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VISE Summer Instructional Seminar 6.17.21

Jun. 4, 2021—VISE Research in Progress (RiP) Date: Thursday, June 17, 2021 Time: Noon admittance, 12:05 p.m. remarks, 12:10 p.m. start Joshua McCune, PhD Candidate (BME), and Rachel Ping, MS Candidate (BME) Speaker #1: Joshua McCune, PhD Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering RiP #1: Title: ROS-responsive scaffolds with improved hydrophilicity for diabetic wound repair RIP #1 Description: More than...

VISE Spring Seminar – Lena Maier-Hein, PhD

Feb. 15, 2021—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Lena Maier-Hein, PhD Head of Div. Computer Assisted Medical Interventions (CAMI), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, DE Date: Thursday, February 25, 2021 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Surgical Data Science Abstract: Machine learning has begun to revolutionize almost all...

VISE Spring Seminar – Eric Tkaczyk, MD, PhD and Shramana Ghosh, PhD,

Jan. 29, 2021—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Eric Tkaczyk, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine, VUMC Shramana Ghosh, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow The Vanderbilt Dermatology Translational Research Clinic (VDTRC) Date: Thursday, February 11, 2021 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Measurement of soft tissue biomechanical properties for...

VISE Fall Seminar – Sheila Russo, PhD

Nov. 6, 2020—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Sheila Russo, PhD Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Boston University Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Toward Soft Robotic Systems for Advanced Endoscopic Procedures Abstract: Traditional medical robots are mainly based on the idea of...

VISE Fall Seminar – Elisa Konofagou, PhD

Oct. 27, 2020— VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Elisa Konofagou, PhD, Robert and Margaret Hariri Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Columbia University Date: Thursday, November 5, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Ultrasound-based Brain Therapeutics and Cancer Elasticity Imaging Abstract: Therapeutic ultrasound is older than ultrasound...

VISE Fall Seminar – Marvin Doyley, PhD

Oct. 1, 2020—VISE Fall Seminar led by Marvin Doyley, PhD Chair and Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Rochester Date: Thursday, October 8, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Ultrasound elastography: from atherosclerosis to understanding the pancreatic cancer tumor microenvironment Abstract: Elastography is emerging as...

VISE Fall Seminar September 10- Muneeb Ahmed, MD

Sep. 8, 2020—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Muneeb Ahmed, MD Chief, Vascular and Interventional Radiology Vice Chair for Interventional Services|Radiology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Associate Professor of Radiology| Harvard Medical School Date: Thursday, September 10, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. room admittance, 12:25 p.m. (Zoom details will go out in the morning of the 10th)...

VISE Fall Seminar August 27 – Christos Constantinidis, PhD

Aug. 21, 2020—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Christos Constantinidis, PhD Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy Wake Forest School of Medicine Date: Thursday, August 27, 2020 Time: 12:15 pm, Room admittance, 12:25 p.m. start (Zoom details will go out the morning of the 27th) Title: “Uncovering the Neural Circuit Basis of Cognitive Maturation in Adolescence”...

VISE Summer Instructional Seminar – 8.13.20

Aug. 7, 2020—VISE Research in Progress (RiP) Date: Thursday, August 13, 2020 Time: Noon admittance, 12:05 p.m. remarks, 12:10 p.m. start Speaker #1: Yev Diachek, PhD Candidate Title: “Adaptive language mapping for presurgical language assessment” RiP #1 Talk Description: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a safe, non-invasive method commonly used preoperatively for language mapping in neurosurgery patients. In...

VISE Summer Instructional Seminar 7.2.20

Jun. 26, 2020—VISE Research In Progress (RiP) Date: Thursday, July 2, 2020 Time: Noon – room admittance, 12:05pm remarks, 12:10pm start Speaker #1: Ziteng Liu, PhD Candidate, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science RiP #1 Title: Patient-specific cochlear implant stimulation models RIP #1 Description: Cochlear implants (CIs) are considered the standard-of-care treatment for profound sensory-based hearing loss. Our...

VISE Summer Instructional Seminar Series 6.4.20

May. 29, 2020—VISE Summer Instructional Seminar Series Date: Thursday, June 4, 2020 Time: Noon – room admittance, 12:05pm remarks, 12:10pm start VIA Zoom Speaker #1: Carli DeJulius, PhD Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering RiP #1: Title: Antioxidant Polymeric Systems for Synergistic ROS Scavenging in Osteoarthritis RIP #1 Description: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are key drivers of...

VISE Spring Seminar – Timothy Kowalewski, PhD

Feb. 14, 2020—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Timothy Kowalewski, PhD, Richard and Barbara Nelson Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota Date: February 27, 2020 Location: Stevenson Center 5326, Time: 12:15 p.m. lunch, with a 12:25 p.m. start Title: To Err is Human – Surgical Skills and Robotics Abstract: Surgical robots enjoy widespread adoption. This...

