2015
VISE Guest Seminar: The Changing Face of Tissue Biopsy. TUESDAY Dec 1, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Nov. 23, 2015—Title: The Changing Face of Tissue Biopsy Guest Speaker: Alda L. Tam, MD, Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology, Department of Interventional Radiology University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Date: TUESDAY, December 1st Time: noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Image-guided percutaneous biopsy is a common procedure in oncology, integral to confirming the diagnosis of...
Medical capsule hardware and software now open source
Nov. 6, 2015—VISE Affiliate Pietro Valdastri Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (https://my.vanderbilt.edu/stormlab/lab-members/) and his team at the STORM lab (https://my.vanderbilt.edu/stormlab/) have been instrumental in developing technologies to foster the development of medical capsule robots small enough to be swallowed that could be used for preventive screenings and to diagnose and treat a number of internal diseases. Through a website and...
VISE 2015 Symposium Announced!
Nov. 4, 2015—Key dates: December 4th – Deadline for Symposium Registration and Submission of Abstracts & Laboratory Descriptions December 16th – Symposium Register and Submit at: http://tinyurl.com/VISE-2015-Symposium Submission Types: Laboratory Descriptions (PIs only) – Have a short description of your laboratory and contact information supplied to all attendees Poster Abstracts –Important both new posters and posters reflective...
VISE Guest Seminar: Computational Modeling and Enhancement of Human Skill: A Step Towards Surgery as a Data Science. Thursday Nov 12th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Nov. 2, 2015—Title: Computational Modeling and Enhancement of Human Skill: A Step Toward Surgery as a Data Science Guest Speaker: Gregory D. Hager, PhD Mandell Bellmore Professor of Computer Science Computational Interaction and Robotics Laboratory Department of Computer Science Johns Hopkins University Date: Thursday, November 12th Time: noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: We are entering an...
VISE affiliate to present at Translational Research Forum October 30
Oct. 26, 2015—Pietro Valdastri, PhD, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and VISE Affiliate will present “A Magnetic Capsule Endoscope for Robotic Colonoscopy (T1)” at the upcoming Translational Research Forum this Friday, October 30 at 10:30am. Read more: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/translationalresearchforum/agenda/
VISE Seminar: Development and testing of image-guided cochlear implant programming techniques. Thursday Oct 29th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Oct. 26, 2015—Title: Development and testing of image-guided cochlear implant programming techniques Speakers: Rene H. Gifford, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences Director, Cochlear Implant Program & Jack H. Noble, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, VU Date: Thursday, October 29th Time: noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE Affiliate targets emotional and behavioral disturbances of Parkinson’s Disorder
Oct. 23, 2015—Despite benefiting from dramatic improvements in movement after deep brain stimulation surgery, patients with Parkinson’s disease can be inadequately served when physicians and researchers focus only on its motor manifestations, said Joseph Neimat, M.D., VISE Affiliate and Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at Vanderbilt. Read more:http://tinyurl.com/DBS-emotion-and-behavior
Virtual Surgery Seminar, Tuesday 10/20/15, 3:10pm, Featheringill Hall, Room 138
Oct. 19, 2015—Speaker: Professor Suvranu De, SC. D., Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Head, Dept. of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, Director, Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Title: “Virtual Surgery” Day: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Time: 3:10 pm Place: Featheringill Hall, Room 138 ABSTRACT Virtual surgery involves the development of technology...
Flexner Discovery Lecture- Hearing Restoration via Cochlear Implants: Achievements and Future Challenges for Engineering and Research, Thursday October 8, 4pm
Oct. 7, 2015—The co-creator of the world’s first microelectronic multi-channel cochlear implant — a device that provides sound signals to the brain in deaf individuals — will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture. Ingeborg Hochmair, Ph.D., CEO and CTO of cochlear implant manufacturer MED-EL Corporation, will speak on Thursday, Oct. 8. Her lecture, “Hearing Restoration via Cochlear...
