Surgical Data Science Collective
@surgicaldsc.bsky.social
Nonprofit research organization dedicated to improving surgical outcomes by leveraging the power of artificial intelligence.
Visit our website at https://www.surgicalvideo.io/ for the latest updates, projects, and ways to get involved.
Visit our website at https://www.surgicalvideo.io/ for the latest updates, projects, and ways to get involved.
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1/ Most of what shapes us as surgeons, scientists, and as leaders, comes from proximity. It can include mentors who’ve walked ahead of us as well as lessons found outside of textbooks.
Our latest blog reflects on the mentorship lineage behind SDSC.
Our latest blog reflects on the mentorship lineage behind SDSC.
February 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM
1/ Most of what shapes us as surgeons, scientists, and as leaders, comes from proximity. It can include mentors who’ve walked ahead of us as well as lessons found outside of textbooks.
Our latest blog reflects on the mentorship lineage behind SDSC.
Our latest blog reflects on the mentorship lineage behind SDSC.
1/ 🗣️ Our Data Science Roundtables (DSRTs) are one of the ways we stay anchored to real clinical needs. They bring together surgeons, researchers, and technologists to identify the questions that matter most, and to ensure the tools we build are driven by practice, not theory.
DSRT Speaker Nomination
Bridging the gap between surgical practice and machine learning requires more than individual effort—it demands collaboration, consensus, and collective innovation. By bringing together surgeons, engi...
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February 6, 2026 at 9:54 PM
1/ 🗣️ Our Data Science Roundtables (DSRTs) are one of the ways we stay anchored to real clinical needs. They bring together surgeons, researchers, and technologists to identify the questions that matter most, and to ensure the tools we build are driven by practice, not theory.
1/ 🔍 The upcoming Super Bowl will feature the NE Patriots vs. the Seattle Seahawks, a revisit of a prior matchup in 2015.
When teams run it back years later, they’re obsessing over film, poring over every snap from their last matchup: what worked, what didn’t, and what’s changed in the lineup.
When teams run it back years later, they’re obsessing over film, poring over every snap from their last matchup: what worked, what didn’t, and what’s changed in the lineup.
February 6, 2026 at 12:21 AM
1/ 🔍 The upcoming Super Bowl will feature the NE Patriots vs. the Seattle Seahawks, a revisit of a prior matchup in 2015.
When teams run it back years later, they’re obsessing over film, poring over every snap from their last matchup: what worked, what didn’t, and what’s changed in the lineup.
When teams run it back years later, they’re obsessing over film, poring over every snap from their last matchup: what worked, what didn’t, and what’s changed in the lineup.
What's the biggest breakthrough coming to surgery in the next three years? 🩺 👩🏽⚕️🧑🏻⚕️
a. AI surgical decision support
b. Surgical video feedback/coach
c. Remote surgical proctoring
d. Simulation-first training
If you think of something else, drop it in the comments 👇🏼
a. AI surgical decision support
b. Surgical video feedback/coach
c. Remote surgical proctoring
d. Simulation-first training
If you think of something else, drop it in the comments 👇🏼
February 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM
What's the biggest breakthrough coming to surgery in the next three years? 🩺 👩🏽⚕️🧑🏻⚕️
a. AI surgical decision support
b. Surgical video feedback/coach
c. Remote surgical proctoring
d. Simulation-first training
If you think of something else, drop it in the comments 👇🏼
a. AI surgical decision support
b. Surgical video feedback/coach
c. Remote surgical proctoring
d. Simulation-first training
If you think of something else, drop it in the comments 👇🏼
1/ Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery works. Mastering it is the hard part.
🩺 MIGS has transformed gynecologic care: less pain, faster recovery, shorter hospital stays, and outcomes often comparable to open surgery. It’s also fundamentally video-based. And yet, the learning curve remains steep.
🩺 MIGS has transformed gynecologic care: less pain, faster recovery, shorter hospital stays, and outcomes often comparable to open surgery. It’s also fundamentally video-based. And yet, the learning curve remains steep.
January 29, 2026 at 6:33 PM
1/ Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery works. Mastering it is the hard part.
🩺 MIGS has transformed gynecologic care: less pain, faster recovery, shorter hospital stays, and outcomes often comparable to open surgery. It’s also fundamentally video-based. And yet, the learning curve remains steep.
