Omaha Science Café: November 10, 2009
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Omaha Science Cafés are at The Slowdown, 729 N 14th Street in Omaha. Science Cafés involve a face-to-face conversation with a scientist about current science topics.

November will feature Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D., and “Your Doctor is a Robot.”  Dr. Oleynikov is an associate professor of surgery, Joseph and Richard Still faculty fellow in medicine, and director of the Center for Advanced Surgical Technology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Oleynikov received his medical education at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University in 1994. He completed his residency at the University of Utah Medical Center and served as an instructor and senior fellow at the Center for Videoendoscopic Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. Dr. Oleynikov holds additional faculty appointments in the College of Education and School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His current collaborative, multidisciplinary research interests include robotic surgical technology, educational simulation, and clinical outcomes research.