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/ 🎄 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.
🚨 📢 Reminder: Join us tomorrow for the Data Science Roundtable featuring Dr. Danyal Khan!
We'll explore how to make pituitary surgeries safer with computer vision AI.
🗓️ Wed 12/10/25 11am-12pm Eastern
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#AIinSurgery #SurgicalInnovation #ComputerVision #SurgicalTraining
We'll explore how to make pituitary surgeries safer with computer vision AI.
🗓️ Wed 12/10/25 11am-12pm Eastern
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#AIinSurgery #SurgicalInnovation #ComputerVision #SurgicalTraining
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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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December 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
🚨 📢 Reminder: Join us tomorrow for the Data Science Roundtable featuring Dr. Danyal Khan!
We'll explore how to make pituitary surgeries safer with computer vision AI.
🗓️ Wed 12/10/25 11am-12pm Eastern
🔗 tinyurl.com/mzyxezpj
#AIinSurgery #SurgicalInnovation #ComputerVision #SurgicalTraining
We'll explore how to make pituitary surgeries safer with computer vision AI.
🗓️ Wed 12/10/25 11am-12pm Eastern
🔗 tinyurl.com/mzyxezpj
#AIinSurgery #SurgicalInnovation #ComputerVision #SurgicalTraining
1/ 🔐✨ Advent Day 9 | Strengthening Trust
We’re proud to share a major milestone in our commitment to data protection and global trust: SDSC is officially GDPR compliant. 🇪🇺🇬
We’re proud to share a major milestone in our commitment to data protection and global trust: SDSC is officially GDPR compliant. 🇪🇺🇬
December 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
1/ 🔐✨ Advent Day 9 | Strengthening Trust
We’re proud to share a major milestone in our commitment to data protection and global trust: SDSC is officially GDPR compliant. 🇪🇺🇬
We’re proud to share a major milestone in our commitment to data protection and global trust: SDSC is officially GDPR compliant. 🇪🇺🇬
🎄 Advent Day 8
Our platform received more than 45,000 visits this year, from surgeons, trainees, researchers, engineers, and global health partners around the world.
That’s nearly 3× more traffic than last year. 📈
Our platform received more than 45,000 visits this year, from surgeons, trainees, researchers, engineers, and global health partners around the world.
That’s nearly 3× more traffic than last year. 📈
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🎄 Advent Day 8
Our platform received more than 45,000 visits this year, from surgeons, trainees, researchers, engineers, and global health partners around the world.
That’s nearly 3× more traffic than last year. 📈
Our platform received more than 45,000 visits this year, from surgeons, trainees, researchers, engineers, and global health partners around the world.
That’s nearly 3× more traffic than last year. 📈
1/ Advent Day 7 ✨
🎥 Today’s reveal: our platform contains 7,000+ hours of surgical video — one of the largest collections in the world.
🎥 Today’s reveal: our platform contains 7,000+ hours of surgical video — one of the largest collections in the world.
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
1/ Advent Day 7 ✨
🎥 Today’s reveal: our platform contains 7,000+ hours of surgical video — one of the largest collections in the world.
🎥 Today’s reveal: our platform contains 7,000+ hours of surgical video — one of the largest collections in the world.
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.