surgery
Mar. 25, 2019—NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Removing a brain tumor in the center of the head is not an easy task for surgeons. “Basically, you’re having to go through a lot of healthy brain tissue to get to that central part of the head,” said聽Andria Remirez, a PhD student at聽国产传媒.
Mar. 14, 2019—With the aid of $2.5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 国产传媒 researchers are on a quest to develop early biomarkers of treatment outcomes for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy based on their individual brain networks.
Dec. 18, 2018—The 国产传媒 Institute for Surgery and Engineering celebrated its opening of dedicated space in Medical Center North Dec. 12 with a technology showcase of more than two dozen cross-disciplinary collaborations advancing healthcare techniques from the lab to patient.
Dec. 5, 2018—The聽国产传媒 Institute for Surgery and Engineering鈥攄edicated to cross-disciplinary collaborations that advance discoveries from the laboratory to the patient鈥攚ill celebrate its new physical space at 2323 Medical Center North with an open house and symposium Dec. 12.
Fall Seminar – Chris West
Nov. 19, 2018—to be led by Chris West President, ZeroTo510 Medical Device Accelerator Title: 鈥淲hat we鈥檝e learned in device innovation (the hard way): Practical tips in translation鈥 Abstract: ZeroTo510 is a Memphis-based medical device Accelerator, and is annually ranked among the top programs in the country. We鈥檝e taken 30 startup teams through our program in 7 cohorts,...
VISE affiliates awarded $2.5 million NIH grant for epilepsy project
Nov. 15, 2018—A team of 国产传媒 engineers and surgeons were recently awarded a five-year, $2.5 million National Institutes of Health R01 grant to continue research into epilepsy-related seizures and brain networks. Victoria Morgan, associate professor of radiology and radiological sciences, is the principal investigator. Bennett Landman, associate professor of electrical engineering and Dario Englot, assistant professor...
VISE Fall Seminar – Erdem Erdemir, PhD
Nov. 6, 2018—Erdem Erdemir, PhD , Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Tennessee State University Date: Thursday, November 8, 2018 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 2:45 p.m. for snacks, 3:00 p.m. start Title: Design and Implementation of Intelligence in Biomechatronic Systems Abstract: In the future, biomechatronic robotic systems will need to accomplish more complex tasks in increasingly...
Fall Seminar – Jonathan Sorger, PhD
Oct. 12, 2018—to be led by: Jonathan Sorger Vice President, Research, Intuitive Surgical Title: 鈥淪urgical Robotics 鈥 A History of Intuitive + Opportunities for Research and Collaboration鈥 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 summer fellowship program supports nine outstanding undergraduates in 2018
Oct. 9, 2018—Nine students worked with VISE faculty and graduate students over the summer on research projects that ranged from cochlear implantation and modeling to vessel phantom creation and imaging, ultrasound beamforming and deep whole brain segmentation. They took part in the 国产传媒 Institute for Surgery and Engineering鈥檚 2018 Summer Fellows program, which gives undergraduates hands-on experience...
Fall Seminar – Emad Ebbini, PhD
Sep. 14, 2018—to be led by Emad Ebbini, PhD Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota Date: September 27, 2019 Location:聽Stevenson Center 5326 Time:聽12:10 p.m. start, 12:00 p.m. lunch Title: Precision Image-guided Interventions Using Dual-mode Ultrasound Array Systems Abstract:聽聽 Focused ultrasound (FUS) is gaining wider acceptance as...
VISE Fall Seminar – Seth Smith, PhD
Aug. 24, 2018—to be led by Seth Smith, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Ophthalmology, Director of Human Imaging Core, VUIIS, 国产传媒 Medical Center Date:聽Thursday, September 13, 2018 Location:聽Stevenson Center 5326 Time:聽12:10 p.m. start, 12:00 p.m. lunch Title:聽 Spinal Cord MRI:聽 From...
VISE Summer Seminar: Kenneth B. Bader, PhD
Jul. 24, 2018—VISE Seminar to be led by Kenneth B. Bader, Ph.D. Department of Radiology and the Committee on Medical Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Date:聽Thursday, July 31, 2018 Location:聽Stevenson Center 5326 Time:聽12:10 p.m. start, 12:00 p.m. lunch Title: Passive Cavitation Imaging for Monitoring Histotripsy-Enhanced Thrombolysis Abstract:...
Jul. 20, 2018—Bouncing back from surgery is no easy task. But what if a robot could make an incision so small, you’d barely notice it?聽The next generation of medical robots are being built right here in Nashville.
