International Lectureships

 

1.            University of Manitoba. Joseph Doupe Memorial Lecture. From Human to Robotic Hand. Winnipeg, Manitoba, August 27, 2004.

2.           Congress of Neurological Sciences 54^th Annual Meeting. Developing Technology for Neurosurgery. San Francisco, California, October 20, 2004.

3.           Congress of Neurological Sciences 54^th Annual Meeting. Developing a Neurosurgical Robot. San Francisco, California, October 20, 2004.

4.           University of British Columbia. Department of Engineering Physics Project Fair. Keynote Address: Project neuroArm: Advancing Surgical Robotics. Vancouver, British Columbia, March 3, 2005.

5.           University of Calgary. Virtual Reality Symposium. Project neuroArm. Calgary, Alberta, March 22, 2005.

6.           Israel Biomedical Technologies. Bio-Tech Israel Conference and Exhibition 2005. Project neuroArm: Advancing Surgical Technologies. Tel Aviv, Israel, May 24, 2005.

7.           Peking University, Third Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery. From intraoperative MRI to Robotics. Beijing, China, May 27, 2005.

8.           Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences Annual Meeting. Towards Robotics in Neurosurgery. Ottawa, Ontario, June 15, 2005.

9.           Canadian Science Writers Association 34^th Annual Conference. Project neuroArm. Jasper, Alberta, June 20, 2005.

10.         Congress of Neurological Surgeons 55^th Annual Meeting. Practical Course Intraoperative Imaging. Intraoperative MRI Based on a Moveable 1.5T Magnet. Boston, Massachusetts, October 8, 2005.

11.          University of British Columbia. Department of Surgery. Advancing Intraoperative MRI and Surgical Robotics. Vancouver, British Columbia, November 23, 2005

12.        UC Irvine School of Medicine. Pacific Rim Robotics Symposium. MR Compatible Robotics in Neurosurgery: Current Status and Future Trends. Garden Grove, California. January 6, 2006.

13.          University of Calgary. Department of Clinical Neurosciences. Robot in Evolution. Calgary, Alberta. March 24 2006.

14.        University of Calgary. Research in Action Community Showcase. Advancing Healthcare through Imaging and Robotics. Calgary, Alberta. April 20, 2006.

15.        University of Western Ontario. CNS Grand Rounds. Intraoperative MRI and Robotics: Surgery on a Moving Platform. London, Ontario. May 9, 2006.

16.        University of Calgary. TESS: Telehealth / E-Health Seminar Series. Project neuroArm. Calgary, Alberta. May 11, 2006.

17.          ICRA / IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. MRI / fMRI Compatible Robot Technology Workshop: A Critical Tool for Neuroscience and Image Guided Intervention. Lake Buena Vista, Florida. May 15, 2006.

18.        Southern Alberta Nurses Association Annual Meeting. New Frontiers in Neurosurgery. Calgary, Alberta. June 6 2006.

19.        Fourth Annual Nanomedicine Meeting. Intraoperative MRI and Robotics. Edmonton, Alberta. June 19 2006.

20.        Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists Annual Conference. Intraoperative MRI and Surgical Robotics. Calgary, Alberta. June 23 2006.

21.        University of Calgary. Seminars in Biomedical Engineering Teleconference. Integration of Robotics with intraoperative MRI. Calgary, Alberta. September 12, 2006.

22.        University of Virginia. Intraoperative MRI Clinical Experience and neuroArm. Richmond, Virginia. November 15, 2006.

23.        NRC Industrial Materials Institute. Project neuroArm. Montreal, Quebec. Feb 26, 2007.

24.        Alberta Ingenuity Board of Directors.  Image-guided therapy. Edmonton, Alberta. March 26, 2007.

25.        Cambridge University, Department of Neurosurgery.  Intraoperative MRI and neuroArm. Cambridge, England. June 14, 2007.

26.        International Robotic Surgery Symposium 2007. Perspectives on the Importance of Multidisciplinary Collaboration in Developing and Implementing Medical Robotics. Hong Kong, China. June 22, 2007.

27.        The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Neurosurgery. Intraoperative MRI and Robotics. Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China. June 22, 2007.

28.        International Robotic Surgery Symposium 2007. neuroArm: an MR compatible image-guided robotic system for microsurgery and stereotaxy. Hong Kong, China. June 23, 2007.

