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Dr. Thomas Hemmerling

Academic title(s): 
  • Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology 
  • Associate Professor, Division of Surgical and Interventional Sciences 
  • Affiliated to the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Université de Montréal; 
  • Head of the Research Committee Chair for the STA - Society for Technology in Anesthesia 
  • Associate Editor (section Technology) for the Anesthesia & Analgesia Journal 
  • Director, ITAG (intelligent technologies in anesthesia group) lab 
Dr. Thomas Hemmerling
Degree(s): 

MD. DEAA. MSc 

Graduate supervision: 

Currently supervising students

Group: 
Currently Recruiting
M.Sc. Students
M.Sc. Non-Thesis projects
Ph.D. Students
Research areas: 
Surgical Education and Simulation
Translation and Innovation
Medical Technology
Areas of expertise: 

Development of advanced and innovative biomedical technologies. Surgical simulators, decision support systems, automation of medical procedures, competences simulators evaluators, robotics, just to name a few. 

Current research: 

Dr. Hemmerling’s laboratory is dedicated to the development of innovative cutting-edge biomedical technologies. 

Areas of interest: 

Innovative Technologies, Automated Systems, Surgical Simulators, Assessment Tools for Surgical Competences, Robotic & Tele-Anesthesia, Novel Bio-Med Instrument , Deep Learning 

Biography: 

Dr. Thomas M. Hemmerling MD. DEAA. MSc. has received his MD Degree from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Saarland (Germany), in 1980. He is an associate professor of the Department of Anesthesia and Division of Experimental Surgery at McGill University, and is affiliated to the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Montreal (Montreal, Canada). He is an associate editor (section Technology) for the Anesthesia & Analgesia Journal and Head of the Research Committee Chair for the STA - Society for Technology in Anesthesia. 

Under the leadership of Dr. Hemmerling, the ITAG laboratory was established at McGill in 2006. He supervises 4-6 MSc or PhD students per year: main focus AI, simulation, robotics and environmental impact of medicine.  He also sponsors and is the founder of the SteigerKI award: an award helping high school students in Germany to understand AI and develop projects. 

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