Innovation in surgical technology through engineering and clinical integration.
The Department of Surgical & Interventional Engineering is new to the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences. Our mission is to bring together engineering and clinical experts to develop new surgical and interventional technologies for a wide range of clinical applications with a focus on combining diagnostic information to support image-guidance during procedures.
At the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, we are proud to have unique partnerships between education, healthcare and industry. This way we are better poised to identify key needs in our healthcare systems and swiftly address them, ensuring that our innovations go from bench-to-bedside in a reduced timeframe. Through our unique infrastructure and research facilities, embedded in one of the UK’s most research active NHS Foundation trusts, we are in a powerful position to deliver on our mission of engineering better health.
Professor Sebastien Ourselin FREng, Head of School, Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences
Core Facilities & Infrastructure
Our Areas of Research
- Smart surgical instruments and active implants, including surgical robots, advanced imaging systems and human/machine implantable interfaces.
- Surgical data science, including creation of clinical decision support systems and interventional imaging analysis.
- Digital surgical twins, including patient specific models that allow for in silico training and outcome prediction.
Our Team
Our Research Groups
- Cai4Cai, PI Professor Tom Vercauteren
- RVIM Lab, PI Dr Christos Bergeles
- Photons+ Ultrasound Research Laboratory (PURL), PI Dr Wenfeng Xia
- King's Health Partners Surgical Academy, PI Professor Prokar Dasgupta
- QUIIN Lab, PIs Dr Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries, Dr Laura Peralta Pereira, Dr Antonios Pouliopoulos
- Functional Photonic Laboratory, PI Dr Tianrui Zhao
- Interactive Medical Robotics, PI Dr Lukas Lindenroth
- Neural Systems and Neuromodulation Lab, PI Dr Ines Violante
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Engineering for Personalised Surgery & Intervention (PSI)
Our CDT offers scholarships for both direct-entry PhD students and those who would benefit from an MRes in Healthcare Technologies before beginning their doctoral research.
Based at King’s College London and embedded within St Thomas’ Hospital and the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering, PSI brings together engineers, clinicians and industry partners to advance smart surgical instruments and implants, surgical data science and digital surgical twins.
Our students contribute to the next generation of UK research and innovation in surgical and interventional health technologies.
Available PhD projects and application details are provided on the PSI-CDT website.