CAOS-International

In order to promote research in this area the
Maurice E. Müller Award for Excellence in Computer Assisted Surgery
will be given at the Annual CAOS-International Meetings.
It recognizes a career long contribution to Computer Assisted Surgery, with achievements that have had a fundamental effect in advancing this research field.
A board of referees will search for individuals whose contribution fostered excellence in Computer Assisted Surgery to the present.
The nominee/s should be prepared to come to the meeting site at the time of the meeting to receive the award.

1999
Philippe Cinquin, M.D. Ph.D.

Dr. Philippe CINQUIN holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and is a Medical Doctor. His interests are in the field of the application to medical image processing of computer science and applied mathematics. He has been a Professor at the University Joseph Fourier and at the Grenoble University Hospital since 1989. In the early eighties, he launched a program for Computer Assisted Medical Interventions in Grenoble, which he headed successfully from 1985 to 1996. He foresaw very early the potential of this domain and his activities led to the development of the well known CAMI team, which is one of the worldwide leading research groups in this field. This resulted in the successful development, with strong industrial partnerships, of CAMI systems in many different clinical domains. Orthopaedic surgery is the area where Philippe Cinquin obtained most achievements, in particular for his inventions in spine, knee, and pelvic surgery. He also initiated and coordinated three successive European projects dedicated to image-guided orthopaedic surgery. In parallel to his research activities in the CAMI group, he directs since 1996 the Department of Medical Information and Informatics at the Grenoble University Hospital.
Text by J. Troccaz

2000
Russel H. Taylor, Ph.D.

Russell H. Taylor received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Stanford in 1976.then joined IBM Research in different positions and functions. Russ Taylor was closely involved in the development of the Robodoc System, the first active robot worldwide ever to operate on a patient. When the technology of Robodoc was conceived in the mid-eighties, he was the responsible person at IBM to evaluate the possible potential of the technology and the requirements to install a robot in surgery. He then became deeply involved in the development of the system, coordinating different groups of people working all over the United States. The implementation of a robot into a surgical procedure demanded breakthrough technical solutions in many regards, which were one by one developed under the auspices of Russ Taylor, today one of the wordwide leading experts in medical robotics. This finally brought him from IBM to the prestigious position of a Professor of Computer Science at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, with joint appointments in Radiology and Mechanical Engineering. Russ Taylor is the Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology at Johns Hopkins, where he is still busy thinking about ways how to make surgeons life easier.
Text by A. Bauer

2001
Lutz-P. Nolte, Ph.D.

Lutz-Peter Nolte received a Ph.D. degree in Theoretical Mechanics from the Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany in 1983. Between 1986 and 1990 he headed a biomechanics research group in Bochum before he accepted a research appointment at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, USA. There he met a neurosurgeon who introduced him into the field of computer assisted surgery. Nolte immediately realized the immense potential that free-hand navigation could have on orthopaedic surgery and started the development of one of the first navigation systems for pedicle screw placement. In 1993 he became head of the Orthopaedics Biomechanics Division of the Maurice E. Müller Institute for Biomechanics (MIB) at the University of Bern, Switzerland. He established a research group for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery and turned the developments that he had initiated in Detroit into clinical applications to be used routinely. Up to now, Nolte and his team have successfully developed free-hand navigations systems for spine, pelvis, hip, head, knee, and trauma surgery. The company Medivision was founded to provide a pipeline for the commercialization of the MIB developments. In 1995 Nolte started the CAOS-Symposium series. These annual meetings quickly became the premier exchange forums for researchers, physicians, and developers involved in the field of Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery. CAOS-USA, North America s twin of these conferences, as well as a considerable number of regional CAOS meetings were launched in the subsequent years, following the concept set by the Switzerland-based symposiums. In 2000, during the 5 Symposium the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery was established. Lutz-Peter Nolte had initiated this association and became the first president of CAOS-International.
Text by F. Langlotz

