Nikhil Vasdev

Nikhil Vasdev is a Consultant Urological and Robotic Surgeon at the Hertfordshire and South Bedfordshire Urological Cancer Centre, Lister Hospital, UK and is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire leading Robotic Surgical and Urology Research.

Vasdev is the Prostate Cancer module lead at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh / University of Edinburgh. He is an international accredited proctor in Robotic Urology and operates regularly in Asia and Europe.

Vasdev’s specialist interest is Urologic Oncology (Clinical and Academic). He specializes in both Robotic Prostate and Bladder cancer surgery (Robotic Prostatectomy with intra-operative Frozen section of prostate (NeuroSAFE) and extended pelvic lymph node dissection and Robotic Cystectomy) and kidney surgery (Robotic Nephrectomy and Robotic Pyeloplasty). He has performed 500 Robotic Urological procedures in 4.5 years as a consultant and continues to be amongst the highest volume robotic urology cancer surgeons in the UK with excellent patient outcomes.

Ajay Sharma

Ajay Sharma is currently a Director of Core Surgical Training, Northwest of England. He is also a Consultant Surgeon at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, and a consultant in Emergency Surgery at the Arrowe Park Hospital.

At the age of 15, Sharma joined Meerut University (UP, India) and passed B.Sc. (Honours in Chemistry) two years later. In 1985, he completed his medical graduation training at the leading medical school in India, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.

Sharma had his post graduate degree at the Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh (PGI). He then worked as a Locum Consultant Transplant Surgeon at Royal Liverpool University Hospital. His specialties include transplant, vascular access, laparoscopic nephrectomy for donors and for polycystic kidneys, laparoscopic repair of hernia.

Dr. Rajesh Ahlawat

Dr. Rajesh Ahlawat is currently Group Chairman, Institute of Urology and Robotic Surgery at Medanta, the Medicity in the National Capital Region of Delhi, India. He is an accomplished Endourologist, Laparoscopic and Robotic surgeon. He has been invited to workshops around the world for live demonstration of complex Robotic and laparoscopic surgeries like partial nephrectomy and radical prostatectomy and renal transplantation.

He has also pioneered the world’s first Robotic Kidney Transplant with regional Hypothermia technique in collaboration with Professor Mani Menon at Vattikuti Urology Institute, Detroit.

He is a recipient of the 2016 President’s Gold Medal by USI. Dr. Ahlawat has also served on the Board of Directors of Endourology Society. He was honored with the title of Honorary Lecturer by the University College London Hospitals, U.K. in 1995 during his stint at Institute of Urology and Nephrology. He was awarded Best Reviewer award for 2013 by Indian Journal of Urology.

Luke Reisner

PhD

Luke Reisner, PhD, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering, and a Part-time Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at Wayne State University. He had his computer engineering degrees from the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

Dr. Reisner is passionate about developing new technologies in robotics and disease detection, and bringing them to the real world. He specializes in Raman spectroscopy and medical visualization. He also teaches and directs student research in electrical & computer engineering, programming, and other related areas.

Previously, he worked as a software engineer and consultant. He has a US patent for “Intelligent Autonomous Camera Control for Robotics with Medical, Military, and Space Applications” (2016).

Ryan Seltzer

PhD

Ryan Seltzer, PhD, is the Chief Scientist at Translational Analytics and Statistics, and a Senior Associate Editor of the journal, Tobacco Regulatory Science. With a background in statistics and research methodology, Dr. Seltzer conducts medical research in urology and public health research in tobacco cessation. Currently, he leverages AI to create predictive models for optimizing outcomes in healthcare. Wrapping these models in interactive software, he designs applications for patients and providers to bring these findings into practice.

Dr. Seltzer has authored numerous peer reviewed publications and regularly presents his research at national and international conferences. He has won the Olympus Best Innovative Paper Award at the 2019 World Congress of Endourology.

Previously, Dr. Seltzer conducted public health research at the Mayo Clinic, has directed the Research and Program Evaluation unit at the Arizona Smokers’ Helpline, and has worked in biostatistics and business intelligence in healthcare and business organizations. Prior to working in statistics, Dr. Seltzer conducted research in primatology and ecology.

Abhilash Pandya

PhD

Abhilash Pandya, PhD, is currently an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department of the Wayne State University. He has joint appointments in the departments of Bioengineering and Surgery. He also directs the Computer Assisted Robot Enhances Systems (CARES) Lab.

He has also worked at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Graphics Research and Analysis Facility, Remote Operator Interaction Laboratory(ROIL) and Anthropometrics and Biomechanics Laboratory, under various Lockheed Martin contracts for NASA’s Flight Crew Support Division. He was involved primarily Space Station Robotics, Astronaut suit simulation, and the development of software for a fully-immerse human-model-based Virtual Reality system for Space Station applications.

For 15 years, Dr. Pandya focuses his research on medical robotics, Raman for cancer detection, and robotics applications for space and the military. He has worked for Virogen Inc. in developing solutions for robotics-based AIDS blood testing system from 1986 to 1988.

Shunji Nagai

MD, PhD

Shunji Nagai, MD, PhD, is the Surgical Director of Intestinal Rehabilitation & Transplantation Program, a Director of Surgical Research, Transplant Surgery, and a Senior Staff Surgeon at the Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery at the Henry Ford Hospital

Dr. Nagai is a general surgeon in Detroit, Michigan and has been in practice for two decades. He received his medical degree from Nagoya University, School of Medicine. He is also certified by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons for liver, kidney, pancreas and intestine transplant.

He has contributed to various researches about liver and intestinal transplantation. In 2014, Dr. Nagai was awarded the Vanguard Prize for his work by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Quoc-Dien Trinh

MD

Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD FACS, is a Co-Director of the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Prostate Cancer Center. Dr. Trinh is a Director of Ambulatory Clinical Operations at the Division of Urological Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Harvard Medical School.

His research focuses solely on cancer care, and is funded by the Vattikuti Urology Institute, the Prostate Cancer Foundation, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, and the National Institutes of Health. His works include over 400 peer-reviewed book chapters, articles and videos.

Dr. Trinh received his medical degree from the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Canada. Currently, he is the Associate Editor for health services research at the British Journal of Urology (BJU) International and Assistant Online Content Editor for the Journal of Urology.