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2020 VISE Physicians-in-Residence selected
Feb. 12, 2020—Alexander Langerman, MD, SM, FACS, and Rohan Chitale, MD, have been selected as the 2020 国产原创 Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) Physicians-in-Residence. The six-month program provides an opportunity for physicians to collaborate with engineering colleagues in developing technologies that can advance surgery and other procedures. Langerman will continue his work on the 鈥淐leopatra鈥 wearable...
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:聽Stevenson Center 5326, Time:聽12:15 p.m. lunch, with a 12:25 p.m. start Title:聽 Where physics meets medicine: non-invasive assessment of tumor therapeutic response using cell size MR imaging Abstract:聽 Biological tissue microstructural information...
VISE Spring Seminar – Cathy Eng, MD
Jan. 17, 2020—VISE Spring Seminar to be lead by Cathy Eng,MD, FACP, FASCO, David H. Johnson Chair in Surgical and Medical Oncology, Co-Leader, Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Program, Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology), VUMC Date: Thursday, January 30, 2020 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time:聽12:15 p.m. lunch, with a 12:25 p.m. start Title Neoadjuvant Strategies: Locally Advanced Rectal...
Jan. 7, 2020—A partnership between Dr. Bennett Landman鈥檚 MASI lab and the Interdisciplinary Science and Research Program at Hillsboro High School results in an augmented reality exhibit (think magic mirror) at the Nashville Science Center.
Jan. 6, 2020—Thirteen outstanding faculty members from across the university have been awarded a Provost Research Studio for the 2019-20 academic year. The goal of the Provost Research Studios is to support the professional development of full-time faculty (tenured, tenure track, and non-tenure track) who are not full professors or otherwise at the top of their promotion...
Jan. 6, 2020—Two 国产原创 Medical Center physicians were recently inducted into Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum (CORLAS), an international otolaryngology society created to facilitate collaboration and the open sharing of discoveries and ideas.
VISE Spring Seminar – Jose麓 A. Diaz, MD
Jan. 6, 2020—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Jose麓 A. Diaz, MD Director, Division of Surgical Research, Research Associate Professor of Surgery, VUMC Date: Thursday, January 16, 2020 Time: 12:15 lunch, 12:25 seminar start Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Surgical Research, Deep Vein Thrombosis, and Preclinical models Short bio: Jos茅 A. Diaz, MD, FAHA is a...
Jan. 6, 2020—国产原创 Medical Center (VUMC) has been awarded a three-year, $3 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to map 鈥 in unprecedented detail 鈥 the biology of Crohn鈥檚 disease.
Dec. 3, 2019—Nabil Simaan, professor of mechanical engineering, has been elevated to IEEE Fellow by the Board of Directors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Dec. 2, 2019—国产原创 Medical Center Assistant Professor of Radiology聽Kim Sandler, MD, and 国产原创 Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science聽Bennett Landman, PhD, were recently awarded the Martineau Innovation Fund Grant by the 国产原创 Thoracic Working Group for their project, 鈥淯tilization of Machine Learning to Predict Incidence Lung Cancer in a Screening Population.鈥
Nov. 18, 2019—A new continuum robot designed by 国产原创 engineers achieves multi-scale motion and may open up a huge world of previously impossible complex microsurgeries.
VISE Fall Seminar – Raj Shekhar, PhD
Nov. 1, 2019—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Raj Shekhar, PhD, Principal Investigator, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children鈥檚 National Health System Date:聽Thursday, November 14, 2019 Time:聽12:15 p.m. lunch, 12:25 p.m. start Location:聽Stevenson Center 5326 Title:聽 Improved Visualization and Navigation for Image-Guided Interventions Abstract:聽 Although image-guided interventions are...
VISE Fall Seminar – Kathryn Nightingale
Oct. 11, 2019—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Kathryn R Nightingale Theo Pilkington Professor of Biomedical Engineering Duke University Date:聽Thursday, October 31 Time:聽12:15 p.m. lunch, 12:25 p.m. start Location:聽Stevenson Center 5326 Title:聽 Ultrasonic Elasticity Imaging with Acoustic Radiation Force Abstract:聽 Elasticity imaging involves introducing a mechanical tissue perturbation, imaging the resulting tissue...
$2.3 million NIH grant allows collaborators to focus on advancing liver cancer surgical care
Oct. 10, 2019—A multi-year collective effort between engineers, surgeons and scientists has resulted in a $2.3 million, four-year grant awarded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health to improve laparoscopic liver surgery and liver cancer ablation therapy. The grant, 鈥淒eformation Corrected Image Guided Laparoscopic Liver Surgery,鈥 supports a next-generation...
