Street Journal names Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Robert Webster’s surgical robot one of six new medical technologies worth watching.
Tennessean article: Neurotargeting uses data to combat neurological disorders
Jul. 8, 2016—A Vanderbilt University neurosurgeon and two Vanderbilt engineers have launched a medical database that they hope will have a significant impact on addressing neurological diseases, including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and epilepsy.
STORM Lab Hydrojet Team wins Best Overall Award at the Surgical Robot Challenge 2016
Jul. 7, 2016—The Science and Technology of Robotics in Medicine (STORM) Lab Hydrojet Team won Best Overall Award at the Surgical Robot Challenge 2016 for the Hamlyn Symposium of Medical Robotics. The international competition, held at the Imperial College in London, showcases the latest developments in Surgical Robotics. STORM Lab’s project “Low-cost gastric cancer screening in low...
VISE Research in Progress (RIP) Summer Instruction Seminar Series. Thursday, June 30, SC 5326. 12:10pm start, Noon Lunch
Jun. 24, 2016—Rip #1: Title: Insights into Optic Nerve Pathology; PHOTON database Speaker: Shikha Chaganti, PhD candidate Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Rip #2: Title: Development of a Robotic System for Endonasal Surgery Speaker: Andria Remirez, PhD candidate Department: Mechanical Engineering _____________________________________________________________________________ Date: Thursday, June 30, 2016 Time: 12:10 p.m., noon Lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326
New VISE grant gives clinical boost to surgical device development
Jun. 22, 2016—Engineering graduate students from across several disciplines will experience intensive training and mentoring with the potential to help them create devices, then get those out of the lab and into clinical settings. Offered through the Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering, this program for second- and third-year engineering PhD students includes sessions with surgeons and...