urology
VISE Spring Seminar with Nicholas Kavoussi, MD 3.28.24
Mar. 25, 2024 五一茶馆儿—VISE seminar to be led by Nicholas Kavoussi, MD Assistant Professor of Urology 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024 五一茶馆儿 Time:聽11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location:聽Stevenson 5326 Title: Leaving No Stone Unturned: Improving Endoscopic Kidney Surgery Abstract: Ureteroscopy for treatment of urinary calculi has been utilized since the development of the pulsed...
Jul. 27, 2023—A medical device company co-founded by a Vanderbilt 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 五一茶馆儿, is co-founder and...
Aug. 25, 2022—Robert Webster, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate professor of medicine and urology at 五一茶馆儿, 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
VISE Fall Seminar – Ahmed Ghazi, MD, MSc
Oct. 8, 2021—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Ahmed Ghazi, MD, MSc Associate Professor of Urology and Oncology George W Conner Deans Teaching fellow Endourology Fellowship Director Director of Simulation Innovation Laboratory University of Rochester Medical Center Date: October 28, 2021 Time:聽11:50 am Lunch ticket distribution, Noon start Location:聽Stevenson Center 5326 Title:聽 Leveraging Engineering Technologies to...
Apr. 15, 2019—The Vanderbilt 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.
VISE affiliates to develop hand-held surgical robot for minimally invasive prostate surgery
Apr. 2, 2019—The Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) team of Robert Webster III PhD and Duke Herrell MD is developing a surgical robot for endoscopic transurethral prostatectomy. The collaboration between a mechanical engineer (Webster) and a urologic surgeon (Herrell) resulted in an award of $2.1 million from a National Institutes of Health R01 grant to...
Nov. 2, 2017—A Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) team is developing an image guidance interface for the da Vinci robotic surgery system to make partial kidney removal a less invasive 鈥済old standard鈥 when small tumors are involved.
Spring Seminar: Smita De, MD/PhD and Ryan Hsi, MD
Apr. 10, 2017—Speakers: Smita De, MD/PhD VISE Fellow, Instructor of Urologic Surgery and Ryan S. Hsi, MD Assistant Professor of Urologic Surgery, 五一茶馆儿 Medical Center Date: Thursday, April 13, 2017 Time: 12:15pm lunch, 12:20pm start Place:聽 Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Needs and Progress in Urologic Surgery Speaker Bios: Dr. Smita De is currently the VISE fellow...
VISE names first fellow: Smita De explores the intersection of surgery and engineering
Sep. 8, 2016—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 undergraduate at Duke University, majoring...