Global Surgical AI Collaborative

Independent, non-profit supporting a global community and digital ecosystem to share and disseminate surgical knowledge, data, and expertise

[UHN Research @UHN_Research]

Researchers from @TIER_UHN and @APLabConcordia are transforming surgical training through the use of #AI and an innovative mobile game—LapBot. 🎮🩺

Read more > https://t.co/Wxk17EK1oR; https://t.co/g3P0BiIVGi

[Amin Madani MD PhD @aminmadaniMD]

Really excited to see this work published in @npjDigitalMed
Surgical #AI is very exciting however we have a major scalability problem to see this technology disseminated. This platform enables any AI model to be summoned via cloud to any OR in any geographic location

[npj Digital Medicine @npjDigitalMed]

Scaling AI for surgical guidance to operating rooms globally remains a major challenge, especially resource-limited settings. These authors describe a novel equipment-agnostic #MachineLearning pipeline to enable real-time deployment to any edge device.

https://t.co/WHjfNnJ714

[JAMA Surgery @JAMASurgery]

.@pennsurgery @laparoscopes @simulacionuc @julianvarascom @uncbiostat and Todd Schwartz offer a practical guide to #machinelearning and #AI in #SurgEd research. https://t.co/sn5DQF8tsw

[Valerio Capraro @ValerioCapraro]

🔥Now in press at @PNASNexus 🔥

We provide a state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary overview of generative AI’s potential impacts on (mis)information and three information-intensive domains: work, education, and healthcare.

Our goal is to highlight how generative AI could worsen existing inequalities while illuminating how AI may help mitigate pervasive social problems.

In each section, we cover a specific topic, evaluate existing research, identify critical gaps, and recommend research directions.

We pose 72 specific research questions that could significantly advance the field. Each question is non-trivial, and we discuss explicit trade-offs complicating the derivation of a priori hypotheses. See tables 1-4 in the paper and S1-S4 in the SI.

We conclude with a section highlighting the role of policymaking in maximizing generative AI’s potential to reduce inequalities while mitigating its harmful effects.

We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of existing policy frameworks in the European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom, noting that each fails to fully address the socioeconomic challenges we have identified.

We propose several concrete policies that could promote shared prosperity through the advancement of generative AI. See table 5 in the paper.

We hope that this work contributes to a comprehensive research agenda and public debates on these critical topics.

Full paper: https://t.co/njlyuLNwJR

This article would not have been possible without the collaboration of an amazing, multidisciplinary group of authors. Immense thanks to everyone involved!

@AustinLentsch @DAcemogluMIT @SelinAkgun9 Aisel Akhmedova @EBilancini @JFBonnefon @BehSnaps @lu_butera @Karen_Douglas Jim Everett Gerd Gigerenzer @chrisgreenhow @Laparoscopes @PCASOLab @jholtlunstad @jetten_j @baselinescene @werkunz @longoni_chiara Pete Lunn @simone_natale Stefanie Paluch @iyadrahwan Neil Selwyn Vivek Singh @ssuri Jennifer Sutcliffe @JoePTomlinson @Sander_vdLinden @PaulvanLange @FriederikeWall @jayvanbavel Riccardo Viale

[Global Surgical AI Collaborative @Surgical_AI]

Congratulations to our chair of the board @aminmadaniMD!

[Amin Madani MD PhD @aminmadaniMD]

Thank you @SAGES_Updates
Extremely humbled and grateful to my sages family, mentors, colleagues and @SurgicalAI_Lab @Surgical_AI
What an incredible organization! 🫶🏻
@altierim1 @HPB_Surgeon @Laparoscopes @lianefeldman @allanokrainec

[PennSurgery @pennsurgery]

Congratulations to @PCASOLab's @Laparoscopes on being awarded a 2024-2026 American Surgical Association Foundation Research Award!
The ASA award will support research investing cross-procedural #AI & lifelong learning algorithms w/ @grasplab @LifelongML_Penn

[Pietro Mascagni @p_masca]

What a stellar panel of urologists at @orsiacademy!

Groundbreaking research on #AI for proficiency-based training, surgical skills assessment and adverse events detection at the #surgicalaiday

[Dan Hashimoto, MD MS FACS @Laparoscopes]

The importance of a global perspective for #surgicalAI.

@IHUStrasbourg's @p_masca presents on why & how #AI can be utilized globally and not just for high income settings & how @Surgical_AI is facilitating such work

[Tyler Loftus @_TylerLoftus]

Congratulations to Dr Dan Hashimoto @Laparoscopes on his new role as Vice Chair of Education and Research for the @AmCollSurgeons Health Information Technology Committee 👏

[SAGES CVS Challenge @theCVSchallenge]

We’re still looking for annotators for cholecystectomy videos! Come be a part of our global initiative! Sign up: https://t.co/bHlkxPLsVa
Med students and residents welcome! #medtwitter #sages #surgery #computervision #cvschallenge

[Amin Madani MD PhD @aminmadaniMD]

This was by far one of the highlights of my professional career!
Thank you @NicolaJGI and @uoftmedicine for inviting me to share my journey and lessons learned with the next generation of clinician scientists. This was extremely meaningful 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[Jennifer Felix @JennCFe]

Such an interesting talk about Artificial Intelligence & Surgical Education 🤩
@PCASOLab @Laparoscopes @Surgical_AI

[Ameer Farooq MD MPH FRCSC @ameerfarooq]

On this episode of #ColdSteel, @aminmadaniMD talks to us about surgical data science, its pitfalls & what he's doing to incorporate in surgery

watch full interview: https://t.co/T9pzuNiezA

@UHN @cutitoutPODCAS1 @CAGS_ACCG @CanJSurg @EricKnauerMD @rbarbosa91 @SAGES_Updates

[Divya Kewalramani, MD @divvya20k]

Always a pleasure to listen to @aminmadaniMD share insights on Surgical AI. 🤖🩺 His expertise and passion shine through in every discussion.

@UHN @SAGES_Updates @Surgical_AI

[Dan Hashimoto, MD MS FACS @Laparoscopes]

Join the @AMIAinformatics webinar tomorrow to hear perspectives from @pennsurgery @pcasolab @langermology
@JamesJungMD & Christine McKeever-VanZandbergen (@UHC) on #videodata #ai for quality, safety, knowledge

https://t.co/y89Vid7ryS

[PCASO Laboratory @PCASOLab]

Great kick off to the 2023-2024 academic year w/ @PCASOLab retreat!

A rapidly growing lab of @pennsurgery @PennEngineers @GRASPlab students & fellows pursuing #AI-enabled precision #surgery & #surgicaleducation!

[Amin Madani MD PhD @aminmadaniMD]

#humbled
As a resident in @lianefeldman’s lab I would dream about a day when I could be a surgeon-scientist with a research program. Awesome to follow my mentors footsteps and honored to work with such a diverse and talented group of leaners and colleagues.

[Amin Madani MD PhD @aminmadaniMD]

Super excited!! It’s going to be a great year for Surgical AI 👊🏻
@Surgical_AI @HPB_Surgeon @p_masca @altierim1 @mikebrudno @SAGES_Updates @PCASOLab @pidebacker

[Amin Madani MD PhD @aminmadaniMD]

IT’S HERE! Our Safe Cholecystectomy Mobile Game App 🤩

✅Looking for a fun surgery game to play on your phone between cases?

✅Free on Android and Apple (link below)

✅Prizes for top scoring residents (surgeons get bragging rights)

✅Lots of scenarios with immediate feedback