GUEST VISE Seminar: Using Electrocochleography to Understand and Improve Speech Perception Outcomes with Cochlear Implants. TUESDAY Oct 13th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Oct. 7, 2015—Title: Using Electrocochleography to Understand and Improve Speech Perception Outcomes with Cochlear Implants Speaker: Douglas C. Fitzpatrick, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Date: ***Tuesday***, October 13th Time: noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE Seminar: Predicting Tumor Growth with Biophysical Models Constrained by In Vivo Imaging Data. Thursday Oct 1th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Sep. 28, 2015—Title: Predicting Tumor Growth with Biophysical Models Constrained by In Vivo Imaging Data Speaker: Thomas E. Yankeelov, PhD, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Professor of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Date: Thursday, October 1st Time: noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE affiliate honored
Sep. 17, 2015—Recently VISE affiliate Michael Miga PhD was honored with the prestigious designation of Harvie Branscomb Professor. Read more: Miga honored
Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering (ViSE) is now the Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering (VISE)
Sep. 14, 2015—Just announced: The Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering is now the Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering. The promotion from a three-year trial program to an established institute is the consequence of a Vanderbilt Reinvestment Award from the University’s $50 million Trans-Institutional Program, which is part of Vanderbilt’s new Academic Strategic Plan. Read more:...
VISE Seminar: CranialCloud: a cloud-based architecture to support trans-institutional collaborative efforts in neurodegenerative disorders. Thursday Sept 17th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Sep. 14, 2015—Title: CranialCloud: a cloud-based architecture to support trans-institutional collaborative efforts in neurodegenerative disorders Speakers: Peter E. Konrad, MD, PhD Professor of Neurological Surgery, VUMC Pierre-Francois D’Haese, PhD,Research Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, VU Date: Thursday, September 17th Time: Noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE affiliates awarded 3-Year NSF Grant
Sep. 8, 2015—VISE affiliates Nabil Simaan (ARMA lab) and Dr. Karen Joos (Ophthalmology) were recently awarded a 3-year NSF grant entitled “Continuum Robots for Multi-Scale Manipulation.” This project is designed to demonstrate a new class of continuum robots capable of multi-scale manipulation; that is, the ability to achieve large motion with millimetric precision and to achieve small...
VISE Summer Fellows Presentations and Social, Thursday September 3rd, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided.
Aug. 28, 2015—Come see what our ViSE Fellows have been working on this summer! VISE Summer Fellows Presentations and Social, Thursday September 3rd, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided. See you there!
VISE Fall 2015 Seminars Announced
Aug. 28, 2015—September 3rd, Thursday: VISE Summer Fellows Presentations and Social, noon-2pm. September 17th, Thursday: Dual Seminar Format: Dr. Peter Konrad, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery, VUMC, Dept. of Neurosurgery, and Dr. Pierre-Francois DHaese, PhD, Research Asst. Professor, Dept. of EECS October 1st, Thursday: Dr. Tom Yankeelov, PhD, Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Institute for...
VISE Instructional Workshop Summer Seminar Series, TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY Aug 11-12th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Jul. 30, 2015—Introduction to Fiducial Registration for Medical Applications Dr. Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD Professor of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, Radiology & Radiological Sciences, and Neurological Surgery, Emeritus ***Tuesday/Wednesday***, August 11 & 12, 2015 Stevenson Center 5326 Noon Start, 11:50 am Lunch served
Tiny mechanical wrist gives new dexterity to needlescopic surgery
Jul. 27, 2015—With the flick of a tiny mechanical wrist, a team of engineers and doctors at Vanderbilt University’s Medical Engineering and Discovery Laboratory hope to give needlescopic surgery a whole new degree of dexterity. Needlescopic surgery, which uses surgical instruments shrunk to the diameter of a sewing needle, is the ultimate form of minimally invasive surgery....
VISE Instructional Workshop Summer Seminar Series, TUESDAY July 28th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Jul. 27, 2015—Introduction to Digitization Techniques for Surgical Guidance Speakers: Logan W. Clements, PhD Research Assistant Professor Rebekah H. Conley, PhD candidate Vanderbilt University Biomedical Engineering
VISE affiliates win awards at the European Symposium for Pediatric Cochlear Implants
Jul. 17, 2015—Alex Sweeny (Vanderbilt 2nd Year Fellow) and George Wanna (Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center) won the best poster award at the European Symposium for Pediatric Cochlear Implants (ESPCI). The ESPCI conference showcased 367 posters of which 7 by ViSE affiliates were chosen to be oral talks. First Prize went to the Vanderbilt...
