Surgical Data Science Collective

3/ Real progress in surgical innovation starts with real cases.

If you’ll be there, let’s connect. We’re looking forward to building what’s next, together!

#NASBS2026
#SurgicalInnovation
#SurgicalAI
#DataDrivenSurgery

2/ 🎥 Attending the meeting? If you have surgical video data you’ve been thinking about activating for research, AI, or education, bring it with you.
Our team will be onsite and available to facilitate secure video ingestion and explore research collaborations.

1/ ✈️ We’re heading to NASBS 2026!

Looking forward to several days of meaningful conversation, bold ideas, and forward momentum in surgical care. The @ NASBS community consistently pushes what’s possible, and we’re excited to be part of it.

Turning Medical Students into Surgical Data Scientists with SVP

3/ 🔗 Read the full story: tinyurl.com/4ja6kjdu

👉 If you’re looking to expand your network, get hands-on exposure to surgical data and AI workflows, and play a role in advancing the field, please reach out to us here: www.surgicalvideo.io/community

#Neurosurgery #AIinResearch #SurgicalInnovation

Turning Medical Students into Surgical Data Scientists with SVP

2/ She uploaded 150 transsphenoidal pituitary cases and helped train AI models that analyze surgical workflow, tool use, and procedural phases.

Danielle’s work is proof that medical students don’t have to wait for residency to contribute to innovation. 🚀

1/ 🎓🧠 It’s never too early to shape the future of surgery.

Between her 3rd and 4th year of medical school at St. George’s University, Danielle Levy partnered with SDSC to lead our first student-driven project on the Surgical Video Platform (SVP).

📢 Reminder: Join us tomorrow for the Data Science Roundtable featuring Dr. Dhiraj Pangal!

🩺 "AI Agents for the Modern Clinician/Scientist"
🗓️ 2/27/26 at 12pm
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/4tuy57p7

 👉 Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from leaders advancing surgical care.

🩺 What’s the #1 Barrier to Better Surgical Training Today?
(Let us know in the comments if you have other thoughts!)

a. Expanding feedback/mentorship
b. Standardized assessment
c. Access to sim/VR training
d. Exposure to diverse cases

🚀 Next up at the SDSC Data Science Roundtable: Dr. Pangal on "AI Agents For the Modern Clinician/Scientist”

Dhiraj Pangal, MD is a neurosurgery resident at Stanford University and Clinical Data Science and Customer Success Consultant at SDSC.

🗓️ 2/27/26 at 12p ET
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/4tuy57p7

2/ 🌟 At the center of that story is Dr. Zada, whose leadership left a lasting imprint on our founder, Dr. Donoho. Before “surgical AI” had a name, there were surgeons asking: How do we make hard-won surgical wisdom accessible to more people?

🔗 Read on: tinyurl.com/2fen7ruv

1/ Most of what shapes us as surgeons, scientists, and as leaders, comes from proximity. It can include mentors who’ve walked ahead of us as well as lessons found outside of textbooks.

Our latest blog reflects on the mentorship lineage behind SDSC.

DSRT Speaker Nomination Bridging the gap between surgical practice and machine learning requires more than individual effort—it demands collaboration, consensus, and collective innovation. By bringing together surgeons, engi...

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🩺 As we plan upcoming sessions, we’d love your input on speakers and topics. If there’s a clinician, researcher, or innovator you’d like to hear from, please share your suggestions via this form tinyurl.com/3trb97mj .

👩‍💻 Previous DSRTs: tinyurl.com/3mucsxwu

#AIinSurgery #HealthEquity

DSRT Speaker Nomination Bridging the gap between surgical practice and machine learning requires more than individual effort—it demands collaboration, consensus, and collective innovation. By bringing together surgeons, engi...

1/ 🗣️ Our Data Science Roundtables (DSRTs) are one of the ways we stay anchored to real clinical needs. They bring together surgeons, researchers, and technologists to identify the questions that matter most, and to ensure the tools we build are driven by practice, not theory.

2/ 🩺🎥🏅 If every surgery had “game film,” what would be the #1 value?

a. Spotting higher complication risks
b. Comparing techniques across surgeons
c. Tracking improvement over time
d. Creating coaching moments for trainees
e. Building a global library of best practices
f. All of the above

1/ 🔍 The upcoming Super Bowl will feature the NE Patriots vs. the Seattle Seahawks, a revisit of a prior matchup in 2015.

When teams run it back years later, they’re obsessing over film, poring over every snap from their last matchup: what worked, what didn’t, and what’s changed in the lineup.

