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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Advent Day 6 ✨ The Power of Our Flywheel
Improving surgical care globally requires more than technology, it requires a learning system that grows stronger with every contribution. That’s the SDSC flywheel.
Improving surgical care globally requires more than technology, it requires a learning system that grows stronger with every contribution. That’s the SDSC flywheel.
December 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Advent Day 6 ✨ The Power of Our Flywheel
Improving surgical care globally requires more than technology, it requires a learning system that grows stronger with every contribution. That’s the SDSC flywheel.
Improving surgical care globally requires more than technology, it requires a learning system that grows stronger with every contribution. That’s the SDSC flywheel.
1/ Advent Day 5 ✨
Our Top 5 blog posts of the year are here — the ideas and breakthroughs that defined SDSC in 2025.
From AI fundamentals to specialty performance metrics and behind-the-scenes insights from our founder, these reads capture how far surgical AI has come — and where it’s heading.
Our Top 5 blog posts of the year are here — the ideas and breakthroughs that defined SDSC in 2025.
From AI fundamentals to specialty performance metrics and behind-the-scenes insights from our founder, these reads capture how far surgical AI has come — and where it’s heading.
December 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
1/ Advent Day 5 ✨
Our Top 5 blog posts of the year are here — the ideas and breakthroughs that defined SDSC in 2025.
From AI fundamentals to specialty performance metrics and behind-the-scenes insights from our founder, these reads capture how far surgical AI has come — and where it’s heading.
Our Top 5 blog posts of the year are here — the ideas and breakthroughs that defined SDSC in 2025.
From AI fundamentals to specialty performance metrics and behind-the-scenes insights from our founder, these reads capture how far surgical AI has come — and where it’s heading.
1/ 🌟 For Advent day four, we’re celebrating the global conversations that shaped our year, starting with a recent highlight: our founder's Lightning Talk at the Global Digital Health Forum (GDHF).
December 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
1/ 🌟 For Advent day four, we’re celebrating the global conversations that shaped our year, starting with a recent highlight: our founder's Lightning Talk at the Global Digital Health Forum (GDHF).
1/ 🌟 Today we’re spotlighting our DSRT (Data Science Roundtable) which debuted this year.
The DSRT is a monthly forum where surgeons, engineers, scientists, and clinicians come together to share how surgical video, data science, and AI can improve training, decision-making, and patient outcomes.
The DSRT is a monthly forum where surgeons, engineers, scientists, and clinicians come together to share how surgical video, data science, and AI can improve training, decision-making, and patient outcomes.
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
1/ 🌟 Today we’re spotlighting our DSRT (Data Science Roundtable) which debuted this year.
The DSRT is a monthly forum where surgeons, engineers, scientists, and clinicians come together to share how surgical video, data science, and AI can improve training, decision-making, and patient outcomes.
The DSRT is a monthly forum where surgeons, engineers, scientists, and clinicians come together to share how surgical video, data science, and AI can improve training, decision-making, and patient outcomes.
1/ 🌟 Happy Giving Tuesday!
Today is a reminder of the incredible ripple effect that education and training can create. Training just one surgeon can impact over 10,000 patients throughout their career.
Today is a reminder of the incredible ripple effect that education and training can create. Training just one surgeon can impact over 10,000 patients throughout their career.
December 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
1/ 🌟 Happy Giving Tuesday!
Today is a reminder of the incredible ripple effect that education and training can create. Training just one surgeon can impact over 10,000 patients throughout their career.
Today is a reminder of the incredible ripple effect that education and training can create. Training just one surgeon can impact over 10,000 patients throughout their career.
1/ 🎄 Welcome to our SDSC Advent Calendar, where we count down 24 snapshots of our mission, progress, and impact.
✨ Day 1: Our Surgical Video Platform (SVP) has seen a remarkable year-over-year growth: user engagement has more than doubled, with a 255% uptick in global adoption.
✨ Day 1: Our Surgical Video Platform (SVP) has seen a remarkable year-over-year growth: user engagement has more than doubled, with a 255% uptick in global adoption.
