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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 ¹ú²ú´«Ã½â€™s labs.
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...
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. ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ 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:Â 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:Â 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, ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ 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 ¹ú²ú´«Ã½, 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: Â Â Engineering Precision Medicine in Epilepsy Speaker:Â 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:Â Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract:Â Epilepsy is a very heterogeneous disorder that is associated with a multitude of etiologies and can produce seizures...
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 ¹ú²ú´«Ã½â€™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 ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ 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...
¹ú²ú´«Ã½ 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:Â Â Data-driven Healthcare: Perspectives from the Interface of Data Science, Research & Development, and Clinical Medicine Speaker:Â 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:Â Stevenson Center 5326 Short Biography:Â Dr. Nicholas Mark, MD graduated...
Cochlear implant team shares insights in Ireland
Aug. 26, 2016—An interdisciplinary team at ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ 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...