🩺 MIGS has transformed gynecologic care: less pain, faster recovery, shorter hospital stays, and outcomes often comparable to open surgery. It’s also fundamentally video-based. And yet, the learning curve remains steep.
1/ We wrapped an incredible experience at the Orlando Health Flexible Ventricular Neuroendoscopy Workshop & Conference 🧠
🌎 Surgeons from 10+ countries across five continents came together for live surgery, hands-on lab training, expert lectures, and case-based discussion focused on ETV-CPC.
🌎 Surgeons from 10+ countries across five continents came together for live surgery, hands-on lab training, expert lectures, and case-based discussion focused on ETV-CPC.
January 28, 2026 at 12:50 AM
1/ We wrapped an incredible experience at the Orlando Health Flexible Ventricular Neuroendoscopy Workshop & Conference 🧠
🌎 Surgeons from 10+ countries across five continents came together for live surgery, hands-on lab training, expert lectures, and case-based discussion focused on ETV-CPC.
🌎 Surgeons from 10+ countries across five continents came together for live surgery, hands-on lab training, expert lectures, and case-based discussion focused on ETV-CPC.
📢 Reminder: Join us tomorrow for the Data Science Roundtable featuring Dr. Jeff Lin!
We’ll explore the science of how SDSC can improve gynecologic surgery.
🗓️ 1/21 at 12pm ET
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#OBGYN #SurgicalTech #AIforGood
We’ll explore the science of how SDSC can improve gynecologic surgery.
🗓️ 1/21 at 12pm ET
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#OBGYN #SurgicalTech #AIforGood
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: SDSC Data Science Roundtable: Dr. Jeff Lin | "How SDSC can improve gynecologic surgery" . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joi...
Thank you for your interest in the SDSC Data Science Roundtable!
Bridging the gap between surgical practice and machine learning requires more than individual effort—it demands collaboration, consens...
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January 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM
📢 Reminder: Join us tomorrow for the Data Science Roundtable featuring Dr. Jeff Lin!
We’ll explore the science of how SDSC can improve gynecologic surgery.
🗓️ 1/21 at 12pm ET
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#OBGYN #SurgicalTech #AIforGood
We’ll explore the science of how SDSC can improve gynecologic surgery.
🗓️ 1/21 at 12pm ET
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#OBGYN #SurgicalTech #AIforGood
1/ 🌟 As we move into 2026, it’s worth reflecting on what 2025 made unmistakably clear for surgeons.
🩺 Our conversations with clinicians and academic teams touched on the need for clarity over complexity, tools that respect clinical reality, and systems that support learning and discovery.
🩺 Our conversations with clinicians and academic teams touched on the need for clarity over complexity, tools that respect clinical reality, and systems that support learning and discovery.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:22 AM
1/ 🌟 As we move into 2026, it’s worth reflecting on what 2025 made unmistakably clear for surgeons.
🩺 Our conversations with clinicians and academic teams touched on the need for clarity over complexity, tools that respect clinical reality, and systems that support learning and discovery.
🩺 Our conversations with clinicians and academic teams touched on the need for clarity over complexity, tools that respect clinical reality, and systems that support learning and discovery.
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 24 🎄
As we close out our Advent series and prepare for the new year, we want to reflect on the conversations that shaped 2025.
This word cloud is a more cumulative look at all the ideas, questions, and themes that kept surfacing and connected surgeons across specialties. 🧠📊
As we close out our Advent series and prepare for the new year, we want to reflect on the conversations that shaped 2025.
This word cloud is a more cumulative look at all the ideas, questions, and themes that kept surfacing and connected surgeons across specialties. 🧠📊
December 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 24 🎄
As we close out our Advent series and prepare for the new year, we want to reflect on the conversations that shaped 2025.
This word cloud is a more cumulative look at all the ideas, questions, and themes that kept surfacing and connected surgeons across specialties. 🧠📊
As we close out our Advent series and prepare for the new year, we want to reflect on the conversations that shaped 2025.
This word cloud is a more cumulative look at all the ideas, questions, and themes that kept surfacing and connected surgeons across specialties. 🧠📊
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 23
🌍 This year, SDSC spent time working alongside surgeons at Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (MOI) in Tanzania, a place where just 27 neurosurgeons care for more than 67 million people.
🌍 This year, SDSC spent time working alongside surgeons at Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (MOI) in Tanzania, a place where just 27 neurosurgeons care for more than 67 million people.
December 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 23
🌍 This year, SDSC spent time working alongside surgeons at Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (MOI) in Tanzania, a place where just 27 neurosurgeons care for more than 67 million people.
🌍 This year, SDSC spent time working alongside surgeons at Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (MOI) in Tanzania, a place where just 27 neurosurgeons care for more than 67 million people.
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 22
We’re often asked how SDSC is growing.
One clue: our most visited page this year was surgicalvideo.io/careers.
We’re a small, focused team, and we’re grateful that SDSC’s mission, pace, and values resonate with many.
We’re often asked how SDSC is growing.
One clue: our most visited page this year was surgicalvideo.io/careers.
We’re a small, focused team, and we’re grateful that SDSC’s mission, pace, and values resonate with many.
December 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 22
We’re often asked how SDSC is growing.
One clue: our most visited page this year was surgicalvideo.io/careers.
We’re a small, focused team, and we’re grateful that SDSC’s mission, pace, and values resonate with many.
We’re often asked how SDSC is growing.
One clue: our most visited page this year was surgicalvideo.io/careers.
We’re a small, focused team, and we’re grateful that SDSC’s mission, pace, and values resonate with many.
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 21
26 SVP releases this year.
Each update to the Surgical Video Platform (SVP) drives accuracy and alignment with how surgeons actually work. As more real-world surgical video is added, the models continue to learn, improve, and adapt.
26 SVP releases this year.
Each update to the Surgical Video Platform (SVP) drives accuracy and alignment with how surgeons actually work. As more real-world surgical video is added, the models continue to learn, improve, and adapt.
December 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 21
26 SVP releases this year.
Each update to the Surgical Video Platform (SVP) drives accuracy and alignment with how surgeons actually work. As more real-world surgical video is added, the models continue to learn, improve, and adapt.
26 SVP releases this year.
Each update to the Surgical Video Platform (SVP) drives accuracy and alignment with how surgeons actually work. As more real-world surgical video is added, the models continue to learn, improve, and adapt.
🎄 Advent Day 20
Our surgical caps have seen a lot this year: ORs, site visits, conferences…all long days but very meaningful conversations.
They represent more than SDSC branding.
Our surgical caps have seen a lot this year: ORs, site visits, conferences…all long days but very meaningful conversations.
They represent more than SDSC branding.
December 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
🎄 Advent Day 20
Our surgical caps have seen a lot this year: ORs, site visits, conferences…all long days but very meaningful conversations.
They represent more than SDSC branding.
Our surgical caps have seen a lot this year: ORs, site visits, conferences…all long days but very meaningful conversations.
They represent more than SDSC branding.
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 19
🩺 We’re proud to share that over 600+ surgeons are now using SDSC’s Surgical Video Platform (SVP) to:
- Review and analyze surgical video
- Reflect on technique and performance
- Support training and education
- Contribute to research and quality improvement
🩺 We’re proud to share that over 600+ surgeons are now using SDSC’s Surgical Video Platform (SVP) to:
- Review and analyze surgical video
- Reflect on technique and performance
- Support training and education
- Contribute to research and quality improvement
December 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 19
🩺 We’re proud to share that over 600+ surgeons are now using SDSC’s Surgical Video Platform (SVP) to:
- Review and analyze surgical video
- Reflect on technique and performance
- Support training and education
- Contribute to research and quality improvement
🩺 We’re proud to share that over 600+ surgeons are now using SDSC’s Surgical Video Platform (SVP) to:
- Review and analyze surgical video
- Reflect on technique and performance
- Support training and education
- Contribute to research and quality improvement
1/ 🌟 Please join us in welcoming our new CTO, Neeraj Mainkar!
With nearly three decades of experience across defense and healthcare technologies, including surgical robotics and AI-powered navigation, Neeraj brings a track record of building systems that directly change lives.
With nearly three decades of experience across defense and healthcare technologies, including surgical robotics and AI-powered navigation, Neeraj brings a track record of building systems that directly change lives.
December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
1/ 🌟 Please join us in welcoming our new CTO, Neeraj Mainkar!
With nearly three decades of experience across defense and healthcare technologies, including surgical robotics and AI-powered navigation, Neeraj brings a track record of building systems that directly change lives.