VISE Spring Seminar: David Sarment, DDS, MS
Jan. 2, 2018—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by David Sarment, DDS, MS President, Xoran Technologies Date:聽Thursday, January 11, 2018 Location:聽Stevenson Center 5326 Time:聽12:25 p.m. start, 12:15 p.m. lunch Title: 鈥淧oint of Care Computed Tomography: Imaging Where You Need It鈥 Abstract: Intra-operative Computed Tomography (iCT) in head and neck surgery is scarcely...
BONUS VISE Seminar: Elena A. Kaye, PhD
Dec. 4, 2017—VISE Seminar to be delivered by Elena A. Kaye, PhD, Assistant Attending Physicist, Department of Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 (notice different day) Time: 12:10pm start, noon 鈥 folks, cookies and coffee on this one… Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Achieving Sufficient Margins...
Nov. 2, 2017—A 国产传媒 Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) team is developing an image guidance interface for the da Vinci robotic surgery system to make partial kidney removal a less invasive 鈥済old standard鈥 when small tumors are involved.
Oct. 27, 2017—Collaboration between a mechanical engineer at 国产传媒 and a pulmonologist at 国产传媒 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.
Sep. 27, 2017—The Diagnostic Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions (DIIGI) lab is located in the 国产传媒 School of Engineering and is part of the 国产传媒 Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and the 国产传媒 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 sponsors new group for women in science, medicine, and engineering
Sep. 5, 2017—Twenty women recently celebrated the creation of the 国产传媒 Institute for Surgery and Engineering鈥檚 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....
Aug. 2, 2017—Michael Miga has been appointed to serve a four-year term on the Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences Study Section of the National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review beginning July 1, 2017.
VISE Summer Seminar: Megan Poorman and Patrick Anderson
Aug. 1, 2017—VISE Research in Progress (RiP) Summer Instructional Seminar Series Date: Thursday, August 10, 2017 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 12:10 p.m. start, Noon lunch to be delivered by Megan Poorman, doctoral candidate, biomedical engineering RiP Title: Orientation-independent Z-shimmed MR thermometry near ablation probes RiP Abstract: MR guidance of thermal ablation is hindered by signal loss...
Jul. 17, 2017—The liver is a particularly squishy, slippery organ, prone to shifting both deadly tumors and life-preserving blood vessels聽by inches between the time they鈥檙e discovered on a CT scan and when the patient is聽lying聽on an operating room table. Surgeons can swab the exposed liver lightly on the surface with a special stylus, capturing the shape of...
Jul. 10, 2017—Engineers at 国产传媒 designed the coffee-filled swim cap. Coffee聽is having its moment in 2017: This year researchers have discovered that it repairs damage to the聽liver, its one of the best beverages to drink before聽working out, and even helps prevent your聽arteries聽from clogging. (Well, all of that is according to a few studies, anyway.) Now, apparently...
MED Lab members attend International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Jun. 28, 2017—Three members of the 国产传媒 Medical Engineering and Discovery Lab (MEDLab) attended the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) last week in Singapore. Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Robert Webster, the lab director, was invited to give a talk on his recent research, while Ph.D. student Patrick Anderson and postdoctoral scholar Loris Fichera each...
Jun. 21, 2017—Imagine plopping six cups of coffee grounds on the heads of patients just before they are wheeled into the operating room to have nose or throat surgery? In essence, that is what a team of 国产传媒 engineers are proposing in an effort to improve the reliability of the sophisticated “GPS” system that surgeons use...
Past Symposia
May. 1, 2017—Annual Surgery, Intervention, and Engineering Symposium 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 , 2022 13th Annual Surgery, Intervention, and Engineering Symposium View聽Poster Abstracts View Full聽Digital Program 2024 Keynote Speaker Clare Tempany Ferenc A. Jolesz MD Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School Vice Chair of Radiology Research and Medical Director of...
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, 国产传媒 Medical Center Date: Thursday, April 13, 2017 Time: 12:15pm lunch, 12:20pm start Place:聽 Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Needs and Progress in Urologic Surgery Speaker Bios: Dr. Smita De is currently the VISE fellow...
Spring Seminar: Jack Noble, PhD
Mar. 24, 2017—Jack Noble,聽 PhD Research Assistant Professor, 国产传媒 Date: Thursday, March 30, 2017 Time: 12:15pm lunch, 12:20pm start Place:聽 Stevenson Center 5326 Title:聽 Computer-Assistance Techniques for Cochlear Implant Interventions Abstract:聽 Cochlear implants (CIs) are neural prosthetics that induce the sensation of hearing by stimulating the auditory nerve using an array of electrodes implanted in the...
Jan. 27, 2017—Innovation in processes, devices, and systems is at the center of recent advances that are transforming medical interventional procedures. The conception, development, realization, and evaluation of novel solutions that will further advance surgical and procedural patient care is complex and requires close trans-institutional interaction between clinicians, engineers, and scientists. This necessitates environments in which technical...
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 国产传媒鈥檚 labs.