29.        ASAN Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery. Intraoperative MRI and Robotics. Seoul, Korea.  June 26, 2007.

30.        Xiehe Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery. Intraoperative MRI and Robotics. Beijing, China. June 27, 2007.

31.          Xuanwu Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery. Intraoperative MRI and Robotics. Beijing, China.  June 27, 2007.

32.        301 Military Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery. Intraoperative MRI and Robotics. Beijing, China. June 28, 2007.

33.          UCLA Departments of Radiology and Neurosurgery Grand Rounds. Intraoperative MRI and Robotics. Los Angeles, California.  August 23, 2007.

34.        Canadian Embassy, US-Canadian Trade Relations. Project neuroArm. Washington, DC.  September 19, 2007.

35.        4^th Kraków-Winnipeg Workshop on Imaging Technology. Integration of Robotic Technology with iMRI. Kraków, Poland. October 3, 2007.

36.        Mini Medical School, University of Calgary. Intraoperative MRI and Robotics. Calgary, Alberta. November 13, 2007.

37.          Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Speakers Series, University of Calgary. Integration of Robotics with MR Imaging. Calgary, Alberta. December 6, 2007.

38.        Minimally Invasive Robotic Association. NeuroArm Rome, Italy. January  26, 2008.

39.        The Korean Society of Cerebrovascular Surgery. From intraoperative MRI to Robotics. Taegu, Korea. February 23, 2008.

40.         Stroke Symposium Alberta. Hemorrhagic Stroke: Brain Aneurysms and Intracranial Bleeding. Calgary, Alberta.  March 7, 2008.

41.         Hotchkiss Brain Institute Free Science Session for Brain Awareness Week 2008. Robots and Imaging in the 21^st Century Operating Room. Calgary, Alberta. March 12, 2008.

 

Publications

 

1.            Sutherland GR, McBeth PB, Louw DF. NeuroArm: An MR Compatible Robot for Microsurgery. Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 1256: 504-508, 2003.

2.            Louw DF, Fielding T, McBeth PB, Gregoris D, Newhook P, Sutherland GR.  Surgical Robotics: A Review and Neurosurgical Prototype Development.  Neurosurg 54: 525-537, 2004.

3.            McBeth P, Louw D, Rizun P, Sutherland G. Robotics in Neurosurgery. AM J Surg 188:68S-75S, 2004.

4.            Rizun PR, Sutherland GR: A Tactile-Feedback Laser System for Robotic Surgery. Proceedings of the World Haptics Conference 426 – 431, 2005.

5.            Greer AD, Newhook P, Sutherland GR. Human-machine interface for robotic surgery and stereotaxy. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 1:295-297, 2006.

6.            Rizun P, Gunn D, Cox B, Sutherland G. Mechatronic Design of Haptics Forceps for Robotic Surgery. Int J Med Robotics Comput Assist Surg, 2:341-349, 2006.

7.            Sutherland GR, Newhook P, Feil G, Fielding T, Greer AD, Latour I. An image-guided MR compatible surgical robot.  Neurosurgery 62: 286-293, 2008.

8.            Sutherland GR, Latour I, Greer AD.  Integration of neuroArm with intaroperative MRI. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology. (In press, 2008).

9.            Greer AD, Newhook P, Sutherland GR. Human-machine interface for Robotic Surgery and  Stereotaxy. IEEE/ ASME Transactions on MRI Compatible Mechatronic Systems.  (In press, 2008).

10.         Choi MY, Sutherland GR. Surgical Performance in a Virtual Environment. (Submitted: Proceedings of SAGSET 2008 2008).

 

 

Patents

 

 

1.            Hoult D, Saunders JK, Sutherland GR, and Roberts FA.  Surgical Procedure with Magnetic Resonance Imaging.  U.S. Patent No. 5735278. 

2.            Hoult D, Saunders JK, Sutherland GR, and Roberts FA.  Surgical Procedure with Magnetic Resonance Imaging.  European Patent No. 0886786. 

3.           Hoult D, Saunders JK, Sutherland GR, and Roberts FA.  Surgical Procedure with Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Japan Patent No. 532996. 

4.           Hoult D, Saunders JK, Sutherland GR, and Roberts FA.  Surgical Procedure with Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Canada Patent No. 2246369. 

5.           Sutherland GR, Louw D, McBeth P, Fielding T, Gregoris D. MRI Compatible Neurosurgical Robot System. U.S. Patent No. 7155316 B2.