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
1/ 🎄 Welcome to our SDSC Advent Calendar, where we count down 24 snapshots of our mission, progress, and impact.
✨ Day 1: Our Surgical Video Platform (SVP) has seen a remarkable year-over-year growth: user engagement has more than doubled, with a 255% uptick in global adoption.
✨ Day 1: Our Surgical Video Platform (SVP) has seen a remarkable year-over-year growth: user engagement has more than doubled, with a 255% uptick in global adoption.
1/ “The life we are living is not okay. Families don’t make it through this.” — Amanda Garzon, COO, Hydrocephalus Association
🌟 At SDSC’s September Data Science Roundtable, Amanda and Susan Fiorella shared deeply personal stories about the unpredictable realities of hydrocephalus.
🌟 At SDSC’s September Data Science Roundtable, Amanda and Susan Fiorella shared deeply personal stories about the unpredictable realities of hydrocephalus.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
1/ “The life we are living is not okay. Families don’t make it through this.” — Amanda Garzon, COO, Hydrocephalus Association
🌟 At SDSC’s September Data Science Roundtable, Amanda and Susan Fiorella shared deeply personal stories about the unpredictable realities of hydrocephalus.
🌟 At SDSC’s September Data Science Roundtable, Amanda and Susan Fiorella shared deeply personal stories about the unpredictable realities of hydrocephalus.
1/ 💗 On ETVs, we CPC. 💗
Just like Wednesdays in Mean Girls, some things are non-negotiable. In pediatric neurosurgery, ETV gives patients a shot at shunt-free lives and cauterizing the choroid plexus during ETV can make all the difference.
Just like Wednesdays in Mean Girls, some things are non-negotiable. In pediatric neurosurgery, ETV gives patients a shot at shunt-free lives and cauterizing the choroid plexus during ETV can make all the difference.
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
1/ 💗 On ETVs, we CPC. 💗
Just like Wednesdays in Mean Girls, some things are non-negotiable. In pediatric neurosurgery, ETV gives patients a shot at shunt-free lives and cauterizing the choroid plexus during ETV can make all the difference.
Just like Wednesdays in Mean Girls, some things are non-negotiable. In pediatric neurosurgery, ETV gives patients a shot at shunt-free lives and cauterizing the choroid plexus during ETV can make all the difference.
🌟 We’re thrilled to welcome Sandeep Angara to our team!
🔹 Sandeep joins us as Senior Machine Learning Engineer. He’s passionate about using artificial intelligence and computer vision to advance healthcare and create real-world impact.
🚀 We're excited to see the great things you'll accomplish!
🔹 Sandeep joins us as Senior Machine Learning Engineer. He’s passionate about using artificial intelligence and computer vision to advance healthcare and create real-world impact.
🚀 We're excited to see the great things you'll accomplish!
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🌟 We’re thrilled to welcome Sandeep Angara to our team!
🔹 Sandeep joins us as Senior Machine Learning Engineer. He’s passionate about using artificial intelligence and computer vision to advance healthcare and create real-world impact.
🚀 We're excited to see the great things you'll accomplish!
🔹 Sandeep joins us as Senior Machine Learning Engineer. He’s passionate about using artificial intelligence and computer vision to advance healthcare and create real-world impact.
🚀 We're excited to see the great things you'll accomplish!
1/ 🏆✨ SDSC is officially a Bronze Winner in the 5th Annual Anthem Awards for Best Use of AI in Health!
As we shared in our acceptance remark: “Your support will help us close the global surgical divide using AI to bring surgical excellence to every patient on Earth.”
As we shared in our acceptance remark: “Your support will help us close the global surgical divide using AI to bring surgical excellence to every patient on Earth.”
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November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ 🏆✨ SDSC is officially a Bronze Winner in the 5th Annual Anthem Awards for Best Use of AI in Health!
As we shared in our acceptance remark: “Your support will help us close the global surgical divide using AI to bring surgical excellence to every patient on Earth.”
