On March 4, 2026, IRCAD North America welcomed Dr. Carla Pugh, Professor of Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and Director of the Technology Enabled Clinical Improvement (T.E.C.I.) Center, to Charlotte for a lab on objective measurements of surgical dexterity and ergonomics. Dr. Pugh is a visionary leader in sensor technology research that helps quantify clinical skills and provide data-driven performance metrics.
Our executive director Dr. Dionisios Vrochides joined Dr. Pugh in our DIGISurg Center to showcase how far disruptive sensor technology has reached in the assessment of technical performance. A robotic pancreaticojejunostomy procedure model, as well as an augmented reality (navigation) laparoscopic hepatic tumor ablation model, were used.
