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Pioneering Patient-Specific Approaches for Precision Surgery Using Imaging and Virtual Reality
Published on: April 5, 2024
Inventing our future: training the next generation of surgeon innovators
Thomas M Krummel1, Michael Gertner, Josh Makower
1Stanford University, Stanford, California. Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Stanford, CA 94305-5784, USA. tkrummel@stanford.edu <tkrummel@stanford.edu>
Abstract:
Current surgical care and technology has evolved over the centuries from the interplay between creative surgeons and new technologies. As both fields become more specialized, that interplay is threatened. A 2-year educational fellowship is described which teaches both the process and the discipline of medical/surgical device innovation. Multi-disciplinary teams (surgeons, engineers, business grads) are assembled to educate a generation of translators, who can bridge the gap between scientific and technologic advances and the needs of the physician and the patient.