Student Profile

Oleksiy Zaika

I am a PhD student in the department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, working under the supervision of Dr. Sandrine de Ribaupierre and Dr. Roy Eagleson. Having a collaboration between the fields of anatomy and engineering, our lab focuses on usability and implementation of augmented and virtual reality systems in neurosurgery. Using simulation as a testing backbone, we aim to establish the core competencies and skills that govern surgical performance, including depth perception, object targeting, task complexity and procedural performance metrics. We believe this knowledge to be the cornerstone to evidence-based medical education in spatially-complex surgical procedures.