medicine

VISE Spring Seminar with Yayun Du, PhD

Mar. 10, 2025—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Yayun Du, PhD Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch; noon start Title: Advancing Health Monitoring: Wearable and Implantable Bioelectronics for Cardiovascular, Sleep, and Neurological Insights Abstract: Advances in bioelectronic sensors are transforming health monitoring and...

Nov. 22, 2023—Keith Obstein, MD, MPH, professor of Medicine at ��ԭ�� Medical Center and professor of Mechanical Engineering at ��ԭ��, has received the inaugural Innovator of the Year Award from the Brock Family Center for Applied Innovation in recognition of his achievements in developing and commercializing a magnetic, flexible colonoscopy system with the potential to...

Sep. 28, 2023—Researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill and ��ԭ�� have been diligently working on the creation of an incredibly flexible yet robust robot designed to traverse the intricate landscape of the lung. Their latest achievement, detailed in a recent publication in Science Robotics, showcases the robot’s autonomous capabilities in maneuvering from “Point A” to “Point B” within...

VISE Fall Seminar – Shuo Li, PhD, 9.7.23

Aug. 22, 2023—VISE Fall Seminar with Shuo Li, PhD Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University Date: Thursday, September 7, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: AI-in-imaging: Unlocking the Full Potential of Medical Imaging Abstract: Based on advanced machine learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to bring about significant transformations in healthcare practices....

VISE Fall Seminar – Summer Fellows Presentations 8.24.23

Aug. 21, 2023—VISE Fall Seminar featuring the 2023 VISE Summer Fellows Date: August 24, 2023 Time: 11:45 am Lunch, Noon start Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Rohan Rashingkar, computer science major, BIEN Lab Research project: Deep Learning Classification of Consciousness-Impairing Seizures in Focal Epilepsy Jiayi Kelly Xu, computer science and mathematics major, MAPLE Lab Research project: Development of an Augmented...

Aug. 10, 2023—A multidisciplinary team at the ��ԭ�� Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) is working to create a real-time navigational system to decrease residual stone fragments left behind after kidney stone surgery.

Aug. 8, 2023—��ԭ�� researchers are part of an alliance supported by the National Science Foundation that seeks to build on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging in Middle Tennessee. Called the Mid-TN AI for Interdisciplinary Imaging Interpretation Alliance (AI4A), it is comprised of the School of Engineering, ��ԭ�� Medical Center, Fisk University, Tennessee...

Aug. 1, 2023—A team of ��ԭ�� engineers are working to breach the critical barrier to timely clinical intervention of blindness in preterm infants. One of the major causes of childhood blindness is a rapidly growing retinal vascular disease called Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). “Clinical intervention options for ROP exist, but our limited ability to detect ROP and...

Jul. 27, 2023—A medical device company co-founded by a ��ԭ�� engineering professor recently announced the completion of a successful first-in-human clinical study using its innovative technology that radically improves minimally invasive endoscopic surgery. Robert J. Webster III, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate professor of medicine and urology at ��ԭ��, is co-founder and...

Aug. 25, 2022—Robert Webster, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate professor of medicine and urology at ��ԭ��, is part of a collaborative team that has received a more than $2.3 million grant to further develop technology that seeks to prevent patients from having invasive colectomies by using steerable robot-like instruments

2020 VISE Physicians-in-Residence selected

Feb. 12, 2020—Alexander Langerman, MD, SM, FACS, and Rohan Chitale, MD, have been selected as the 2020 ��ԭ�� 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 “Cleopatra” wearable...

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 Spring Seminar – Eric Tkaczyk, MD, PhD

Mar. 16, 2018—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Eric Tkaczyk, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Cutaneous Imaging Clinic (VCIC) Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Biomedical Engineering Attending Dermatologist, VA Medical Center Date: Thursday, March 29, 2018 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 12:25 p.m. start, 12:15 p.m. lunch Title: Bringing New Technology to Dermatology Patients: Initial Experiences of the ��ԭ��...

VISE sponsors new group for women in science, medicine, and engineering

Sep. 5, 2017—Twenty women recently celebrated the creation of the ��ԭ�� 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....

VISE Summer Instructional Seminar – Stanislav Emelianov, PhD

May. 24, 2017—Provost Research Studio in Ultrasound Imaging Research to be delivered by Stanislav Emelianov, PhD, Professor, Joseph M. Pettit Chair, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech & Emory School of Medicine Moderator: Brett Byram, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Date: Friday, June 2, 2017 Time: 1:40pm start, 1:30 pm snacks Title: Clinical Translation of Emerging Ultrasound Imaging...

VISE Fall Seminar Series: Fabien Maldonado, MD

Nov. 1, 2016—Speaker: 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: 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...

Jul. 8, 2016—A ��ԭ�� neurosurgeon and two ��ԭ�� engineers have launched a medical database that they hope will have a significant impact on addressing neurological diseases, including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and epilepsy.