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Investigators

 

James Bisley, PhD 
CASIT Scientific Investigator
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
CASIT Research: Tactile feedback for robotic surgery and lower-limb prosthesis

 

Leonard S. Marks, MD
CASIT Medical Investigator
Professor, Urology
CASIT Research: Targeted Prostate Biopsy

Paul Vespa, MD
CASIT Medical Investigator
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery and Neurology
Director, Neurocritical Care
CASIT Research: Novel telepresence application using robotic wireless system 
 

Gregory Carman, PhD
Co-Executive Director, CASIT
Executive Committee, CASIT
CASIT Engineering Investigator
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
CASIT Research: Haptic-guided telementoring systems; Thin film nitinol devices

 

Alistair Cochran, MD
CASIT Medical Investigator
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine  
CASIT Research: THz medical imaging 

 

Martin Culjat, PhD
Engineering Research Director, CASIT
Executive Committee, CASIT
CASIT Engineering Investigator
Adjunct Assistant Professor,
     Departments of Bioengineering and Surgery
CASIT Research: Ultrasound imaging; Sensors and actuators in robotic surgery and rehabilitation medicine; Haptic feedback; THz imaging; Robotic ocular surgery; Artificial muscle actuators 

 

Erik Dutson, MD
Board of Directors, CASIT
Executive Committee, CASIT
CASIT Medical Investigator
Associate Professor of Surgery
CASIT Research: Haptic feedback for robotic surgery; Haptic-guided telementoring systems; Clinical research

  Petros Faloutsos, PhD 
CASIT Engineering Investigator 
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
CASIT Research: Haptic-guided telementoring systems
 

Warren Grundfest, MD
Board of Directors, CASIT
Executive Committee, CASIT
CASIT Medical Investigator
Professor of Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, and Surgery
CASIT Research: Haptic feedback for robotic surgery; Prosthetic haptic feedback; Minimally invasive surgical tools; Ultrasound imaging; Lasers for biomedical applications

  Vijay Gupta, PhD
CASIT Engineering Investigator
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
CASIT Research: Laser-generated shockwaves for treatment of infected wounds
 

E. Carmack Holmes, MD
Board of Directors, CASIT
Executive Director, CASIT
Emeritus Chairman, Department of Surgery
Executive Committee, CASIT
Professor, Thoracic Surgery

  

Jean Pierre Hubschman, MD 
CASIT Medical Investigator
Clinical Instructor, Jules Stein Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology 
CASIT Research: Intraocular robotic surgery; Ophthalmic devices 

 

Bill Kaiser, PhD 
CASIT Engineering Investigator
Professor, Electrical Engineering
CASIT Research: PC-Based Multimodal Procedure Trainer

 

Phil Kellman, PhD
CASIT Scientific Investigator 
Professor, Psychology
CASIT Research: Seedling Project

Hua Lee, PhD
CASIT Engineering Investigator
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (UCSB) 
CASIT Research: Flexible ultrasound imaging, THz medical imaging 

  Dan Levi, MD
CASIT Medical Investigator
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
CASIT Research: Thin film nitinol stents and heart valves 
 

David Lu, MD
CASIT Medical Investigator
Professor, Clinical Radiology 
CASIT Research: High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), ultrasound imaging

 

Neil Martin, MD
Board of Directors, CASIT
CASIT Medical Investigator
Professor, Neurosurgery
Director, Division of Neurosurgery
Research: Novel telepresence applications using robotic wireless system

Valeriy Nenov, PhD 
CASIT Scientific Investigator
Adjunct Professor, Neurosurgery
CASIT Research: CENTAUR: Clinically Empowered Novel Telepresence Application Using Robotic Wireless Systems

Stanley Osher, PhD
CASIT Scientific Investigator 
Professor, Mathematics 
CASIT Research: Seedling Project

Qibing Pei, PhD
CASIT Engineering Investigator
Professor, Material Science and Engineering,
CASIT Research: Artificial muscle actuators

David Rigberg, MD
CASIT Medical Investigator
Assistant Professor In Residence, Vascular Surgery
CASIT Research: Thin Film Nitinol Low Profile Devices for Vascular Repair

 

Eric Savitsky, MD
Board of Directors, CASIT
CASIT Medical Investigator
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Director, UCLA Center for International Emergency Medicine
CASIT Research: Ultrasound-guided procedural training using emergency technologies

 

Jake Schmidt, PhD 
CASIT Engineering Investigator
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
CASIT Research: MEMS sensors for in-vivo monitoring

  Tsu-Chin Tsao, PhD
CASIT Engineering Investigator
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
CASIT Research: Robotic intraocular surgery; High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) 
 

Steven Schwartz, MD
CASIT Medical Investigator
Associate Professor, Jules Stein Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology
CASIT Research: Intraocular robotic surgery; Ophthalmic devices 

Koren Shelton, MIA
CASIT Investigator
Managing Director, Center for International Medicine 
CASIT Research:  PC-Based Multimodal Procedure Trainer 

 

Eftychios Sifakis, PhD
CASIT Scientific Investigator
Postdoc Scholar, Mathematics
CASIT Research: PC-Based Multimodal Procedure Trainer 

   

Rahul Singh, PhD
CASIT Scientific Investigator
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Surgery
CASIT Research: Ultrasound imaging, THz imaging 

 

Joey Teran, PhD
CASIT Scientific Investigator 
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
CASIT Research: Seedling Project

 

Demetri Terzopoulos, PhD
CASIT Engineering Investigator
Professor, Computer Science
CASIT Research: PC-Based Multimodal Procedure Trainer