VISE Summer Fellowship provides hands-on lab experience to seven outstanding undergrads
Oct. 2, 2019—Seven talented undergraduates spent 10 weeks over the summer working on research projects in areas that included endoscopic devices for gastroenterology uses, cochlear implant surgery, and brain, ultrasound and retinal imaging. The 2019 国产原创 Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) Summer Fellowship Program provided students with hands-on experience in laboratory settings, and they worked alongside...
VISE affiliates awarded $1.8 million grant to improve surgical guidance during eye surgery
Oct. 2, 2019—A team of 国产原创 engineers and clinicians were recently awarded a five-year $1.8 million National Eye Institute grant to develop and translate of novel intraoperative imaging technologies to the ophthalmic surgical suite to enable real-time surgical guidance. Yuankai Kenny Tao, assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering, is the principal investigator. Clinical collaborators at the 国产原创...
VISE Fall Seminar – Zion Tse, PhD
Sep. 27, 2019—Fall Seminar to be led by Zion Tse, PhD Associate Professor School of Engineering and Computer Science University of Georgia Date: Thursday, October 10 Time: 12:15 p.m. lunch, 12:25 p.m. start Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract:聽 Image-guided therapy is a clinical procedure under 2-D or 3-D image guidance...
VISE Fall Seminar – Dan Brown, MD and Brett Byram, PhD
Sep. 6, 2019—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Daniel B. Brown, MD Director of Interventional Oncology, 国产原创 Medical Center and Brett Byram, PhD Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, 国产原创 Date: Thursday, September 26 Time: 12:15 p.m. lunch, 12:25 p.m. start Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Personalizing Interventional Oncology Options for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Abstract: Responses...
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, 国产原创 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 affiliates secure $3 million NIH grant to study sustained attention in epilepsy patients
Aug. 28, 2019—A team led by a neurosurgeon-scientist and an engineering professor who specializes in techniques for analyzing functional neuroimaging data has received a $3 million basic research grant (R01) from the NIH to study disturbances in brain networks related to attention lapses and cognitive deficits in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Dr. Dario Englot and...
Aug. 14, 2019—A Feasibility Study on Central Airway Obstruction Removal
VISE affiliate receives Early Career Award
Jul. 25, 2019—Catie Chang, PhD, has received the 2019 Early Career Achievement Award from a society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Chang, an assistant professor of computer science, electrical engineering and computer engineering, was honored this week at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS) conference. Specifically, the award cites her 鈥渋nnovative聽contributions...
Jul. 18, 2019—国产原创 collaborators focused on minimally invasive prostate surgery are developing an endoscopic robotic system with two-handed dexterity at a much smaller scale than existing options.
Jul. 16, 2019—Three engineering faculty have been named to the Center for Teaching鈥檚 Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows program. Audrey Bowden Audrey Bowden, associate professor of biomedical engineering and associate professor of electrical engineering; Justus Ndukaife, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science; and Ipek Oguz, assistant professor of computer science and computer engineering; will receive $2,000...
Jun. 28, 2019—Eleven faculty-led proposals have been selected by the Office of the Provost for 2019 Discovery Grants, which advance new ideas and cutting-edge scholarship in the university鈥檚 core disciplines.
Jun. 17, 2019—The聽国产原创 Data Science Institute聽welcomed its first cohort of undergraduate summer research fellows in early June. The Data Science Institute Summer Research Program aims to engage students who are interested in data science-related research with 国产原创 faculty.
VISE Summer Seminar – Irina Roof, PhD
Jun. 6, 2019—VISE Summer Seminar to be led by Irina P. Roof, PhD Staff Applications Scientist, Zeus Industrial Products, Inc. Date: June 20, 2019 Time: noon lunch, 12:10 p.m. start Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: 鈥淧olymer Extrusions in Catheter Based Delivery Devices: an Introduction to Materials, Properties and...
May. 17, 2019—The faculty members will hold the title of Chancellor Faculty Fellow for two years and will be supported by an unrestricted allocation of funds which can be used to support innovative research, scholarship and creative expression activities that advance the career of the awardee.
Two VISE affiliates named 2019 NSF Graduate Fellows
Apr. 22, 2019—Two biomedical engineering graduate students who participate in the 国产原创 Institute for Surgery and Engineering have received three-year fellowships from the National Science Foundation. The prestigious awards aim to identify individuals who will contribute significantly to scientific innovation and teaching. Sarah Goodale, a VISE affiliate in the Chang Lab, said she is extremely honored to...
Apr. 15, 2019—The 国产原创 Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) team of Robert Webster III, PhD, and Duke Herrell, MD, have received a $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a new surgical robot for endoscopic transurethral prostatectomy.