Thursday, October 15, 2009
1:00PM - 3:00PM
Jaime Gateno, DDS, MD
Chairman / Professor, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute / Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Houston, TX
James J. Xia, MD, PhD, MS
Director of Surgical Planning Lab / Associate Professor, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute / Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Houston, TX
Using our computer-aided surgical simulation method for cranio-maxillofacial surgery, surgeons can perform virtual surgery, create a 3D prediction of patients' surgical outcomes and transfer the plan to the patient at the time of the surgery. This new method eliminates the problems associated with the current planning methods.
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to: