Workshop on Medical VR and AR
April 5, 2018
Stanford University, Tresidder Union, 2nd floor Oak Lounge

This workshop will bring researchers and clinicians who are using VR/AR to advance healthcare together with engineers who are developing the enabling technologies and applications.
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Program
| Times | Sessions | Presenters | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 -8:45 am | Check-in | ||
| 8:45 | Welcome | ||
| 9:00-9:30 am | Surgical Planning and Navigation | Sabine Girod, MD, DDS, PhD Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and, by courtesy, of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery. Stanford University | Video |
| 9:30 - 10:00 am | Augmented reality for robot-assisted surgery | Anthony Jarc, Ph.D. Manager of Research and Data Science at Intuitive Surgical | Video |
| 10:00-10:30 am | Advances in Haptics for Medical Applications — From Surgery to Rehabilitation | Allison Okamura, Ph.D. Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University | Video |
| 10:30 - 10:50 am | Coffee break | ||
| 10:50 - 11:20 am | Enhancing and augmenting human perception with sensors and artificial intelligence technologies | Achin Bhowmik, Ph.D. CTO and EVP at Starkey Hearing Technologies | Video |
| 11:20-12-20 pm | anel: The Bleeding Edge of Medical AR & VR: Perspectives of early physician adopters using AR & VR in their practice. | Moderators: Bruce Daniel, MD, Professor of Radiology, Stanford University Brian Hargreaves Ph.D. Professor of Radiology, Stanford University | Video |
| - Neurosurgical planning using VR - MR-guided lumpectomy - Stanford Virtual Heart - educating physicians, patients and families about complex congenital heart defects using VR - Chariot - Using VR to improve patient experiences during medical procedures | Panelists: - Gary Steinberg MD, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery, Stanford University - Amanda Wheeler MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Stanford University - David Axelrod MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University - Tom Caruso MD, M.Ed. Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University - Sam Rodriguez MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University | ||
| 12:20 - 1:30 pm | Lunch provided | ||
| 1:30 - 2:30 pm | Panel: VR/AR for Surgery and Medical Education | Moderator: Ed Chang, Ph.D. President of HTC Research and Healthcare | Video |
| Panelists: - Moty Avisar, MSE, MBA, Co-Founder and CEO of Surgical Theater - Justin Barad, MD, Co-Founder and CEO of OssoVR - Andinet Enquobahrie, Ph.D., MBA, Director of Medical Imaging, Kitware - Josh Richmond, MS, Senior Director of Engineering, Synaptive Medical | |||
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | The Dramatic Impact of VR / AR technology on Mental and Behavioral Health | Walter Greenleaf, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar at Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab | Video |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm | Demo Highlights | ||
| 3:30 - 6:00 pm | Interactive Demo Session | Curated by Lily Achatz, Executive Producer at Light Field Interactive |