VISE Fellow awarded Best Oral Presentation at Hamlyn Symposium
Jul. 13, 2015— Philip Swaney of the MED Lab was recognized with the Best Oral Presentation Award at the Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics. Summary of the presentation: Lung cancer is the most deadly form of cancer, and survival depends on early-stage diagnosis and treatment. Toward accurate diagnosis of lung cancer, we have created a new...
VISE Research in Progress Summer Seminar Series, Thursday July 16th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Jul. 10, 2015—Title: Correcting Heat-Induced Distortions in MR Thermometry Speaker: Pooja Gaur, PhD candidate Department: Chemical and Physical Biology Program Title: Robotically Controlled Magnetic Capsule Colonoscopy Speaker: Addisu Zerihun, PhD candidate Department: Mechanical Engineering
VISE wins TIPs Award
Jun. 25, 2015—VISE has been awarded one of seventeen cross-disciplinary Trans-Institutional Program (TIPs) initiative awards! Read more: http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/06/seventeen-projects-win-tips-funding/
VISE Research in Progress Summer Seminar Series, Thursday June 25th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Jun. 18, 2015— Title: Using Target Registration Error to Statistically Ensure Robotic Bone Milling Safety Speaker: Michael Siebold, PhD candidate Department: Mechanical Engineering Title: Towards the development of a planning framework for microwave ablation treatment of hepatic tumors Speaker: Jarrod Collins , PhD candidate Department: Biomedical Engineering
VISE Seminar: Incorporating FDA Regulatory Thinking Into Plans for Medical Devices. Thursday June 11th, 12:10. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at noon.
Jun. 8, 2015—Title: Incorporating FDA Regulatory Thinking Into Plans for Medical Devices Speaker: Kenneth J. Holroyd, MD, MBA, Medical Director, Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization Medical Device Regulatory Affairs Program, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Date: Thursday, June 11th Time: 12:10pm start, noon snacks Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Discussion of the utility of thinking...
VISE Summer Seminar Series Announced
Jun. 8, 2015—June 11th , Thursday, Speaker: Kenneth J. Holroyd, MD, MBA, Medical Director, Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization – Incorporating FDA Regulatory Thinking Into Plans for Medical Devices June 25th, Thursday, Speakers: Michael Siebold, VU Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Jarrod Collins, VU Dept. of Biomedical Engineering – Research in Progress Reports July 16th, Thursday,...
VISE Seminar: Intraventricular Neuroendoscopy: Operating with One Hand Tied Behind my Back. Limitations at the Frontier of Neurosurgery. Thursday April 9th, 12:15. SC 5326, Refreshments provided.
Apr. 6, 2015—Intraventricular Neuroendoscopy: Operating with One Hand Tied Behind my Back. Limitations at the Frontier of Neurosurgery Speaker: Robert P. Naftel, Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, VUMC Date: Thursday, April 9th, 2015 Time: 12:15 pm, lunch served Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE Seminar: Using Human Motion Analysis to Improve Surgical Outcomes: Recent Progress & Future Opportunities, Thursday March 16th, 12:15. SC 5326, Refreshments provided.
Mar. 23, 2015—Title: Using Human Motion Analysis to Improve Surgical Outcomes: Recent Progress & Future Opportunities Speaker: Karl E. Zelik, PhD – Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, & Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Date: Thursday, March 26th Time: 12:15-1:10 Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Human motion analysis refers to a set of biomechanical measurement techniques that enable us...
ViSE affiliates use magnetic force to enhance laparoscopic surgery
Mar. 13, 2015—A new surgical approach called local magnetic actuation (LMA) developed by ViSE affiliate Pietro Valdastri and graduate students Christian Di Natali and Nicolò Garbin is revolutionizing the way laparoscopic surgery is performed. LMA is described in detail in a recent article titled “Closed-Loop Control of Local Magnetic Actuation for Robotic Surgical Instruments” published recently in...