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Title:   Engineering Precision Medicine in Epilepsy Speaker:  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:  Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract:  Epilepsy is a very heterogeneous disorder… Read More

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 Vanderbilt University’s Medical Engineering and Discovery Lab… Read More

The Vanderbilt 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… Read More

I-Corps prepares scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the laboratory, and broadens the impact of select, NSF-funded, basic-research projects. Read More

Title:   Data-driven Healthcare: Perspectives from the Interface of Data Science, Research & Development, and Clinical Medicine Speaker:  Nicholas Marko, MD, Chief Data Officer & Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger Medical Center Date: Thursday, September 8, 2016… Read More

An interdisciplinary team at Vanderbilt 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… Read More

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… Read More

Title:   Vessel-based brain-shift compensation using biomechanical modeling and intraoperative ultrasound Speaker:  Matthieu Chabanas, PhD, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Grenoble Institute of Technology, FR Date: Tuesday, August 23 Time: 12:10 start, noon lunch… Read More

EB Jackson and surgeon Reid Thompson remember EB’s husband, Todd Jackson, who died from brain cancer in 2014. Reid, who had treated Todd ten years earlier, recalls his devastation when he learned about the re-occurrence and the futility of further treatments, and EB reflects on Todd’s passing. Todd’s battle against… Read More

Metro Nashville Mayor Megan Barry has made a number of appointments to boards, committees and advisory committees in recent weeks. Among them are a number of members of the Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center communities, including: Sri Pallavaram, research associate for the Vanderbilt Institute… Read More