AI-assisted surgery a game-changer, says UHN surgeon [Video]

A team of researchers at University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto is developing a revolutionary program that harnesses the skills of surgeons by using artificial intelligence to improve the accuracy of surgery in real time.

The technology, part of the world-leading research at UHN that is transforming medicine and countless patients’ lives, is set to be used in clinical trials beginning this fall. It promises to improve surgical outcomes and find uses around the world, particularly in rural communities, during remote surgeries and in areas that lack surgical expertise.

“It’s a game-changer to be able to apply AI to the surgical field,” says Dr. Amin Madani, a surgeon-scientist in UHN’s Sprott Department of Surgery who specializes in endocrine surgery, cancers of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands. He is also head of an academic lab at UHN called the Surgical AI Research Academy.

Dr. Madani’s work is among the trailblazing …