2002

Anthony M.III, M.D. tony@icaos.org

Anthony M. DiGioia III, MD is a practicing orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in medical robotics, navigation systems and computer assisted surgery. He specializes in adult reconstructive surgery including less and minimally invasive surgical techniques for total joint replacements.Dr. DiGioia was born and raised in Pittsburgh. He obtained his bachelors of science degree in civil engineering, as well as a master s degree in civil and biomedical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He graduated from Harvard Medical School and subsequently trained in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He returned to Boston to complete a fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in adult reconstructive surgery.Dr. DiGioia is the founder and co-director of the Center for Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery (MRCAS) at Carnegie Mellon University where he is a Senior Research Scientist in the world famous Robotics Institute.He is also co-founder of CASurgica, Inc. Recently, Dr. DiGioia was named director of the newly created Institute for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (ICAOS) at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital.The Joint Care Center, a program of ICAOS, is the only comprehensive center in the region that combines computer assisted orthopaedic surgery research for total joint replacement with high quality, patient-focused clinical programs, and a clinical outcomes program based on the Total Joint Registry. Dr. DiGioia and the ICAOS team continue to partner with the robotics, engineering and computer science faculty and students at Carnegie Mellon to develop the next generation of surgical tools and techniques to make orthopaedic surgery more accurate and less invasive.Recently, Dr. DiGioia with colleagues from Carnegie Mellon, established the MERITS (MEdical Robotics and Information Technology) program. MERITS is a collaborative effort between clinicians and researchers, local businesses and community groups, and the healthcare industry with the hopes to further thrust Pittsburgh into the biomedical spotlight. MERITS will work to establish the region as the world s foremost center of excellence through:Education of surgeons, technologists, business leaders and patients about the benefits and uses of these technologiesRegional economic development through the commercialization of these technologiesInterdisciplinary collaborations of physicians, researchers and product developers.The MERITS program is anchored by the MERIT Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University and The MERIT Clinical Center within ICAOS at West Penn Hospital. MERITS also complements the leadership efforts of the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative by pursuing perfection in health care through innovations in robotics and information technologies for surgery. Dr. DiGioia is also the co-chair of the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative s Total Joint Replacement Working Group. The first MERITS Grand Challenge will focus on developing the tools and surgical techniques to enable minimally invasive joint replacement with man-made and biologic materials. This five-year clinical, research and development program builds on MERITS and the region s strengths in clinical expertise, computer assisted surgical tools, tissue engineering and regional commercial development.Dr. DiGioia has been a leader in developing educational and training programs for surgeons and technologist alike (CAOS/USA Conference Series and Surgical Academy and the MRCAS/MICCAI Conferences) and is 1st Past-President of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery.
Text by K. Cwynar

2003
Scott Delp,Ph.D.

Professor Scott Delp received the Ph.D. degree from Stanford University in 1990.He joined the faculty of the Biomedical Engineering Department of Northwestern University in 1991, where he was jointly appointed in the Schools of Engineering and Medicine. returned to Stanford in 1999, where he serves as the Founding Chairman of Stanford’s Department of Bioengineering.Delp’s work focuses on computational modeling of the musculoskeletal system.He has published over 100 scientific articles, book chapters, and conference papers in this area.He led the development of a software system that enables modeling and simulation of complex human and animal movements; this software has become the platform for an international collaboration involving over 100 research centers.He also holds several fundamental patents in the area of computer assisted orthopaedic surgery.Scott has received numerous awards for his work, including a National Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation and Faculty Fellowships from the Baxter Foundation and Powell Foundation.He is a Morgenthaler Faculty Scholar at Stanford and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.

2004
Brian Davies,Ph.D.

Brian Davies is Professor of Medical Robotics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College, where he has been since 1983.He has a PhD in Medical Robotics and was awarded a DSc. in 2001 for his international contribution to Robotic and Computer Aided Surgery systems.He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, was a recent Chair of their Medical Engineering Board and is a Chartered Engineer. He is Department Postgraduate Tutor and Head of the Computer Aided Systems Engineering Research section in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He started the Mechatronics in Medicine Group in 1988 which now has an international reputation for its work in Robotic and Computer Assisted Surgery.He has developed a number of robotic surgery and training systems and achieved a "world first" when his special purpose robot, "PROBOT", was used in human clinical prostatectomy trials in April '91.He has produced over 200 refereed conference and journal papers and is on the editorial Board of four International Journals: a) Int. J. Mechatronics (Pergammon); b) Int. J. Computer Assisted Surgery (Springer); c) J. of Engineering in Medicine, I.Mech.E.proceedings, part H.(PEP ltd.) d) Int. J. of Robotic and Computer Aided Surgery, (Emerald).

He is Chair of the Strategic Academic Board of Expert Reviewers of the CO-ME Swiss National Computer Aided Surgery project. He is Chair of the Program Committee for the Int. Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery Conf., Helsinki, June '05, and also Chaired the Prog. Com. for the Chicago, '04, Spain '03, and Santa Fe '02 Conferences.He is part of the Executive Committee of the PASCAL Network of Excellence and is an EC Expert Reviewer of the MISSIMU Project on Surgery Simulators, and also of the MULTISENSEProject on Medical Simulation. He has been a frequent invited speaker, internationally, on Robotics and Computer Aided Surgery and is on the International Review Board for a number of recent Conferences in Advanced Robotics, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, as well as Haptics and Mechatronics Conferences.

