Scaling Success Grant

  • Vanderbilt University

    Eye-gaze tracking system could dramatically improve kidney stone surgery training

    When kidney stone surgery is performed using an endoscope, about a fourth of those patients will require a repeat surgery within 20 months due to residual stone fragments being left behind. These remaining pieces can lead to obstruction, pain, kidney injury and recurrent infections. Jie Ying Wu Gaining and assessing… Read More

    Aug. 12, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Karl Zelik is inaugural awardee of a Scaling Success Grant

    When kidney stone surgery is performed using an endoscope, about a fourth of those patients will require a repeat surgery within 20 months due to residual stone fragments being left behind. These remaining pieces can lead to obstruction, pain, kidney injury and recurrent infections. Jie Ying Wu Gaining and assessing… Read More

    Apr. 11, 2022