Innovation
Faculty within the Division of Endourology and Stone Disease engages in multidisciplinary research and individual projects, including:
- New surgical devices and technologies
- Biomedical engineering
- Outcomes and health services research
- Quality improvement research
- Clinical trials, both investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored
- Bioinformatics
Locally we partner with:
- Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering
- Vanderbilt Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research
- VA Medical Center Nashville Campus
On a national level, Drs. Miller and Hsi are members of EDGE (Endourology Disease Group for Excellence), a multi-center research effort to advance medicine for and prevention of kidney stones, including studies for:
- Preoperative antibiotic duration before percutaneous nephrolithotomy
- Antibiotic prophylaxis after percutaneous nephrolithotomy
- Holmium laser lithotripsy outcomes with MOSES technology
Other research areas of focus include:
