John J. VAN DEN DOBBELSTEEN

John J. VAN DEN DOBBELSTEEN

Netherlands

Professor Medical Process Engineering

Delft University of Technology

Prof.dr. John van den Dobbelsteen holds the chair as Professor of Medical Process Engineering at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Since 2021, he has been the Director of Studies for Technical Medicine, an interdisciplinary Bachelor's and Master's program in collaboration with TU Delft, Leiden University Medical Center, and Erasmus Medical Center. He served as the Chair of the Board of Studies for Master BioMedical Engineering and as the Vice-chair of the Delft University Human Research Ethics Committee. Prof.dr. John van den Dobbelsteen is a member of the International Society of Medical Innovation and Technology (iSMIT) steering committee since 2015.

Prof.dr. John van den Dobbelsteen research aims at optimizing the safety and efficiency of interventional clinical procedures, focusing on a blend of design, formal modeling, and extensive experimental work on the design of minimally invasive instruments and the development of new technologies for real-time monitoring and management in interventional suites and operating rooms.

PhD, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Department of Neuroscience, 1998-2002 MSc, Experimental Psychology, University of Groningen 1993-1998

Eureka Clusters AI, IWISH-Intelligent Workflow optimization Medical Delta Operating room process sustainability Philips Workflow efficiency for the interventional room and OR

MR-guided HDR prostate brachytherapy with teleoperated steerable needles, Journal of robotic surgery, 2023 Deep learning for surgical phase recognition using endoscopic videos, Surgical endoscopy, 2021 Axially rigid steerable needle with compliant active tip control, PLoS One, 2021 Surgical phase modelling in minimal invasive surgery, Surgical Endoscopy, 2019 Design choices in needle steering. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2014