VISE

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

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

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

The Science and Technology of Robotics in Medicine (STORM) Lab Hydrojet Team won Best Overall Award at the Surgical Robot Challenge 2016 for the Hamlyn Symposium of Medical Robotics. The international competition, held at the Imperial College in London, showcases the latest developments in Surgical Robotics. STORM Lab’s project “Low-cost… Read More

From left, Hernan Gonzalez, Jon Heiselman and Patrick Anderson. Not pictured, Megan Poorman. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) Engineering graduate students from across several disciplines will experience intensive training and mentoring with the potential to help them create devices, then get those out of the lab and into clinical settings. Offered through… Read More

VISE affiliates Robert F. Labadie, Professor of Otolaryngology and J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus, have published “Image-Guided Surgery: Fundamentals and Clinical Applications in Otolaryngology”. Image-guided surgery (IGS) is the term used for surgical procedures in which the surgeon employs tracked surgical instruments in conjunction with preoperative or… Read More