Biomedical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering and Bioimaging at UNMC Bioimaging at UNMC

Michael J. Dixon, Ph.D. UNeMed Corporation

Marsha Morien, MSBA, FACHEExecutive Director, Center for Advanced Surgical Technology

OverviewOverviewAreas of Expertise at UNMC and UNOAreas 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

OverviewOverviewAreas of Expertise at UNMC and UNOAreas 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)

OverviewOverviewAreas of Expertise at UNMC and UNOAreas of Expertise at UNMC and UNO

Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery• Dmitry Oleynikov• Corrigan McBride

Nebraska Biomedical Nebraska Biomedical Research RetreatResearch Retreat

Medical-Engineering Case Study

PYH 4014

Topics to CoverTopics to Cover

TimelineLeveraging AssetsKeys to Success

“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

TimelineTimeline

1997 - Strategic Plan1999 - Steering Committee2001 - Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D. Recruited2002

– UNMC/UNL VCR Research Retreat– Engineering student recruited – Joint VCR funding - Miniature Robotic

Devices

TimelineTimeline Continued 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

Timeline ContTimeline 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

Timeline ContinuedTimeline 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, PI’s– $2.25 million

Additional Applications Pending– NIH: Farritor, PI– NSF: Platt, PI

Keys to SuccessKeys 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

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