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Med-Tech Summit Interview

Dr Amin Madani, Surgeon at University Health Network, sat down for a talk with Mike Prasad at Med-Tech Summit Americas June 2022

Medical Education Research Grant – Recipients

Recipients of the Medical Education Research Grant from the past few years.

Toronto doctor developed an AI to reduce surgical complications

Performing surgery requires extreme skill, focus and precision; researchers hope to develop AI systems to train and assist surgeons.

Member Spotlight: Amin Madani

We caught up with Dr. Amin Madani, an endocrine and acute care surgeon at UHN and researcher with The Institute for Education Research (TIER). He attended Western University's...

CTV Your Morning – New AI tool aims to improve life-saving surgery outcomes

Toronto doctor Dr. Amin Madani explains how the prototype works and how it could help other medical professionals around the world.

Made-in-Canada AI prototype like ‘Google Maps’ for surgeons: doctor

A new prototype that uses artificial intelligence to guide doctors in the operating room could help democratize surgical care around the world, a surgeon behind the new software...

AI developed to reduce surgical complication | CTV News

Dr. Amin Madani, staff surgeon at UHN, talks about how to improve operation and reduce the risk of complications.

Radiological Technology students participate in unique opportunity during orthopedic surgery lab

Three Radiological Technology students at The Michener Institute of Education at UHN recently had the unique opportunity to take X-ray images during a cadaver lab in the Temerty...

New State-of-the-Art Surgical Education Centre Launches in Canada with Johnson & Johnson Self-Directed Skills Lab

The newly launched Temerty Advanced Surgical Education & Simulation Centre, home of the Johnson & Johnson Self-Directed Skills Lab, opened its doors earlier this year and the Canadian J&J...

COVID Care Learning platform receives award for innovation in healthcare education

A team led by Maria Tassone, Karen Chaiton and Mohammad Salhia from The Michener Institute of Education at UHN and University Health Network, has won the 2021 Ted...

21st century teaching tools

Standing in front of a suitcase-shaped simulator, a surgeon across the globe manipulates a set of gripper handles connected to instruments via long thin rods. Using images sent...

Toronto doctor develops AI prototype to help reduce surgical complications

When Dr. Amin Madani isn't removing burst appendixes or excising cancerous cells from his patients, he's thinking about how to improve the performance of surgeons in the operating...