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Amir Hooshiar

Academic title(s): 

Assistant Professor
Director of Surgical Performance Enhancement and Robotics (SuPER) Centre

Amir Hooshiar
Contact Information
Email address: 
amir.hooshiar [at] mcgill.ca
Location: 
Montreal General Hospital
Degree(s): 

B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Awards, honours, and fellowships: 
  • 2018 NSERC Top Researcher: Gilles-Brassard Award for Interdisciplinary Doctoral Research
  • 2021 Best Doctoral Thesis Award: Northeastern Association of Graduate Studies (US and Canada)
  • 2022 Marika Zelenka Simnovation Prize
Language(s) spoken: 
English
Farsi
Biography: 

Dr. Hooshiar is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Department of Surgery since July 2023. He is also the Founding Director of the Surgical Performance Enhancement and Robotics (SuPER) Centre. He has MSc (2009) and BSc (2007) in biomedical engineering from Tehran Polytechnique and PhD (2021) in mechanical engineering from Concordia University, Montreal. He received his postdoctoral training in surgical robotics at 91社区 (2021-2023). Dr. Hooshiar鈥檚 research is focused on design, development, and validation of autonomous and soft surgical robots as well as development and validation of AI-based decision support systems for intraoperative guidance and surgical skill assessment.

Selected publications: 

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