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Matthew Bacchetta H. William Scott, Jr. Chair in Surgery
Shunxing Bao Research Assistant Professor
Eric Barth Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Roza Gunes Bayrak Senior Research Engineer with a secondary appointment Research Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Audrey Bowden Dorothy J Wingfield Phillips Chancellor Faculty Fellow
Areas of Research: Biomedical Imaging, Biophotonics, Image Processing, Imaging, Machine Learning
Daniel Brown Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
Brett Byram Hoy Family Faculty Fellow
Areas of Research: Imaging
Lola B. Chambless Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Catie Chang Sally and Dave Hopkins Faculty Fellow
Areas of Research: Biomedical Imaging, Image Processing
Rohan Chitale Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Benoit M. Dawant Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of VISE
Founding Director
Areas of Research: Image Processing
Xiaoguang Dong Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2023 – 2024 VISE Seminar Co-Chair
Areas of Research: Modeling, Surgery and Engineering, Surgical Robotics
Dario J. Englot Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Neurology, Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering - Director of Functional Neurosurgery
Areas of Research: Imaging, Surgery and Engineering
Joshua Gafford Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Michael Goldfarb H. Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Jon Heiselman Research Assistant Professor
S. Duke Herrell III Professor of Urologic Surgery
VISE Steering Committee Member
Ryan Hsi Associate Professor, Department of Urology
Yuankai Huo Assistant Professor in Computer Science
Karen Joos Joseph and Barbara Ellis Professor of Ophthalmology
Hakmook Kang Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Nicholas Kavoussi Assistant Professor, Department of Urology
Areas of Research: Image-Guided Surgery
Soheil Kolouri Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Areas of Research: Machine Learning
Bennett Landman Director, Vanderbilt Lab for Immersive AI Translation (VALIANT), Stevenson Chair, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Areas of Research: Big Data, Image Processing, Imaging
Alexander Langerman Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Hao Li Research Assistant Professor
Yihao Liu Research Assistant Professor
Haoxiang Luo Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Fabien Maldonado Professor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery
Louise A. Mawn Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Michael I. Miga Interim Chair of Biomedical Engineering,
Harvie Branscomb Professor,
Professor Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Radiology
Professor of Neurological Surgery
VISE Director
Areas of Research: Modeling
Jason Mitchell Research Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Areas of Research: Surgery and Engineering
Victoria Morgan Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Daniel Moyer Assistant Professor Computer Science
Areas of Research: Imaging, Machine Learning
Jack Noble Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and 2024 Co-chair VISE Symposium Series
Areas of Research: Image Processing
Keith Obstein Professor of Medicine
VISE Steering Committee Member
Areas of Research: Robotics
Ipek Oguz Associate Professor of Computer Science
VISE Steering Committee Member and 2023 - 2024 Co-chair VISE Seminar Series
Areas of Research: Big Data, Biomedical Imaging, Biophotonics, Image Processing
Kyvia Pereira Research Assistant Professor
Morgan Ringel Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Mikail Rubinov Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Paul Russell Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Kurt Schilling Research Assistant Professor
Nabil Simaan Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Areas of Research: Robotics
Yuankai (Kenny) Tao Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Areas of Research: Bioinstrumentation, Biomedical Imaging, Biophotonics, Surgery and Engineering
Reid Thompson William F. Meacham Professor of Neurological Surgery
Eric Tkaczyk Director, Vanderbilt Dermatology Translational Research Clinic (VDTRC)
Michael Topf Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Pietro Valdastri Adjoint Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Areas of Research: Robotics
Scott Webster Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
Robert J. Webster III Richard A. Schroeder Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering
Professor of Otolaryngology, Urologic Surgery, Neurological Surgery, and Medicine

VISE Steering Committee Member
Areas of Research: Image-Guided Surgery, Robotics, Surgical Robotics
James Weimer Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Thomas J. Withrow Associate Professor of the Practice of Mechanical Engineering
Areas of Research: Surgery and Engineering
Jie Ying Wu Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Areas of Research: Machine Learning, Robotics, Surgical Robotics