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Center for AI and Robotic Excellence in medicine (CARE) | Embodied AI

The Center for Artificial intelligence and Robotic Excellence in Medicine (CARE) supports Gen-AI and robotics for interventional medicine research across Purdue & IUSM.

Our mission is to support the unique needs of patients, surgeons and healthcare professionals through AI and robotics.

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Affiliated Faculty

Juan Wachs

Director, CAREJames H. and Barbara H. Greene Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering and the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
Research Interests

Machine and computer vision

Robotics

Tele-operations

Human Computer Interaction

Assistive technologies and Health support systems

Babak Anasori

Reilly Rising Star Associate Professor of Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
Research Interests

Nanofabrication

MXenes

2D materials

ultra-high temperature materials

MAX phases

Kyle Couperus, MD

Chief Product Officer, Exonicus, Inc  Principal Investigator, The Geneva Foundation  MAJ, USAR, 75th Innovations Command  Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, USUHS Clinical Assistant Professor, UW  Attending Physician (Contractor), Madigan Emergency Medicine
Research Interests

Craig Goergen

Professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
Research Interests

Abdominal aortic aneurysms

Biomedical optics

Cardiovascular mechanics

Congenital heart disease

Left ventricle hypertrophy

Magnetic resonance imaging

Myocardial infarction

Peripheral arterial disease

Small animal ultrasound

Andrew Kirkpatrick, MD

Professor, Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary
Research Interests

Surgery

Trauma

General Surgery

Fiona Kolbinger, MD

Research Assistant Professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
Department of Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine, the Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science at Indiana University,
Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery at the University Hospital Dresden, Germany
Research Interests

Artificial intelligence-based tools for surgery

Personalized medical treatment)

Interventional medicine

Evaluation of clinical value of interventions

Visceral, thoracic and vascular surgery

Anthony J. LaPorta, MD

Professor of Surgery and Military Medicine, U.S. Army Colonel, Ret.
Research Interests

Surgery

Military Meddicine

Simulation

Immunology

Ramses Martinez

Hall Family Rising Star Associate Professor Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
Research Interests

Nanofabrication

Soft Robotics

Flexible Electronics

Wearable and Implantable Devices

Smart/Programmable Materials

Ahmed H. Quereshi

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Purdue University
Research Interests

Robotics

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning

Natural Language Processing

Yu She

Assistant Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
Research Interests

Robotics

Mechanism Design

Tactile Perception

Denny Yu

Associate Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
Research Interests

Quantifying intraoperative workload

Developing patient factors based workload models

Medical device design and usability testing

Integrating wearable sensor devices to develop intelligent health systems

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Team Members

Md Masudur Rahman

Post-Doctoral Research Assistant; Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

Amirreza Davar

PhD Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

Intelligent Systems

Assistive Technologies

Zhixian Hu

PhD Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

Maxwell Kawada

PhD Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

AI Integrated Surgical Robotics

Hamid Tarashiyoun

PhD Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

Yupeng Zhuo

PhD Student, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Research Interests

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