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Oct. 27, 2017—Collaboration between a mechanical engineer at ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ and a pulmonologist at ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Medical Center (VUMC) has resulted in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant that will be used to develop a steerable robotic needle to safely biopsy hard-to-reach lung nodules.
Oct. 24, 2017—Picture sitting back while a robotically controlled capsule endoscope swims through your patient’s gut, or conducting an upper endoscopy and viewing the procedure on your smartphone instead of investing in a monitor. If two experimental devices presented at Digestive Disease Week 2017 pan out in clinical trials, these scenarios could become reality.
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Oct. 16, 2017—Removing part of a kidney with minimally invasive robotic surgery rather than an entire kidney when operating for smaller tumors is often best for patients from a recovery and health standpoint, but many surgeons hesitate to do so because of the complexity of the robotic partial nephrectomy procedure. Investigators with the ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Institute for Surgery...
Oct. 11, 2017—The ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ School of Engineering announces the appointment of 11 new members to its full-time teaching faculty.
Oct. 11, 2017—The Nashville Mini Maker Faire, held for the first time at The Wond’ry, attracted more than 4,000 visitors and 93 exhibitors – a jump in attendance of more than 50 percent and double the maker participation over 2016. At least 25 percent of the exhibits had ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ties and many of them involved students, organizations...
VISE Fall Seminar – Caroline Chung, MD
Oct. 9, 2017—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Caroline Chung, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Date: Thursday, October 19, 2017 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 12:10 p.m. start, Noon lunch Title: “Personalizing radiotherapy for Cancer Care: The Next Frontier of Multidisciplinary Collaboration” Goals: 1. Review the evolution...
VISE Fall Seminar – Michael I. Miga, PhD
Sep. 28, 2017—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Michael I. Miga, PhD Harvie Branscomb Professor, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Date: Thursday, October 5, 2017 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 12:10 p.m. start, Noon COFFEE & COOKIES Abstract: Being able to obtain an independent National Institutes of...
Two VISE undergraduates’ conference abstracts accepted as talks for SPIE Photonics West
Sep. 28, 2017—Kelsey Leeburg and Oscar Benavides will be heading to San Francisco in early 2018 to present talks for the SPIE Photonics West conference. Both students participated in the ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) Summer Undergraduate Program and are first authors of their respective papers. Leeburg and Benavides are members of the Diagnostic Imaging...
Sep. 27, 2017—The Diagnostic Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions (DIIGI) lab is located in the ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ School of Engineering and is part of the ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and the ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Biophotonics Center (VBC). Led by Dr. Yuankai (Kenny) Tao, our lab focuses on using light to visualize ophthalmic structures for research, diagnostic, and intraoperative...
VISE Fall Seminar – Mitch Edgeworth, MBA
Sep. 22, 2017—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Mitch Edgeworth, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Hospital and Clinics Date: Thursday, October 26, 2017 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 12:10 p.m. start, Noon lunch
VISE 2017 Summer Undergraduate Program concludes with student-led seminar
Sep. 18, 2017—Eight students worked side-by-side graduate students and faculty on active research projects as part of the ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Institute for Surgery and Engineering’s 2017 Summer Undergraduate program. Students in biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science spent ten weeks in VISE labs under the supervision of a VISE affiliate faculty member. The paid program...
VISE Fall Seminar – Lola Chambless, MD
Sep. 8, 2017—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Lola Chambless, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Medical Center Date: Thursday,September 21, 2017 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 12:10 p.m. start, Noon lunch Title: Minimally invasive brain surgery – a field in consolidation Abstract: The concept...
Sep. 6, 2017—The Wond’ry, in collaboration with the ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Institute in Surgery and Engineering, recently won a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to become an Innovation Corps site.The designation marks ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ as one of the premier academic institutions nationwide that nurture entrepreneurship. The I-Corps site grant will support programs to match students and faculty with teams of experienced...
VISE sponsors new group for women in science, medicine, and engineering
Sep. 5, 2017—Twenty women recently celebrated the creation of the ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Institute for Surgery and Engineering’s new group designed to support women in the STEM fields. The group adds a new way for women to build community among the ten VISE-affiliated labs as well as host discussion about translational research, networking, mental health, and navigating work environments....