With nearly three decades of experience across defense and healthcare technologies, including surgical robotics and AI-powered navigation, Neeraj brings a track record of building systems that directly change lives.
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 18 | The People Behind the Work
🌍 This year took us across continents and contexts, from operating rooms and hospitals, to conference halls, and back to our own office.
Different places. Different moments. One shared purpose.
🌍 This year took us across continents and contexts, from operating rooms and hospitals, to conference halls, and back to our own office.
Different places. Different moments. One shared purpose.
December 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 18 | The People Behind the Work
🌍 This year took us across continents and contexts, from operating rooms and hospitals, to conference halls, and back to our own office.
Different places. Different moments. One shared purpose.
🌍 This year took us across continents and contexts, from operating rooms and hospitals, to conference halls, and back to our own office.
Different places. Different moments. One shared purpose.
1/ 🎄Advent Day 17
We’ve talked about the ETV-CPC Assessment Tool before, and it remains a highlight for us because it tackles a problem we’ve all felt: the difficulty of measuring surgical nuances.
Completeness matters in CPC, and so does defining it consistently across different cases.
We’ve talked about the ETV-CPC Assessment Tool before, and it remains a highlight for us because it tackles a problem we’ve all felt: the difficulty of measuring surgical nuances.
Completeness matters in CPC, and so does defining it consistently across different cases.
December 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
1/ 🎄Advent Day 17
We’ve talked about the ETV-CPC Assessment Tool before, and it remains a highlight for us because it tackles a problem we’ve all felt: the difficulty of measuring surgical nuances.
Completeness matters in CPC, and so does defining it consistently across different cases.
We’ve talked about the ETV-CPC Assessment Tool before, and it remains a highlight for us because it tackles a problem we’ve all felt: the difficulty of measuring surgical nuances.
Completeness matters in CPC, and so does defining it consistently across different cases.
1/ 🌍 While many are winding down for the year, the SDSC team is just returning from Addis Ababa. This trip was significant as we have officially signed a governmental agreement with the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) to deploy surgical artificial intelligence at scale.
December 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
1/ 🌍 While many are winding down for the year, the SDSC team is just returning from Addis Ababa. This trip was significant as we have officially signed a governmental agreement with the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) to deploy surgical artificial intelligence at scale.
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 16
As the saying goes: timing is everything.
The Tool Timeline in our Surgical Video Platform (SVP) transforms raw video into a clear, chronological view of which tools are used, when, and for how long across a procedure.
As the saying goes: timing is everything.
The Tool Timeline in our Surgical Video Platform (SVP) transforms raw video into a clear, chronological view of which tools are used, when, and for how long across a procedure.
December 17, 2025 at 4:39 AM
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 16
As the saying goes: timing is everything.
The Tool Timeline in our Surgical Video Platform (SVP) transforms raw video into a clear, chronological view of which tools are used, when, and for how long across a procedure.
As the saying goes: timing is everything.
The Tool Timeline in our Surgical Video Platform (SVP) transforms raw video into a clear, chronological view of which tools are used, when, and for how long across a procedure.
1/ 🎄Advent Day 15
Understanding surgery at scale requires models built for surgical reality. To date, we’ve developed 15 surgical machine-learning models, enabling the quantitative analysis of 20+ different surgical procedures, across tools, phases, workflows, and technique.
Understanding surgery at scale requires models built for surgical reality. To date, we’ve developed 15 surgical machine-learning models, enabling the quantitative analysis of 20+ different surgical procedures, across tools, phases, workflows, and technique.
December 16, 2025 at 5:07 AM
1/ 🎄Advent Day 15
Understanding surgery at scale requires models built for surgical reality. To date, we’ve developed 15 surgical machine-learning models, enabling the quantitative analysis of 20+ different surgical procedures, across tools, phases, workflows, and technique.
Understanding surgery at scale requires models built for surgical reality. To date, we’ve developed 15 surgical machine-learning models, enabling the quantitative analysis of 20+ different surgical procedures, across tools, phases, workflows, and technique.
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 14
📥 The SDSC newsletter has been opened 14,000+ times — by surgeons, researchers, engineers, and innovators who are taking time to read, learn, and stay informed about surgical video, AI, and data-driven innovation.
