Department Name

Sergei N. Kurenov M.S.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Sergei Kurenov, whose background is in aviation engineering, previously developed military flight simulators.  Currently, he is the computer simulation technical expert for the Department of Surgery at the University of Florida and head the Surgical Simulation Group.  Mr. Kurenov's research interests include the development and use of surgical simulators and virtual reality technologies for surgical education in order to enhance the learning process. 

For the last four years Sergei Kurenov has been working closely with number of surgeons from the Department of Surgery as well as with research faculties from the Department of Computer & Information Science and Engineering (CISE) University of Florida. Together in Surgical Simulation research group were created the novel surgical simulation recording and teaching devices as well as developed Illustration Toolkit of Procedures in Surgery to illustrate surgical procedures. With the group of graduated students from CISE it was engineered the Suture Point simulation exercise. This tool helps medical students practice basic suturing techniques, including linear wound closure. Future user interfaces and additional surgical tools of this application are also in development.

In collaboration with research faculties from the Department of Mathematics Surgery Simulation group is working on development a novel mathematical model for surgical suture.

Also in progress of development a dynamic deformable model of anatomical organs based on reconstructed 3d CT and MRI images from real patients.

During FY 2007 Surgical Simulation group participated in development and implementation of the game project under Burn Education Grant from American Burn Association and State of Florida Department of Health Division of Emergency Medical Operations (Program Director Dr. David W. Mozingo, MD, FACS Division of Burn Surgery and Shands Burn Center. For this project were created Triage and Resuscitation scenarios of groups of patients. In collaboration with 360ED, Inc. these scenarios were implemented into interactive team training modules. This includes a team game module for Intensive Care Unit personal, as well as residents, respiratory therapists and nurses.

PUBLICATIONS:

Peer Reviewed Articles

1. Kim M, Punak S, Cendan J, Kurenov S, Peters J. Exploiting Graphics Hardware for Haptic Authoring Functions. IOS Press, proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR14), Jan 25-27, 2006.

2. Kurenov S, Kim M, Punak S, Peters J., Cendan J. SIMULATION for TRAINING with the AUTOSUTURE™ ENDO STITCH™ DEVICE. Surgical Innovation, 12 2006; vol.13:pp. 283 - 287.

3. Cendan J, Kim M, Kurenov S, Peters J. Developing a Multimedia Enviroment for Customized Teaching of Adrenalectomy Surgical Procedure; Surgical Endoscopy (2006) @ Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006; DOI10.1007/s00464-006-9119-2.

4. Kim M, Tianyun Ni, Cendan J, Kurenov S, and Peters J. A Haptic-enabled Toolkit for Illustration of Procedures in Surgery(TIPS). In proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR14), Feb 6-9, 2007, Long Beach, CA. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Volume 125, Pages 209-213, 2007.

5. George Aslanidi, Vadim Kroutov, Glenn Philipsberg, Kenneth Lamb, Martha Campbell-Thompson, Glenn A. Walter, Kurenov S,J. Ignacio Aguirre, Pernille Keller, Kurt Hankenson, Ormond A. MacDougald and Sergei Zolotukhin Ectopic expression of Wnt10b decreases adiposity and improves glucose homeostasis in obese rats;Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 293: 726-736, 2007. First published June 19, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00248.2007 0193-1849/07.

6. Sukitti Punak, Minho Kim, Ashish Myles, Juan Cendan, Kurenov S, Jorg Peters. Fatty Tissue in a Haptic Illustration Environment. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Volume 132, 2008 Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 16: NextMed by Design ISBN 978-1-58603-822-9. Vol. 132, 2008, 384-386.

PRESENTATIONS

"Exploiting graphics hardware for haptic authoring." Presented at Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) 14, Jan 25-27 2006, Long Beach,CA

"HANDS-ON Surgical Teaching" Department of Surgery Research Day, March 31, 2006

"An Outcomes Based Enhancement and Assessment Program for Resident Pediatric Anesthesiology Education." College of Medicine Research, University of Florida, April 11, 2006.

"Computer Based Exercise for Students and Residents Learning to Create Wound Closures and Anastomoses", COMEC, University of Florida, April 11, 2006.

Multimedia Environment for Customized Teaching of Surgical Procedures. Cendan JC, Kurenov S, Punak S, Kim M, Peters J. Presented at the SAGES 2006 Emerging Technologies Poster Session, Dallas, Texas, April 29,2006.

"Haptic-Enabled Toolkit for Illustration of Procedures in Surgery", Oral presentation at Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 15, Feb 6-9, 2007, Long Beach, California.

"Development of computer models for surgical thread and tying knot simulations for medical students and residents." Poster presentation at the University of Florida Research Celebration, Gainesville, Florida College of Medicine University of Florida, April 20, 2007.

"Fatty Tissue in a Haptic Illustration Environment", Oral presentation at 16th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, January 29 - February 1, 2008, Long Beach, California.

State of the Art Virtual Reality Simulator Research and Development. Cendan JC, Kurenov S, Yeo Y-I, Punak S, Kim M, Peters J. Oral presentation as part of expert symposium on The Changing Face of Surgical Education: Simulation as the New Paradigm at the Academic Surgical Congress, Huntington Beach, CA, February 14, 2008

ARTICLES IN NEWSPAPERS:

"Stitch in Time", Explore magazine Fall 2005 Volume 10, Issue 3 http://www.rgp.ufl.edu/publications/explore/v10n3/story3.html

RESEARCH SUPPORT:

Current

1. NIH R21 EB005765-01A2 (role Coordinator) "Preserving a Hands-on Knowledge Base of Essential but Rare Surgical Procedures"

2. Research and development grant (Co-PI) - "Virtual Reality Surgical Resident Development Program" - from TYCO Healthcare for development " tie-knot" computer based exercise for Endo Stitch surgical instrument.

3. UF Seed Fund, 2007-2008; Co-PI; Toolkit for Illustration of Procedures in Surgery (TIPS).

Past

1. Awarded in three (3) COMCEC intramural grants (2005-2006):

   a. "Computer based exercise for students and residents learning to create wound closure";

   b. "Hands-on" Surgical Teaching;

   c. "Development of a web-based program to teach anesthesia residents during pediatric rotation".

2. 367-2004; COMCEC at UF, 8/01/06-6/30/07; Principal Investigator, Development of Virtual Suture Point Selection Exercise for Students and Residents Learning to Create Wound Closures and Anastomoses.

3. COMCEC 2006 University of Florida, 8/01/06-6/30/07; Principal Investigator, "Development computer models of surgical thread and tying knot for Linear and Circular (anastomosis) exercises".

4. Clinical Education Initiative Grant (Co-PI),"Development of OR team training program to improve safety and care of patients".

US Patents

Customized handle of AutoSuture EndoStitch surgical tool for original stylus replacement on SensAble's Omni haptic device under US Patent pending.