Tristan van Doormaal
Dr. Tristan van Doormaal (MD, PhD) is an academic neurosurgeon and associate professor at UMC Utrecht. His clinical practice centres on complex cerebrovascular and skull-base surgery, while his research translates bench innovations to the operating room. As founder and chief medical officer of Augmedit BV, a startup originating from the Brain Center in UMC Utrecht, he steers AI-driven 3D mixed-reality guidance that aims to reshape neurosurgery. He holds six patents, secured > €10 million in competitive grants, and has authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. His mission is to improve patient outcomes through technology-supported precision microneurosurgery.
UMC Utrecht, Augmedit
Session
Accurate three-dimensional (3-D) appreciation of cranial anatomy is essential yet difficult to achieve with conventional two-dimensional (2-D) imaging. Lumi, an AI-driven, cloud-based mixed-reality (MxR) platform that originated from and is studied in close cooperation with the UMC Utrecht, automatically converts DICOM data into patient-specific holograms that can be explored on a head-mounted display or 2-D screen. In this presentation we summarise the current bench-to-bedside evidence base to quantify Lumi’s effect on spatial insight, surgical planning and task performance.