As we shared in our acceptance remark: “Your support will help us close the global surgical divide using AI to bring surgical excellence to every patient on Earth.”
🌟 We’re excited to welcome Intissar Sarker to our team!
Intissar joins us as Strategic Partnerships Manager, where she leads the expansion of research and training collaborations into new surgical specialties.
🚀 We’re so proud to have you join us. Get ready for an inspiring journey ahead!
Intissar joins us as Strategic Partnerships Manager, where she leads the expansion of research and training collaborations into new surgical specialties.
🚀 We’re so proud to have you join us. Get ready for an inspiring journey ahead!
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🌟 We’re excited to welcome Intissar Sarker to our team!
Intissar joins us as Strategic Partnerships Manager, where she leads the expansion of research and training collaborations into new surgical specialties.
🚀 We’re so proud to have you join us. Get ready for an inspiring journey ahead!
Intissar joins us as Strategic Partnerships Manager, where she leads the expansion of research and training collaborations into new surgical specialties.
🚀 We’re so proud to have you join us. Get ready for an inspiring journey ahead!
1/ 🚀 From a groundbreaking idea in Uganda to an AI-powered tool shaping the next era of neurosurgery
🩺 In 2003, Dr. Benjamin Warf introduced endoscopic third ventriculostomy combined with choroid plexus cauterization (ETV-CPC) which gave infants with hydrocephalus a real shot at shunt-free lives.
🩺 In 2003, Dr. Benjamin Warf introduced endoscopic third ventriculostomy combined with choroid plexus cauterization (ETV-CPC) which gave infants with hydrocephalus a real shot at shunt-free lives.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
1/ 🚀 From a groundbreaking idea in Uganda to an AI-powered tool shaping the next era of neurosurgery
🩺 In 2003, Dr. Benjamin Warf introduced endoscopic third ventriculostomy combined with choroid plexus cauterization (ETV-CPC) which gave infants with hydrocephalus a real shot at shunt-free lives.
🩺 In 2003, Dr. Benjamin Warf introduced endoscopic third ventriculostomy combined with choroid plexus cauterization (ETV-CPC) which gave infants with hydrocephalus a real shot at shunt-free lives.
1/ 💡 "Challenges are the greatest gifts, if you think about it. Only the living get to be challenged."
-Clemency Burton-Hill, reflecting on her post-stroke surgical experience
These words are a powerful reminder of resilience, perspective, and the urgent need for progress in neurological care.
-Clemency Burton-Hill, reflecting on her post-stroke surgical experience
These words are a powerful reminder of resilience, perspective, and the urgent need for progress in neurological care.
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
1/ 💡 "Challenges are the greatest gifts, if you think about it. Only the living get to be challenged."
-Clemency Burton-Hill, reflecting on her post-stroke surgical experience
These words are a powerful reminder of resilience, perspective, and the urgent need for progress in neurological care.
-Clemency Burton-Hill, reflecting on her post-stroke surgical experience
These words are a powerful reminder of resilience, perspective, and the urgent need for progress in neurological care.
1/ 💡 “It’s easy to build something and assume it will be transformative — but proper evidence is the only way to remain honest about whether it truly works.” – Dr. Hani Marcus
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
1/ 💡 “It’s easy to build something and assume it will be transformative — but proper evidence is the only way to remain honest about whether it truly works.” – Dr. Hani Marcus
We’re heading to #AAGL2025 (Nov 8–11)! Excited to connect with leaders in women’s health + surgical innovation.
Big thanks to Dr. Pamela Peters (SDSC OB/GYN Research Lead) and Dr. Brenna Swift for the invitation!
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Big thanks to Dr. Pamela Peters (SDSC OB/GYN Research Lead) and Dr. Brenna Swift for the invitation!
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AAGL 2025 Global Congress - Vancouver, BC, CA - Nov 8–11, 2025
Join us for the 54th Annual Global Congress on MIGS from November 8–11, 2025, at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We’re heading to #AAGL2025 (Nov 8–11)! Excited to connect with leaders in women’s health + surgical innovation.
