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Taking the Wear-and-Tear out of Endoscopy for Patients – and Doctors
Apr. 26, 2022—Proprioceptive technology uses magnetic coupling to draw endoscopes forward, sparing patient and clinician injuries.
VISE affiliates receive inaugural Scaling Success Grants
Apr. 13, 2022—The Scaling Success Grant supports faculty as they leverage their research into larger, more competitive awards from federal, foundation or industry sponsors.
VISE Spring Seminar with Susan Gregurick, PhD 4.7.22
Mar. 30, 2022—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Susan Gregurick, PhD Associate Director for Data Science National Institutes of Health Date: Thursday, April 7, 2022 NOTE Time Change: 4:15 p.m. NOTE Location Change: Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium/Featheringill Hall Title: Connecting Data, Enhancing Software, and Creating a Digital Data Health Ecosystem Abstract: The NIH works to...
VISE Spring Seminar – Chris Holsinger, MD, FACS 3.24.22
Mar. 9, 2022—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Chris Holsinger, MD, FACS Professor and Chief, Head and Neck Surgery Stanford University Date: Thursday, March 24, 2022 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Opens, 12:20 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: Robotics and the Transformation of Head & Neck Surgery Abstract: Head and neck surgery is experiencing a renaissance and revolution,...
Advisory Board established for ESI program
Mar. 7, 2022—A distinguished advisory board has been established for the Master of Engineering in Surgery and Intervention program, a novel professional degree designed to enhance training in the development of platform technologies used in procedural medicine.
VISE Spring Seminar Zachary Bercu, MD 3.3.22
Feb. 23, 2022—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Zachary Bercu, MD Associate Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences Emory University School of Medicine Date: Thursday, March 3, 2022 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Opens, 12:20 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: A Futurist Viewpoint on Innovation in Image-Guided Medicine Abstract: Interventional radiologists (IRs) and proceduralists in image-guided medicine find...
VISE Spring Seminar Natasha Sheybani, PhD
Feb. 8, 2022—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Natasha Sheybani, PhD Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Opens, 12:20 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Talk title: Immunoengineering Next-Generation Cancer Therapies with Focused Ultrasound Abstract: Despite the remarkable promise of cancer immunotherapy, a significant fraction of patients with...
VISE Spring Seminar – Theodore Zanos, PhD,
Jan. 21, 2022—VISE Spring seminar to be led by Theodore Zanos, PhD, Assistant Professor, Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Date: Thursday, January 20, 2022 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Opens, 12:20 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: Machine Learning in Bioelectronic Medicine and Healthcare Abstract: One of the exciting areas of innovation in healthcare lies at...
Engineering Professor Bennett Landman is a 2022 SPIE Fellow
Jan. 19, 2022—Bennett Landman, professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a Fellow of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for his achievements in medical image processing with robust and scalable methods for large-scale data analysis.
VISE Spring Seminar – Kamran Idrees, MD, MSCI, MMHC, FACS
Jan. 14, 2022—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Kamran Idrees, MD, MSCI, MMHC, FACS Associate Professor of Surgery Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery Director, Pancreas and Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology Director, Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program Chair, Clinical Cancer Committee Date: Thursday, January 20, 2022 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Opens, 12:20 p.m. start Location:...
Vanderbilt engineer leads DARPA project to enable AI machines to gain, share knowledge
Dec. 7, 2021—A Vanderbilt engineering professor is leading part of an international initiative to create advanced artificial intelligence programs that will enable machines to learn progressively over a lifetime and share those experiences with each other. Researchers hope the technology will allow machines to reuse information, adapt quickly to new conditions and collaborate by sharing information.
10th annual VISE symposium features keynote on heart ‘digital twins’
Dec. 6, 2021—The Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering hosts its 10th annual Surgery, Intervention and Engineering Symposium Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 4 p.m. CT. The event will feature a keynote lecture by Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.
10th Annual Surgery, Intervention and Engineering Symposium features expert in AI-powered computational cardiology
Nov. 18, 2021—Join the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering on Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 4 p.m. CT for its 10th annual Surgery, Intervention and Engineering Symposium. The event will feature a keynote lecture by Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.
$8 million NIH grant awarded to Vanderbilt researchers for study of infant/child brain development
Nov. 15, 2021—Two Vanderbilt faculty have received an $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health as part of a groundbreaking, multi-institutional overview of variables influencing infant and child brain development, including substance exposure.
VISE Fall Seminar – Jared Weiss, MD and Michael Topf, MD November 18, 2021
Nov. 12, 2021—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Jared M. Weiss, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Oncology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Michael Topf, MD Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center Date: November 18, 2021 Time: 11:50 am Lunch ticket distribution, Noon start Location: Stevenson Center...