Simulator provides real experience for brain surgeons in training

Residents in neurosurgery hone skills on brain surgery simulator developed at OHSU

By Erik Robinson October 04, 2017 Portland, Oregon

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OHSU medical resident Stephen Bowden, M.D., (left) prepares for a simulated brain surgery exercise at OHSU, look on, August 4, 2017. The brain surgery simulator model created at OHSU allows new surgeons like Bowden to gain experience without risking a patient's life. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Brain surgery simulator

A surgeon drills through a 3-D printed model of a skull, as he trains with a brain surgery simulator developed at OHSU, allowing doctors to gain experience without risking the life of a real patient. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Brain surgery simulator

Nathan Selden, M.D., Ph.D., watches as first-year neurosurgery resident Stephen Bowden, M.D., practices brain surgery techniques, August 4, 2017 at OHSU. A brain surgery simulator developed at OHSU allows doctors to gain experience without risking the lives of patients. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Brain surgery simulator

A surgeon sutures a simulated dural membrane while training with a brain surgery simulator developed at OHSU, allowing doctors to gain experience without risking the life of a real patient. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Brain surgery simulator

OHSU medical resident Dominic Siler, M.D., Ph.D, sets up the simulator as first-year neurosurgery resident Stephen Bowden, M.D., (center) and Nathan Selden, M.D., Ph.D., Campagna Professor and chair of neurological surgery at OHSU, look on, August 4, 2017. A brain surgery simulator model created at OHSU allows new surgeons like Bowden to gain experience without risking a patient's life. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Brain surgery simulator

Nathan Selden, M.D., Ph.D., (left) watches as first-year neurosurgery resident Stephen Bowden, M.D. practices brain surgery techniques, August 4, 2017 at OHSU. A brain surgery simulator developed at OHSU allows doctors to gain experience without risking the lives of patients. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Brain surgery simulator

OHSU medical resident Dominic Siler, M.D., Ph.D, sets up the simulator as Nathan Selden, M.D., Ph.D., Campagna Professor and chair of neurological surgery at OHSU, watches, August 4, 2017. The simulator hardware and software were designed by Siler and resident Daniel Cleary, M.D., Ph.D., under the guidance of Selden. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Brain surgery simulator

Nathan Selden, M.D., Ph.D., talks a first-year neurosurgery resident through a brain surgery exercise, August 4, 2017 at OHSU. A brain surgery simulator developed at OHSU allows doctors to gain experience without risking the lives of patients. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Brain surgery simulator

A brain surgery simulator developed at OHSU allows doctors to gain experience without risking the lives of patients. The simulated model includes a brain, skull and dural membrane, and is produced using a 3-D printer.(OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Brain surgery simulator

Mock blood is poured into bags, and is used to create a realistic situation for surgeons using a brain surgery simulator developed at OHSU, which allows doctors to gain experience without risking the lives of patients. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Brain surgery simulator