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Lifelike simulations that make real-life surgery safer

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Peter Weinstock |

TEDxNatick

• January 2016

Critical care doctor Peter Weinstock shows how surgical teams are using a blend of Hollywood special effects and 3D printing to create amazingly lifelike reproductions of real patients -- so they can practice risky surgeries ahead of time. Think: "Operate twice, cut once." Glimpse the future of surgery in this forward-thinking talk.

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Critical care doctor Peter Weinstock shows how surgical teams are using a blend of Hollywood special effects and 3D printing to create amazingly lifelike reproductions of real patients -- so they can practice risky surgeries ahead of time. Think: "Operate twice, cut once." Glimpse the future of surgery in this forward-thinking talk.

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Peter Weinstock

Pediatric ICU doctor

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Dr. Peter Weinstock is an Intensive Care Unit physician and Director of the Pediatric Simulator Program at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Peter and his team fuse medicine with state of the art special effects, puppeteering and 3D printing technologies to create lifelike simulations of complex surgeries.

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Boston Children's Hospital Simulator Program

Boston Children’s Hospital Simulator Program is focused on perfecting the link between preparedness and high quality, high volume pediatric care.

Medicine meets theater: pediatrics training, parent practice, device innovation 'on location'

Explore the new, 4,000-square-foot pediatric simulation center, which incorporates real medical equipment, set design and special effects.

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