{"id":4209,"date":"2016-01-11T14:35:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T19:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/?page_id=4209"},"modified":"2026-03-13T09:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:59:50","slug":"seminar-series-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/seminar-series-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><i><strong>VISE Seminar Series<\/strong><\/i><\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10318 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2016\/01\/22115306\/Seminar-photo-650x279.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2016\/01\/22115306\/Seminar-photo-650x279.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2016\/01\/22115306\/Seminar-photo-300x129.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2016\/01\/22115306\/Seminar-photo-768x330.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2016\/01\/22115306\/Seminar-photo-150x64.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2016\/01\/22115306\/Seminar-photo-1536x659.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2016\/01\/22115306\/Seminar-photo.jpeg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>2026 Spring Seminar Schedule<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>January 29<\/strong>, Thursday<br \/>\n<em><strong>Marcia O&#8217;Malley, PhD<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThomas Michael Panos Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science,<br \/>\nElectrical and Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering<br \/>\nRice University<\/li>\n<li><strong>February 12<\/strong>, Thursday<br \/>\n<em><strong>W. Hong Yeo, PhD<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nG.P. &#8220;Bud&#8221; Peterson and Valerie H. Peterson Endowed Professor, Harris Saunders Jr. Endowed Professor<br \/>\nWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering<br \/>\nGeorgia Tech<\/li>\n<li><strong>February 26<\/strong>, Thursday<br \/>\n<em><strong>Charles Caskey, PhD<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>Associate Professor, <span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Radiology<\/span> &amp; Radiological Sciences<br \/>\n<\/span>Associate Professor, <span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\">Biomedical Informatics<br \/>\n<\/span>91ºÚÁÏÍø Medical Center<\/li>\n<li><strong>March 26<\/strong>, Thursday<br \/>\n<strong>Jason Kerkmans, JD<\/strong><br \/>\nFounder and Executive Vice President, Strategic Development<br \/>\nMINDSET Integrated Co<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"field__item\">\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--title paragraph--view-mode--default person__titles\">\n<div class=\"person__titles-title with-dept\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>April 2<\/strong>, Thursday<br \/>\n<em><strong>Joseph Neimat, MD, MS<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nChairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery, Professor of Neurosurgery<br \/>\nUniversity of Louisville School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li><strong>April 16<\/strong>, Thursday<br \/>\n<em><strong>Marc Niethammer, PhD\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nProfessor, Computer Science and Engineering<br \/>\nUC San Diego<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\">If you would like to receive seminar announcements, email <a href=\"mailto:michelle.bukowski@vanderbilt.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">michelle.bukowski@vanderbilt.edu<\/a> to be added to the list.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Seminars have a <strong>start time of 11:45 am (lunch) and will be located in LightHall 202<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <b><i>VISE Seminar Series <\/i><\/b>has a dual role in the School of Engineering as a major gathering activity for the 91ºÚÁÏÍø Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and as a training component to the NIH-sponsored Surgical and Interventional Engineering Training Program (T32EB021937).\u00a0 One of the central aspects to surgical\/interventional engineering is the assembly of multi-disciplinary physician-engineer teams for the improvement of patient care.\u00a0 As VISE comprises many laboratories across campus and the medical center, this <i>engineering in surgery and intervention<\/i> (ESI) thought-leaders seminar series has served as an activity for the faculty and trainees to come together to share, discover, and discuss trans-institutional research.\u00a0 The series has several formats that include: traditional seminars, informal research discussions, novel dual-speaker talks given by engineer-physician teams, and educational activities (e.g. grant writing workshops, research in progress reports, dissemination of new research techniques, intellectual property and technology transfer workshops, NIH peer review workshop, industry-academic summits, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>We should also note that at the conclusion of the academic year, the seminar series transitions to an <i>instructional summer<\/i>\u00a0seminar series where rising 2<sup>nd<\/sup> and 3rd-year trainees provide research in progress reports (RiPs).<\/p>\n<p>One of the important outcomes of the seminar has been to introduce new faculty to VISE capabilities as well as foster new collaborative efforts toward pressing problems in surgery and intervention.\u00a0 The seminar series meets approximately every two weeks and hosts both internal and external speakers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VISE Seminar Series &nbsp; 2026 Spring Seminar Schedule January 29, Thursday Marcia O&#8217;Malley, PhD Thomas Michael Panos Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering Rice University February 12, Thursday W. 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