Big thanks to Dr. Pamela Peters (SDSC OB/GYN Research Lead) and Dr. Brenna Swift for the invitation!
🔗 aagl.swoogo.com/aagl2025
Big thanks to Dr. Pamela Peters (SDSC OB/GYN Research Lead) and Dr. Brenna Swift for the invitation!
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1/ 🌍 From Gratitude to Global Goals
Recently, one of our global partners shared something that deeply moved us:“We didn’t think anyone would develop AI for us — or even with us.”
Recently, one of our global partners shared something that deeply moved us:“We didn’t think anyone would develop AI for us — or even with us.”
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
1/ 🌍 From Gratitude to Global Goals
Recently, one of our global partners shared something that deeply moved us:“We didn’t think anyone would develop AI for us — or even with us.”
Recently, one of our global partners shared something that deeply moved us:“We didn’t think anyone would develop AI for us — or even with us.”
⏰ Reminder: Tomorrow’s the Data Science Roundtable with Dr. Filippo Filicori!
Hear how data and AI are reshaping surgical innovation.
🗓️ Tues 11/4 | 🕐 12-1pm ET
#Kinematics #InnovationInSurgery #AIinHealthcare #RoboticSurgery
Hear how data and AI are reshaping surgical innovation.
🗓️ Tues 11/4 | 🕐 12-1pm ET
#Kinematics #InnovationInSurgery #AIinHealthcare #RoboticSurgery
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: SDSC Data Science Roundtable: Dr. Filippo Filicori. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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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November 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
⏰ Reminder: Tomorrow’s the Data Science Roundtable with Dr. Filippo Filicori!
Hear how data and AI are reshaping surgical innovation.
🗓️ Tues 11/4 | 🕐 12-1pm ET
#Kinematics #InnovationInSurgery #AIinHealthcare #RoboticSurgery
Hear how data and AI are reshaping surgical innovation.
🗓️ Tues 11/4 | 🕐 12-1pm ET
#Kinematics #InnovationInSurgery #AIinHealthcare #RoboticSurgery
1/ 📢 Join us for the next SDSC Data Science Roundtable featuring Dr. Filippo Filicori!
We’re thrilled to host Dr. Filippo Filicori, a leader in robotic and minimally invasive surgery whose work explores how technology and data can elevate surgical precision, training, and patient outcomes.
We’re thrilled to host Dr. Filippo Filicori, a leader in robotic and minimally invasive surgery whose work explores how technology and data can elevate surgical precision, training, and patient outcomes.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: SDSC Data Science Roundtable: Dr. Filippo Filicori. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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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November 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
1/ 📢 Join us for the next SDSC Data Science Roundtable featuring Dr. Filippo Filicori!
We’re thrilled to host Dr. Filippo Filicori, a leader in robotic and minimally invasive surgery whose work explores how technology and data can elevate surgical precision, training, and patient outcomes.
We’re thrilled to host Dr. Filippo Filicori, a leader in robotic and minimally invasive surgery whose work explores how technology and data can elevate surgical precision, training, and patient outcomes.
1/ 🚀 Behind every model is a human story driven by curiosity, precision, and purpose.
As we reflect on a transformative year at SDSC, we are proud to celebrate our growing Machine Learning Team who transform surgical video into structured, meaningful data.
As we reflect on a transformative year at SDSC, we are proud to celebrate our growing Machine Learning Team who transform surgical video into structured, meaningful data.
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
1/ 🚀 Behind every model is a human story driven by curiosity, precision, and purpose.
As we reflect on a transformative year at SDSC, we are proud to celebrate our growing Machine Learning Team who transform surgical video into structured, meaningful data.
As we reflect on a transformative year at SDSC, we are proud to celebrate our growing Machine Learning Team who transform surgical video into structured, meaningful data.
1/ Bridging disciplines. Building community. Driving change.