He is a founder and Technical Director of the spin-off Company “Acrobot Limited”, who specialise in research and clinical application of minimally invasive robots for Orthopaedic Surgery.




2005
David S. Stulberg, MD

Specialty: Joint Replacement and Arthritis Surgery
Office Locations:
680 N Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1028
Chicago, IL 60611
Special Interests
Total joint replacement of the hips and knees
Computer Assisted Joint Replacement Surgery
Education
B.S. Degree, (Cumlaude- Economics) Harvard College, Boston, MA
M.D. Degree, The University of Michigan Medical School
Internship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Residency General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency, Boston, MA
Academic Appointments
Professor, Northwestern University School of Medicine
Founder and Director, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation; Joint Reconstruction and Implant Services
Professional Appointments
Attending Staff, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Attending Staff, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Associate Staff, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Honorary and Professional Societies
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, The Hip Society of North America, The International Knee Society, The Knee Society of North America (Charter Member), Orthopaedic Research Society, The International Society for the Study of Custom Prostheses (Co-founder and 1st President), Image Guided Orthopaedic Surgery - International Committee
Books
Stulberg, S.D., Brander, V.A. Allen, R.J.:Arthritis of the Hip and Knee:The Active Person’s Guide to Taking Charge.Peachtree Publishers.1998 – Second Edition.
S. David Stulberg,M.D. has 25 years of experience in Orthopaedic Surgery.He is the author of numerous publications related to arthritis and joint reconstruction of the hip and knee, and he lectures frequently on these topics in America and abroad.



2006
Stéphane Lavallée, PhD

At the present time, Stéphane Lavallée is the Head Manager of Praxim-Medivision company in Grenoble, where he has been since 1999. He got an engineer diploma from the “Ecole nationale supérieure des Télécom de Brest” in 1986. He has a PhD in Computer Aided Surgery Technology [classification of the basic concepts of CAS technologies : perception, computation and action], and was awarded for that at the Joseph Fourier University, in Grenoble in 1989.

In 1990 one of his first research work was based on the use of a robot for stereotactic neuro-surgery and he described with Jocelyne Troccaz a new technique, using a qualitative video navigation (Vidéo + TDM) for Pedicle Screw Insertion.
Stephane Lavallée presented many others important research works such as segmentation from CT images, MRI distortion correction, statistical models for knee surgery, registration technique based on the use of CT images or anatomical model.
With some engineers coming from the “Joseph Fourier” University, Stéphane Lavallée founded the Praxim Company in 1995 in order to develop surgical navigation systems.
Stéphane Lavallée was awarded in 1998 for his contribution to Computer Aided Surgery systems and he was the Third Prize Winner of the National Scientific Research Center in France.
Stephane Lavallée was also awarded for his international contribution to Robotics and Computer Aided Orthopaedic Surgery systems :
•2002 INPI Trophy for Innovation (awarded by the National Institute for Industrial Patents)
•2003 e-Health honnor, awarded by the European Commission
•2004 Information Society Technologies (IST) Winner Prize 2004
•2005 Information Society Technologies (IST) Grand Prize Winner, from 29 countries. The European IST Grand Prize is the most distinguished award for innovative products that represent the best of European innovation in information and communication technologies. The Grand Prize Winners were selected from a total of 430 applications, by a jury of experts from 16 European countries.



2007

André Bauer



2008
Branislav Jaramaz

Branislav Jaramaz received a Ph.D. degree in Computational Mechanics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in 1992. He is an Associate Research Professor at the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
From 2001 to 2008 he also served as a Co-Director and Director of the Institute for Computer Assisted Surgery (ICAOS) at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital. He was a co-developer of HipNav, the world’s first CAS system for total hip replacement. His work covers a wide range of topics including surgical planning and simulation, surgical navigation and medical robotics and postoperative evaluation. For his work he has received several awards, including the 1998 Hip Society Otto Aufranc Award, and the 2001 Carnegie Mellon University’s Allen New Medal for Research Excellence. He holds 7 patents and has published over 100 scientific articles, book chapters, and conference papers in the area of CAOS.
Dr. Jaramaz is also a co-founder and CTO of Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. a startup medical robotics company.