Biomedical Engineering and Bioimaging at UNMC

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Biomedical Engineering and Bioimaging at UNMC
Michael J. Dixon, Ph.D. UNeMed
Corporation Marsha Morien, MSBA, FACHE Executive
Director, Center for Advanced Surgical Technology
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OverviewAreas of Expertise at UNMC and UNO

• Bioinformatics
• Hesham Ali (UNO) Dhundy Bastola (UNMC)
• Simon Sherman (UNMC)
• Orthopaedics Biomechanics Surgery Research
• Hani Haider
• Kevin Garvin
• Nano-biotechnology Research
• Fereydoon Namavar
• Anesthesiology
• Ben Boedeker

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OverviewAreas of Expertise at UNMC and UNO

• Informatics and Automated Laboratory
• Rod Markin
• HPER Biomechanics Laboratory
• Nick Stergiou (UNO)
• Software Development
• Bud Shaw Steve Hinrichs
• Hubert Hickman John Glock
• Wireless Technologies
• Steve Hinrichs
• Hesham Ali (UNO)

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OverviewAreas of Expertise at UNMC and UNO

• Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery
• Dmitry Oleynikov
• Corrigan McBride

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Nebraska Biomedical Research Retreat
PYH 4014

• Medical-Engineering Case Study

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Topics to Cover

• Timeline
• Leveraging Assets
• Keys to Success

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As a medical center with significant investments
in surgical expertise providing an essential core
to our clinical, educational, and research
efforts, we face an interesting fork in the road
of our evolution. We either can be early market
consumers or we can strive to become
innovators. --Byers W. Shaw,
Jr. M.D. College of Medicine
Strategic Planning 1997
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Timeline

• 1997 - Strategic Plan
• 1999 - Steering Committee
• 2001 - Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D. Recruited
• 2002
• UNMC/UNL VCR Research Retreat
• Engineering student recruited
• Joint VCR funding - Miniature Robotic Devices

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Timeline Continued

• 2004 - 2007
• Nebraska Research Initiative
• New Robotic Tools for Minimal Access Surgery
• Investigators at UNMC/UNL/UNO
• 2004
• Intuitool licensed to Gyrus
• Federal DOD application for surgical robotic
  tools approved
• 2005 - Center for Advanced Surgical Technology
• Board of Regents Approved
• Includes investigators from UNMC/UNL/UNO
• Four surgeons and six engineers involved
• Advisory Board of Department Chairs and Deans

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Timeline Cont

• 2005
• Minimally Invasive Surgery Center
• The Nebraska Medical Center
• Advances clinical directions
• All new students and faculty see surgery
• Joint academic position
• Surgery and Mechanical Engineering
• Carl Nelson, Ph.D.
• Research labs at UNMC and UNL
• Nebraska Engineering Research Foundation
• Mini-robot business planning

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Timeline Continued

• 2006
• Nebraska Surgical Solutions
• Advances commercial direction
• UNMC licenses mini-robot technologies
• Federal Funding
• UNL
• NIH, Platt, PI
• UNMC
• Congressional Directive DOD TATRC
• Robotic Telesurgery Research
• Oleynikov and Farritor, PIs
• 2.25 million
• Additional Applications Pending
• NIH Farritor, PI
• NSF Platt, PI

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Keys to Success

• Leveraging funding
• Philanthropy
• Biomedical Tobacco Tax Settlement
• Nebraska Research Initiative
• Academically Productive Relationships
• All disciplines must receive benefit
• UN must also receive benefit in return for
  investments
• Keep forging ahead
• Share success stories and help others