2007

ISIS featured on Evening Magazine, October 1st, 2007.
ISIS was recently featured on the television show Evening Magazine, as part of their series on Seattle's Top Doctors.

Evening Magazine, October 1st, 2007

ISIS featured in Seattle Magazine's Top Doctors
Check out the September 2007 edition, page 132.

ISIS has moved to New Facilities
We have moved to our new home on the first floor of the Surgery Pavilion (SP1120). We are open and operational Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM till 5:00 PM. Below is a map to the new ISIS Lab.

Surgery Pavilion.pdf

ISIS in the News - 8/2007
ISIS received press coverage of its efforts in medical education and telemedicine.
Seattle PI article
Idaho Statesman article

Idaho Statesman video

Raven tested by NASA in NEMO-12 5/2007
Raven - the surgical robot developed at UW was tested by NASA. The robot located on the ocean floor in Aquarius (NASA’s underwater human habitat training facility) in Key Largo, FL was teleoperated by surgeons from the UW using commercial internet communication as part of NEEMO 12 mission.

UW press release

2006

UW “What If” Campaign
ISIS was recently chosen as one of the “What If” campaign poster children. The campaign is highlighting ways that the University of Washington is addressing difficult and important issues within many different fields. Commercials featuring ISIS have been running on NW Cable News and King 5 in the evenings as well as on the radio and in the Seattle Times.
What If Surgery Could be Made Even Safer

'Life-Saving' Coaching 11/30/2006
UW President Mark Emmert received a few lessons in emergency patient care from Dr. Brian Ross, executive director of ISIS.
uweek.org

Doc at a Distance 11/1/2006
Robot surgeons promise to save livesin remote communities, war zones, and disaster-stricken areas.
Jacob Rosen & Blake Hannaford - IEEE Spectrum Magazine 2006

Education in Medicine lecture - 9/2006
Visuals from Education in Medicine lectures: "Simulation in Medical Education - UW at the (virtual) Cutting Edge"
Dr. Carlos Pellegrini: Genesis, mission and vision of ISIS [PDF 2 MB]
Dr. Brian Ross: Evaluating performance using simulation in medical education [PDF 2 MB] [PPT 42 MB]
Dr. Mika Sinanan: Simulation and patient safety [PDF 1MB]

Chinese medical school presidents visit
Chinese medical school presidents, deans and faculty recently visited the UW Institute for Surgical and Interventional Simulation (ISIS) to explore how to train physicians in rural and urban locations throughout China in the latest advances in medicine. Read article in UWeek

Remote Surgery 6/12/2006
Tomorrow's battlefield surgeon may not be flesh and blood. Imagine a futuristic battlefield where doctors can quickly treat injured soldiers — from thousands of miles away. Read article in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
King 5 video clip of desert remote surgery test
[Windows Media 7MB]
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

ISIS Featured on Microsoft Technology Webcast 5/25/2006
ISIS was featured on the Microsoft technology spotlight web cast “10”. The website, www.On10.net showcased the technology being utilized at ISIS and talked with Dr. Ross at length about how the technology is being used to train future physicians and how it is saving lives. There was so much to show that two shows were shown on consecutive days. The first day spotlighted the Sim Man human patient simulator and its capabilities. Tina and Laura (The Hosts) took part in a mock code in which Chris went under general anesthesia and had an adverse reaction. The second day highlighted the surgical aspects of ISIS. The LapSIM, SurgiSIM and Verefi Head 2 Head laparoscopic simulator as well as the mirror trainers, simulated tissues and Homer Simpson Operation game.
Webcast No. 1
Webcast No. 2

Puget Sound Business Journal Article 5/12/2006
Dr. Mika Sinanan, one of our experts and the Head of ISIS R&D, recently had an article titled, “Simulation becoming a better way to train doctors” published in the Puget Sound Business Journal. In the article, Dr. Sinanan discusses how simulation is becoming a necessary part of physician training and continuing education.

Health Sciences Open House 4/28/2006
ISIS took place in the Health Sciences Open House. The two day event showcased different projects and departments within the Health Sciences and gave the public an opportunity to see all that goes on in the Health Sciences. We had a table located in the A300 lobby that directed the public to the ISIS center and over the course of two days had over 1000 people come through the center. For the better part of two days the laparoscopic trainers were thoroughly used, Dr. Ross did mock code classes and the center was buzzing. Overall it was an incredibly successful event.

The Red Dragon

The Red Dragon a reseach laparoscopic simulator developed at the Biorobotics lab is now located in RR-406. The Red Dragon is the second generation of the Blue Dragon . The Red Dragon monitors laparoscopic instrument movement along with the forces and toques applied on the tools. Students training in laparoscopic surgery at ISIS will be using the Red Dragon to both monitor progress and help validate laparoscopic simulation. If you are interested in finding out more about the Red Dragon and/or related projects, stop by the center or email our R&D director, Mika Sinanan.

 

2005

The robots are taking over — in the operating room.
UW researchers are looking at robotic technologies as an expansion of arthroscopic and laparoscopic surgery, which now give surgeons the ability to perform operations while minimizing the trauma caused by incisions. Read article in The UW Daily.

Robotic arms could be future of surgery 8/18/2005
What if, when soldiers fall on the battlefields of the future, they are not treated and taken to safety by medics, but by robots? UW electrical engineering professor Blake Hannaford and a multidisciplinary research team are trying to make this vision a reality... Read article in The UW Daily