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Leadership

 

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

                                   

 

Peter Schulam, MD
Co-Director, CASIT
Executive Committee, CASIT
Director, Laparoscopic Surgery, UCLA Stone Center
Associate Professor of Urology
Research: MEMS-enabled implantable pressure sensors, internal cryoblation and RF ablation of renal tissue, clinical research

 

Erik Dutson, MD
Co-Director, CASIT
Executive Committee, CASIT
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Research: Haptic feedback for robotic surgery, haptic-guided telementoring systems, clinical research

 

Gregory Carman, PhD
Board of Directors, CASIT
Executive Committee, CASIT
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research: Haptic-guided telementoring systems 

 Martin Culjat, PhD, Engineering Research Director, CASIT

Martin Culjat, PhD
Engineering Research Director, CASIT
Executive Committee, CASIT
Assistant Professional Researcher, Department of Surgery
Research: Ultrasound imaging, sensors and actuators in robotic surgery and prosthetics, haptic feedback, THz imaging, robotic ocular surgery, artificial muscles 

 

Warren Grundfest, MD
Board of Directors, CASIT
Executive Committee, CASIT
Professor of Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, and Surgery
Research: Haptic feedback for robotic surgery, prosthetic haptic feedback, minimally invasive surgical tools, ultrasound imaging, lasers for biomedical applications

 

Cheryl Hein, MS 
Managing Director, CASIT
Executive Committee, CASIT

 

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

 

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