Edward Andrews

Executive Co-Director, Founding Member

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Dr. Andrews is an assistant professor in Neurosurgery in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). He is currently the head of UPMC’s extended reality lab alongside Dr. Jacob Biehl, founded in November of 2020 with a grant from The Tull Family Foundation to leverage this nascent technology in Neurosurgery. Since that time, they have developed a unique collaborative partnership between the Department of Neurological Surgery, UPMC, and a mixed reality (MR) software company based in New York, Medivis, who specialize in MR surgical solutions. As well, they have cemented a partnership with the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information (SCI) to create new MR platforms to enhance and simplify operative workflow. Since starting, the lab has grown to include not only the Department of Neurosurgery but also the Departments of Plastic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, and Urology. Each of these departments have now developed MR projects with his and Dr. Biehl's guidance, of which many offer potential cost saving measures for the hospital system on top of improving surgical workflow and patient outcomes.

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