Erik Dutson, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery, Executive Director of CASIT
@ErikDutsonMD
EDutson@mednet.ucla.edu
Robotic surgery haptic feedback, VR/AR/AI-based simulation
Areti Tillou, MD, MSEd
Professor, Department of Surgery
Vice Chair of Education
Director, UCLA CASIT Accredited Education Institute
Assistant Designated Institutional Official, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
ATillou@mednet.ucla.edu
Medical Education
Geriatric Trauma
Professor and Chair, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA
Research Interests
Dr. St. John's research encompasses several areas of translational investigation in head & neck cancer. Dr. St. John's laboratory is interested in understanding the mechanisms of tumor progression and metastasis in head and neck cancer. She and her colleagues are investigating COX-2-dependent gene and protein expression and determining how these modify tumor invasion, angiogenesis, immunity and apoptosis in head & neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Novel genes and pathways for future targeted therapies are also being identified and studied. Dr. St. John’s lab is also involved in actively incorporating the results of their laboratory-based research into the development of novel therapies for HNSCC patients.
Abie Mendelsohn, MD
Associate Professor, Director of Head & Neck Robotic Surgery
Instagram: @abie_mendelsohn_md
Robotic surgical skill development and retention
Minimally invasive treatment for throat cancer
Leonard Marks, MD
Professor, deKernion Endowed Chair in Urology
LMarks@mednet.ucla.edu
Prostate-focused technologies
Image fusion/ultrasound
High-resolution ultrasound
Tumor ablation
Wayne Brisbane, MD
Clinical Instructor, Department of Urology
@Wayne_Brisbane
WBrisbane@mednet.ucla.edu
Prostate cancer imaging
Micro-ultrasound
MRI
Gabriel Oland, MD
PGY-4 General Surgery Resident
@GabeOland
GOland@mednet.ucla.edu
COVID-19 diagnostic testing
Noninvasive intracranial pressure monitoring
Social robotics
Zachary Weitzner, MD
PGY-3 General Surgery Resident
@ZachWeitzner_MD
ZWeitzner@mednet.ucla.edu
Enteric nervous signaling changes following bariatric surgery
Perioperative risk assessment in surgical patients with COVID-19
Correlation of radiographic and gross characteristics of appendicoliths
EMR-based assessment of extended postoperative length of stay
Ivy Huang, MD
PGY-3 General Surgery Resident
@IvyHuangMD
IHuang@mednet.ucla.edu
Virtual mock oral examinations
Impact of virtual interviews on perception of residency applicants
Teaching residents quality improvement
ACGME Patient Safety Collaborative
Greg Carman, PhD
Professor, Director of TANMS (Translational Applications of Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems) & Lockheed Martin Chair of Engineering
Carman@seas.ucla.edu
Understanding the response of ACTIVE/Smart materials for biomedical applications, e.g. covered stents, antennas for pacemakers
Multiferroic, magnetostrictive, piezoelectric, and shape memory alloys
Modeling structural response of multiphysics based systems
Robert Candler, PhD
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
https://sites.google.com/g.ucla.edu/stl
RCandler@g.ucla.edu
Medical sensors for robotic surgery
Miniature MRI coils for In vivo imaging
Medical devices
Anand Santhanam, PhD
Associate Professor, UCLA Radiation Oncology
ASanthanam@mednet.ucla.edu
Dr. Santhanam's focus is on developing algorithms and techniques that cater to the requirements of medicine. In particular, he worked on the biomechanical modeling of lungs since 2002 for different applications ranging from computer animation, virtual reality, rehabilitation, tissue engineering to radiation oncology.
Rory Geoghegan, PhD
Project Scientist
Rory.Geoghegan@ucla.edu
Dr. Geoghegan is a project scientist in the departments of Urology and Surgery. He has a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering (University College Dublin, 2010), a master’s degree in biomedical engineering (Imperial College London, 2011) and a doctorate in bioengineering (University of California, Los Angeles, 2019). Prior to joining UCLA he worked for Stanmore Implants Worldwide (now Stryker) designing orthopedic implants and surgical instruments.
Dr Geoghegan’s research focuses on the development of minimally invasive surgical instruments. This work includes the design and clinical validation of interstitial optical and thermal probes for monitoring focal laser ablation of soft tissue tumors. In addition, he is investigating the utility of high-resolution ultrasound for prostate cancer localization. In the field of robotic surgery, he is developing haptic feedback to restore the sense of touch, detect soft tissue tumors and aid in surgical training.
Further information on Dr Geoghegan’s work can be found here:
Focal laser ablation of soft tissue tumors
High-resolution ultrasound for prostate cancer detection
Robotic surgery
Songping (Catherina) Sun
Graduate Student Researcher
SongpingSun@ucla.edu
Haptic feedback in surgical robots
Jake Pensa, MS
Graduate Student Researcher
JPensa@mednet.ucla.edu
High resolution ultrasound imaging for prostate cancer
Focal therapy treatment planning for prostate cancer
Haptic feedback for robotic surgery
Adam A. Abiri, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
AAbiri@ucla.edu
Haptic feedback system for minimally invasive surgery
Computer-assisted robotic surgery
Wireless implantable medical devices
Alan Priester, PhD
Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Urology
APriester@mednet.ucla.edu
Minimally invasive prostate cancer therapy
Prostate radiologic and pathologic correlation
Prostate cancer imaging and diagnosis
Yazeed Alhiyari, PhD
Project Scientist, Department of Head and Neck Surgery
YAlhiyari@mednet.ucla.edu
Dynamic optical contrast imaging
Cancer margin detection
Translational medicine
Treatment de-escalation
Connie Luu
Administrative Specialist
connieluu@mednet.ucla.edu
(310) 267-8262