What's the biggest breakthrough coming to surgery in the next three years? 🩺 👩🏽‍⚕️🧑🏻‍⚕️
a. AI surgical decision support
b. Surgical video feedback/coach
c. Remote surgical proctoring
d. Simulation-first training

If you think of something else, drop it in the comments 👇🏼

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These are not future hypotheticals but present-day challenges.

🎥 The full DSRT recording: tinyurl.com/4hk9f724

If you’re interested, we’d love to continue the conversation and connect 👉 www.surgicalvideo.io/research

#MIGS #GynecologicSurgery #SurgicalEducation #AIinHealthcare

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We explored ideas like:
🔹 Using surgical video + outcomes data to understand case difficulty and complication risk
🔹 Augmenting mentorship for early-career OB-GYNs who may have limited operative volume
🔹 Whether video analysis should play a role in credentialing and certification for MIGS

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In a recent SDSC Data Science Roundtable with Dr. Jeffrey Lin, we dug into a question we hear often from surgeons and educators alike:
”If surgery already lives on video, why aren’t we using it more effectively to support training, assessment, and patient safety?”

1/ Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery works. Mastering it is the hard part.

🩺 MIGS has transformed gynecologic care: less pain, faster recovery, shorter hospital stays, and outcomes often comparable to open surgery. It’s also fundamentally video-based. And yet, the learning curve remains steep.

Leading Research, Transforming Surgery Explore groundbreaking findings from a global network of researchers and collaborators. Discover the latest advancements in surgical innovation and minimally invasive techniques. Join the movement sha...

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🎓 If your institution is thinking about how to build partnerships that meaningfully support training and knowledge-sharing, we’d love to start that conversation 👉 www.surgicalvideo.io/research

#Neurosurgery #Hydrocephalus #ETVCPC #GlobalHealth #ClinicalCollaboration

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We’re grateful to the Orlando Health team and faculty for their leadership and openness to innovation. This as a model worth expanding, and we’re eager to collaborate with other nonprofit hospitals and academic medical centers in advancing surgical education, research, and global health impact.

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📸 Highlights:
🩺 Dr. Albatran receiving his SDSC surgical cap
🧰 Doctors practice with the flexible endoscope for ETV-CPC
🌟 Medical students learning from Dr. Benjamin Warf
🔧 Dr. Elbabaa tasked participants with removing seeds from a bell pepper (representing a baby's brain)

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The shared commitment went beyond instruction:
📓 Training that is rigorous, repeatable, and accessible
🤝 Scalable hands-on learning
🎥 Capturing surgical training video to support future research and education
👩‍💻 Exploring AI-enabled tools to understand learning curves and trainee progress

1/ We wrapped an incredible experience at the Orlando Health Flexible Ventricular Neuroendoscopy Workshop & Conference 🧠

🌎 Surgeons from 10+ countries across five continents came together for live surgery, hands-on lab training, expert lectures, and case-based discussion focused on ETV-CPC.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: SDSC Data Science Roundtable: Dr. Jeff Lin | "How SDSC can improve gynecologic surgery" . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joi... Thank you for your interest in the SDSC Data Science Roundtable! Bridging the gap between surgical practice and machine learning requires more than individual effort—it demands collaboration, consens...

📢 Reminder: Join us tomorrow for the Data Science Roundtable featuring Dr. Jeff Lin!

We’ll explore the science of how SDSC can improve gynecologic surgery.

🗓️ 1/21 at 12pm ET
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#OBGYN #SurgicalTech #AIforGood

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If you’re thinking about where surgical innovation needs to go next, this reflection may resonate.

👉 Read the full blog: [https://tinyurl.com/2pk7v63w](tinyurl.com/2pk7v63w)

#AIforCoaching #Infrastructure #Feedback #SurgicalDataScience

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Our latest blog reflects on those insights and what surgeons were consistently calling:
🧠 Practical needs from the OR
📚 Expectations from research and training environments
🏥 The realities faced by modern academic institutions

1/ 🌟 As we move into 2026, it’s worth reflecting on what 2025 made unmistakably clear for surgeons.

🩺 Our conversations with clinicians and academic teams touched on the need for clarity over complexity, tools that respect clinical reality, and systems that support learning and discovery.

SDSC Blog, Updates, Publications, News Articles Learn more about how we are revolutionizing surgery
with insightful articles.

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Curious about the stories behind these words? The full archive is waiting for you 👇
🔗 Dive into the blog: www.surgicalvideo.io/blog

Thanks for being part of this journey with us in 2025.

#SurgicalDataScience #AIinHealthcare #GlobalSurgery