📥 The SDSC newsletter has been opened 14,000+ times — by surgeons, researchers, engineers, and innovators who are taking time to read, learn, and stay informed about surgical video, AI, and data-driven innovation.
December 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 14
📥 The SDSC newsletter has been opened 14,000+ times — by surgeons, researchers, engineers, and innovators who are taking time to read, learn, and stay informed about surgical video, AI, and data-driven innovation.
📥 The SDSC newsletter has been opened 14,000+ times — by surgeons, researchers, engineers, and innovators who are taking time to read, learn, and stay informed about surgical video, AI, and data-driven innovation.
1/ 🎉 On Day 13 of our SDSC Advent Calendar, we’re celebrating a milestone close to our hearts: This year, our team grew by 13 incredible new members!
🌎 Each person brings unique expertise, passion, and commitment that strengthens our mission to close the global surgical divide.
🌎 Each person brings unique expertise, passion, and commitment that strengthens our mission to close the global surgical divide.
December 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
1/ 🎉 On Day 13 of our SDSC Advent Calendar, we’re celebrating a milestone close to our hearts: This year, our team grew by 13 incredible new members!
🌎 Each person brings unique expertise, passion, and commitment that strengthens our mission to close the global surgical divide.
🌎 Each person brings unique expertise, passion, and commitment that strengthens our mission to close the global surgical divide.
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 12
This heatmap shows where readers of the SDSC newsletter are tuning in from around the world.
Subscribers receive:
🔹 professional insights from leaders in surgical data science
🔹 practical guidance on real-world applications
🔹 platform updates and research highlights
This heatmap shows where readers of the SDSC newsletter are tuning in from around the world.
Subscribers receive:
🔹 professional insights from leaders in surgical data science
🔹 practical guidance on real-world applications
🔹 platform updates and research highlights
December 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 12
This heatmap shows where readers of the SDSC newsletter are tuning in from around the world.
Subscribers receive:
🔹 professional insights from leaders in surgical data science
🔹 practical guidance on real-world applications
🔹 platform updates and research highlights
This heatmap shows where readers of the SDSC newsletter are tuning in from around the world.
Subscribers receive:
🔹 professional insights from leaders in surgical data science
🔹 practical guidance on real-world applications
🔹 platform updates and research highlights
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 11
Our models have over 3,000+ procedural phases, reading what’s happening on screen.
Phase recognition unlocks insights like:
🔹 Where time is being spent
🔹 How technique shifts between phases
🔹 Whether tool sequences follow expected patterns
🔹 Where efficiency is gained or lost
Our models have over 3,000+ procedural phases, reading what’s happening on screen.
Phase recognition unlocks insights like:
🔹 Where time is being spent
🔹 How technique shifts between phases
🔹 Whether tool sequences follow expected patterns
🔹 Where efficiency is gained or lost
December 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 11
Our models have over 3,000+ procedural phases, reading what’s happening on screen.
Phase recognition unlocks insights like:
🔹 Where time is being spent
🔹 How technique shifts between phases
🔹 Whether tool sequences follow expected patterns
🔹 Where efficiency is gained or lost
Our models have over 3,000+ procedural phases, reading what’s happening on screen.
Phase recognition unlocks insights like:
🔹 Where time is being spent
🔹 How technique shifts between phases
🔹 Whether tool sequences follow expected patterns
🔹 Where efficiency is gained or lost
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 10
Today we’re spotlighting 10 heatmaps generated by our Surgical Video Platform, each one a fingerprint of how a specific tool moves through a procedure.
Behind every cluster of pixels lies something powerful: patterns of technique, timing, decision-making, and skill.
Today we’re spotlighting 10 heatmaps generated by our Surgical Video Platform, each one a fingerprint of how a specific tool moves through a procedure.
Behind every cluster of pixels lies something powerful: patterns of technique, timing, decision-making, and skill.
December 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
1/ 🎄 Advent Day 10
Today we’re spotlighting 10 heatmaps generated by our Surgical Video Platform, each one a fingerprint of how a specific tool moves through a procedure.
Behind every cluster of pixels lies something powerful: patterns of technique, timing, decision-making, and skill.
Today we’re spotlighting 10 heatmaps generated by our Surgical Video Platform, each one a fingerprint of how a specific tool moves through a procedure.
Behind every cluster of pixels lies something powerful: patterns of technique, timing, decision-making, and skill.