VISE Spring Seminar – Junzhong Xu, PhD

Jan. 31, 2020—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Junzhong Xu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, VUIIS, VUMC Date: February 13, 2020 Location: Stevenson Center 5326, Time: 12:15 p.m. lunch, with a 12:25 p.m. start Title: Where physics meets medicine: non-invasive assessment of tumor therapeutic response using cell size MR imaging Abstract: Biological tissue microstructural information...

VISE Fall Seminar – Walter Jermakowicz, MD, PhD

Aug. 29, 2019—VISE Fall seminar to be led by Walter Jermakowicz, MD, PhD Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Date: Thursday, September 5, 2019 Time: 12:25pm start, 12:15pm Lunch Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Predictive Modeling of Brain Tumor Laser Thermal Ablations Abstract: Laser interstitial thermal...

VISE Spring Seminar – Ipek Oguz, PhD

Mar. 15, 2019—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Ipek Oguz,PhD Assistant Professor of Computer Science Vanderbilt University Date: March 28, 2019 Location: Stevenson 5326 Time: 12:25 p.m. start, 12:15 p.m. lunch Title: Multi-atlas medical image synthesis Abstract: Image synthesis is an important problem in medical image analysis,...

VISE Spring Seminar – Punit Prakash, PhD

Mar. 1, 2019—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Punit Prakash, PhD, Paul L. Spainhour Professorship in Electrical Engineering, Kansas State University Date: March 14, 2019 Location: Stevenson 5326 Time: 12:25 p.m. start, 12:15 p.m. lunch Title: Devices and energy-delivery strategies for precise image-guided microwave thermal therapy Abstract: Image-guided...

VISE Spring Seminar – Steven Hetts, MD

Feb. 8, 2019—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Steven Hetts, MD Professor of Radiology, Chief of Interventional Neuroradiology at the UCSF Mission Bay Hospitals, University of California, San Fransisco Date: February 28, 2019 Location: Stevenson 5326 Time: 12:25 p.m. start, 12:15 p.m. lunch Title: ChemoFilter and MARC: A Tale of Two Translational...

VISE Spring Seminar – Matthew Bacchetta, MD, MBA, MA

Jan. 17, 2019—VISE Seminar to be led by Matthew Bacchetta, MD, MBA, MA, William Scott, Jr. Chair in Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Date: January 24, 2019 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 12:25 p.m. start, 12:15 p.m. lunch Title: Cross Circulation for Organ Recovery, Biohybrid Lungs and New Devices for...

Fall Seminar – Chris West

Nov. 19, 2018—to be led by Chris West President, ZeroTo510 Medical Device Accelerator Title: “What we’ve learned in device innovation (the hard way): Practical tips in translation” Abstract: ZeroTo510 is a Memphis-based medical device Accelerator, and is annually ranked among the top programs in the country. We’ve taken 30 startup teams through our program in 7 cohorts,...

Fall Seminar – Jonathan Sorger, PhD

Oct. 12, 2018—to be led by: Jonathan Sorger Vice President, Research, Intuitive Surgical Title: “Surgical Robotics – A History of Intuitive + Opportunities for Research and Collaboration” Abstract: Intuitive Surgical was founded 23 years ago as a spinoff from SRI in Menlo Park, CA to create innovative, robotic-assisted systems that help empower doctors and hospitals to make...

VISE Fall Seminar – Erin A. Gillaspie, MD, MPH

Sep. 28, 2018—to be led by Erin Alexis Gillaspie, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Date: Thursday, October 11, 2018 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: noon lunch, 12:10 p.m. start Bio: Erin Gillaspie was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario Canada and moved to the US with her family at the...

VISE Summer Instructional Seminar – Michael Insana, PhD

May. 2, 2017—VISE 2017 Summer Instructional Seminar – Provost Research Studio in Ultrasound Imaging Research to be delivered by Michael Insana, PhD, Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering, Professor of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Adventures with machine-learning methods for reconstructing ultrasonic elasticity images Seminar to be moderated by Brett Byram, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering...

Spring Seminar: Smita De, MD/PhD and Ryan Hsi, MD

Apr. 10, 2017—Speakers: Smita De, MD/PhD VISE Fellow, Instructor of Urologic Surgery and Ryan S. Hsi, MD Assistant Professor of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Date: Thursday, April 13, 2017 Time: 12:15pm lunch, 12:20pm start Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Needs and Progress in Urologic Surgery Speaker Bios: Dr. Smita De is currently the VISE fellow...

Spring Seminar: Richard Leahy, Ph.D.

Mar. 17, 2017—Richard M Leahy, PhD Dean’s Professor, Electrical Engineering and Radiology Director, Signal and Image Processing Institute University of Southern California, Los Angeles Title: Analyzing Brain Mapping Data Abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging allows us to safely acquire data from which we can study anatomy, function and connectivity in the living human brain. But how do we convert...

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...