🚀 This year marked the launch of the Data Science Roundtable, and what a year it’s been! Surgeons, engineers, scientists, and clinicians from around the world shared a mission to advance surgical practice through data and collaboration.
🚀 This year marked the launch of the Data Science Roundtable, and what a year it’s been! Surgeons, engineers, scientists, and clinicians from around the world shared a mission to advance surgical practice through data and collaboration.
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
1/ Bridging disciplines. Building community. Driving change.
🚀 This year marked the launch of the Data Science Roundtable, and what a year it’s been! Surgeons, engineers, scientists, and clinicians from around the world shared a mission to advance surgical practice through data and collaboration.
🚀 This year marked the launch of the Data Science Roundtable, and what a year it’s been! Surgeons, engineers, scientists, and clinicians from around the world shared a mission to advance surgical practice through data and collaboration.
1/ ⏳ A single shunt failure can turn into a race against time.
💡 But ETV-CPC offers a way to liberate children from a lifetime of shunt dependence. SDSC is using surgical video analysis to train, evaluate, and scale lifesaving procedures like ETV-CPC, so expertise can reach every child, everywhere.
💡 But ETV-CPC offers a way to liberate children from a lifetime of shunt dependence. SDSC is using surgical video analysis to train, evaluate, and scale lifesaving procedures like ETV-CPC, so expertise can reach every child, everywhere.
October 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
1/ ⏳ A single shunt failure can turn into a race against time.
💡 But ETV-CPC offers a way to liberate children from a lifetime of shunt dependence. SDSC is using surgical video analysis to train, evaluate, and scale lifesaving procedures like ETV-CPC, so expertise can reach every child, everywhere.
💡 But ETV-CPC offers a way to liberate children from a lifetime of shunt dependence. SDSC is using surgical video analysis to train, evaluate, and scale lifesaving procedures like ETV-CPC, so expertise can reach every child, everywhere.
1/ 🔍 A recent Lancet study on AI-assisted colonoscopy has surfaced a question that will define the next decade of medicine: When AI gets better at seeing, what happens to our own eyes?
October 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
1/ 🔍 A recent Lancet study on AI-assisted colonoscopy has surfaced a question that will define the next decade of medicine: When AI gets better at seeing, what happens to our own eyes?
1/ 💡World-renowned neurosurgeon @drhenrymarsh.bsky.social CBE FRCS once said: “The operating is the easy part, you know. By my age, you realize that the difficulties are all to do with the decision-making.”
October 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
1/ 💡World-renowned neurosurgeon @drhenrymarsh.bsky.social CBE FRCS once said: “The operating is the easy part, you know. By my age, you realize that the difficulties are all to do with the decision-making.”
1/ 📦🔲 Bounding boxes: kind of like the “please pay attention here” post-it notes for our surgical video AI
At SDSC we deploy object-detection networks that rely on bounding-box annotations to make sense of operative video footage. Here’s a deeper dive:
At SDSC we deploy object-detection networks that rely on bounding-box annotations to make sense of operative video footage. Here’s a deeper dive:
October 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
1/ 📦🔲 Bounding boxes: kind of like the “please pay attention here” post-it notes for our surgical video AI
At SDSC we deploy object-detection networks that rely on bounding-box annotations to make sense of operative video footage. Here’s a deeper dive:
At SDSC we deploy object-detection networks that rely on bounding-box annotations to make sense of operative video footage. Here’s a deeper dive:
1/ 🎉 Forming the SDSC’s Partnerships Team was a milestone embodying our mission to connect surgeons, scientists, and engineers worldwide. Their work expands our reach and accelerates the use of AI-powered tools that save lives everywhere. 🌍
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October 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
1/ 🎉 Forming the SDSC’s Partnerships Team was a milestone embodying our mission to connect surgeons, scientists, and engineers worldwide. Their work expands our reach and accelerates the use of AI-powered tools that save lives everywhere. 🌍
Vote for us in the #AnthemAwards: tinyurl.com/36ckm4xj
Vote for us in the #AnthemAwards: tinyurl.com/36ckm4xj