Where
The Kindler (P421)Science & Engineering Centre (P Block)
Cost
FreeMedicine has been slow to adopt robotic technology but in the recent years we have seen this change.
Robots are now in our clinics, hospitals and even operating theatres. Robots will perform more and more of the duties of doctors over the next decade. Artificial intelligence and big data will probably drive even more dramatic change and improvement in healthcare globally bringing first world medicine to the developing world. In this talk, Professor Crawford, an orthopaedic surgeon and QUT academic, will explore some of the trends leading this revolution in robotics in medicine.
Speaker
Ross Crawford
Acknowledgements
ARC Centre of Excellence for Robotic Vision
Bio
Professor Crawford is an Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in lower limb joint replacement; his principal interests are hip and knee replacement, and knee arthroscopy. Professor Crawford is an internationally recognized expert in the field of hip and knee replacement surgery. He performs approximately 150 hip and 150 knee replacements per year, both in public and private practice. He lectures and teaches surgical techniques both nationally and internationally. As well as running a clinical practice Professor Crawford has a chair of orthopaedic research at QUT. In this role he supervises PhD students, a number of post-doctoral researchers and collaborates closely with experts in the field of tissue engineering, cartilage degradation, cartilage mechanics, and clinical orthopaedics. The research in the outcomes of surgery performed under Professor Crawford’s care is an important part of his research practice.
