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The 33nd Annual
Great Lakes Biomedical Conference
Advances in Robotic Surgery
Friday April 23, 2010
 
 Speakers
Dr. James Spalding
Steven Strohbusch
Pat Virtue
Tracy Kavzanowski
Dr. Saqib Masroor
Dr. Kenneth Jacobsohn
 
Remarkable progress has been made in the development of robotic surgery in many areas of interventional medicine.  Robotic surgery is minimally invasive,  allows for faster patient recovery, and lower likelihood of post-surgical infections.  The procedures are performed with the use of sophisticated robotic equipment capable of mimicking a human hand within a much more contained space than is typically accessible to a human surgeon. In certain situations, the surgery may be done remotely, thus allowing the patient access to the best surgeons without the need to travel. How does it work? Who does it? Is it always the best?  The variety of speakers at this year’s conference reflects the multidisciplinary approach that has made this emerging and exciting field possible.  Speakers will discuss the clinical application robotic surgery in Orthopedic, Thoracic & Abdominal surgery.

 

Preliminary Agenda:

Time                 
7:30-8:00           Poster Set-up

8:00-9:00           Continental breakfast                          Networking & Poster Viewing


9:00-9:45           Dr. James Spalding, Keynote              The Importance of Clinical and Economic Outcomes in                              

.                         Director of Health Economics              Biomedical Technology Assessment

                          for GE Healthcare                                                           

9:45-10:30        Steven Strohbusch,  ProHealth             Orthopedic services                                    
10:30                15 min break                                        Break & Beverages
10:45-11:30       Pat Virtue                                           Visualization of the knee:

                                                                                    Biomedical engineering, software validation and clinical practice

11:30-12:30       Lunch                                                  

12:30-12:45       Tracy Kavzanowski,                           Early Patient Outcomes in Mitral Valve Surgery: Robot-assisted vs. Sternotomy
                           Milwaukee School of Engineering, Graduate Program

 

12:45-1:45         Dr. Saqib Masroor                             Robotic Cardiothoracic surgery
                          Medical College of Wisconsin, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

                                                                                            
1:45                   15 min break                                       Break & Beverages

2:00-3:00           Dr. Kenneth Jacobsohn                       Robotic surgery for prostate, kidney, and bladder cancers
                          Medical College of Wisconsin, Urology

 

3:00-3:30           Panel Discussion                                  Dr Gassert, moderator

3:30-3:45           Poster awards                                     GLBC Executive Committee

 

 

Speaker Bios:

Dr. James Spalding's information:  The Importance of Clinical and Economic Outcomes in Biomedical Technology Assessment

Bio: Dr. Spalding is the Director of Health Economics for GE Healthcare. He focuses on providing economic and outcomes research direction in the areas of Healthcare Systems, Medical Diagnostics, and Healthcare IT.  His responsibilities include identifying opportunities and leading the development and execution of health economics strategy in order to assess and demonstrate the value of GE Healthcare's products.
Previous to joining GE Healthcare, Dr. Spalding spent seven years in various health economic leadership roles within the pharmaceutical industry at Allergan Inc., TAP Pharmaceuticals, and Astellas Pharma.  He obtained his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of California, San Francisco, M.S. in Health Economics & Policy from the University of Southern California, and an M.S. in Computer Information Systems from Northwestern University.
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Pat Virtue is a software engineer in GE Healthcare's Clinical Software
Engineering (CSE) team.   He is currently researching medical image
segmentation and analysis technology for advanced applications in
orthopedics, neurology, and radiation therapy.  Pat's research includes
algorithm development, medical application prototyping, and working with
clinical research partners to validate new technology.

Bio: Pat graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2002 with a B.S.
degree in Computer Science Engineering.  He then joined GE Healthcare in
Waukesha, WI as part of the Edison Engineering Development Program.
Prior to his current CSE research role, Pat had various engineering and
research assignments working on wireless EKG antenna system design, 2D
and 3D computer graphics, and visualization applications for MR, CT,
PET, and surgical navigation.

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Dr. Saqib Masroor, MD, MHS, FACC will present on Robotic Cardiac Surgery to describe and explain the functioning of the robotic telemanipulation system and how it has helped perform complex tasks inside the chest through small ports allowing surgeons to perform coronary artery bypass, mitral valve repair etc.

Bio: Saqib Masroor, MD, MHS, FACC graduated from King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan and did MHS (Immunology) from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. He Completed his general surgery training at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit and his Cardiothoracic surgery Fellowship at University of Miami. He obtained an additional one year fellowship in Robotic and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine and is currently the Chief of Robotic Cardiac Surgery at Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin. his special interests include Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Mitral Valve repair, treatment of AF and Development of New Techniques and Technology. He has published many papers in peer-reviewed journals and is a reviewer for many leading journals such as Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Journal of American College of Cardiology, Heart Rhythm, Innovations etc.

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Dr. Kenneth Jacobsohn:  Robotic surgery for prostate, kidney, and bladder cancers

Dr. Kenneth Jacobsohn will address the role of robotic surgery in treating benign and malignant urologic diseases. His presentation will focus on the impact that the technology makes on both the technical aspects of surgery as well as patient outcomes.

Bio:  Dr. Kenneth Jacobsohn is currently the director of minimally invasive urologic surgery and an assistant professor of urology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed fellowship training in minimally invasive urologic oncology at City of Hope in Duarte, CA. A native of Wisconsin, he obtained his undergraduate degree from UW-Madison and went to medical school at Medical College of Wisconsin. Clinically, his interests are in prostate, kidney and bladder cancers, and robotic surgery.

 

The Great Lakes Biomedical Conference will be held at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) in Milwaukee, WI. The theme of this year's conference is Advances in Robotic Surgery,and there will be a range of related discussions, including a postersession and prizes as well as cutting edge talks.

Held at the
Milwaukee School of Engineering

http://www.msoe.edu/
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
DIRECTIONS

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Registration (includes lunch)
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CALL FOR POSTERS

Call for Posters:  Posters describing original research or new applications in the areas of biomedical engineering and related fields.

Download submission information.  For more information, contact Larry Fennigkoh, at :
fennigko@msoe.edu

Awards will be given to the three best posters presented by students. 

Conference Proceedings now available online.

For additional information please contact:
The Great Lakes Biomedical Conference
Larry Hause  
Ph:  262-894-3968
e-mail llhause@yahoo.com


Supporting Organizations:


MarquetteUniversity
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee School of Engineering
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
   


Milwaukee
Section of IEEE
IEEE Milwaukee, Computer Chapter
IEEE Milwukee, EMBS Chapter
Region 4 of IEEE

MU 


MCW   MSOE 


UWM



Sponsors:


Diagnostic Visions

Further Information call:  LL Hause, Conference Chair at 262-894-3968.




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Innovation Engineering, the 31th GLBC

Biomedical Sensors,the 30th GLBC

Biomedical Informatics: Applications, achievements and frontiers, the 29th GLBC

Taking Emerging Technologies to the Marketplace,the 28th GLBC

Appilcations of Nanotechnology,the 27th GLBC

Genomicsand Beyond, the 26th GLBC

Computer Assisted Surgery, the 25th GLBC