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Stifle kinematics in 4 dogs with cranial cruciate ligament insufficiency treated by CORA-based leveling osteotomy

Published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022

Recommended citation: Tinga S, Hughes N, Jones SC, Park B, Palm L, Desaraju SS, Banks SA, MacArthur SL and Lewis DD (2022) Stifle kinematics in 4 dogs with cranial cruciate ligament insufficiency treated by CORA-based leveling osteotomy. Front. Vet. Sci. 9:1052327. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1052327
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Language Models for Multilabel Document Classification of Surgical Concepts in Exploratory Laparotomy Operative Notes: Algorithm Development Study

Published in JMIR Medical Informatics, 2025

Recommended citation: Balch JA, Desaraju SS, Nolan VJ, Vellanki D, Buchanan TR, Brinkley LM, Penev Y, Bilgili A, Patel A, Chatham CE, Vanderbilt DM, Uddin R, Bihorac A, Efron P, Loftus TJ, Rahman P, Shickel B
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Single-cell spatial transcriptomics

Published: October 01, 2020

I worked with Dr. Juan Guan in the Department of Physics.

Autonomous, Intraoperative Identification of Biliary Anatomy (Surg. Research Day)

Published: January 01, 2022

I presented work on using AI to autonomously identify the common bile duct during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Autonomous Tracking of Native Canine Stifles (Maui)

Published: September 01, 2022

I presented my progress on tracking joints in a series of X-ray images. We looked at canine stifles, which are dogs’ knees.

Segmentation of Enteric Fistulae in Patients with Crohn’s Disease

Published: February 01, 2023

I presented work using an AI model to locate enteric fistulae, which are holes in the intestine, in patients with Crohn’s disease.

Autonomous, Intraoperative Identification of Biliary Anatomy (COM Research Day)

Published: February 01, 2023

I presented updates on our work on developing an AI system to autonomously identify the common bile duct in laparoscopic cholecystectomies.

Segmentation of Enteric Fistulae in Patients with Crohn’s Disease

Published: May 01, 2023

I presented our work on using an AI model to locate enteric fistulae, which are holes in the intestine, in patients with Crohn’s disease.

Autonomous Tracking of Native Canine Stifles (NYC)

Published: September 01, 2023

I presented updates on my tracking joints in a series of X-ray images. We looked at canine stifles, which are dogs’ knees.

Utilizing Large Language Models to Accelerate Chart Review Research Projects

Published: April 26, 2025

I presented work on using large language models to accelerate chart review research projects at the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) conference in Chicago, Illinois. The final research was published here.

Graduate TA for Undergrad Physics

Graduate course, University of Florida, Department of Physics, 2021

I served as a graduate teaching assistant for Physics 2 without Calc Lab. I as responsible for over 80 students in this online course. I graded the students’ assignments every eek and held office hours. The course hands-on assignments that covered electric and magnetic field visualization, circuit creation, electrostatic repulsion, and geometric optics.

Supervised CS Senior Design group (Spring 2022)

Graduate course, University of Florida, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Banks Lab, 2022

I supervised a group of undergraduate computer science students in their senior design project. I led the 4 students in a project that used AI to create realistic images of bone X-rays. More specifically, we used Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to reconstruct X-rays of canine legs in specific positions.

Supervised CS Senior Design group (Spring 2023)

Graduate course, University of Florida, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Banks Lab, 2023

I once again supervised a group of undergraduate computer science students in their senior design project. I led 9 students between 2 teams to create a more robust code base for our lab’s AI work. More specifically, we implemented a PyTorch Lightning-based framework for computer vision tasks using Weights and Biases experiment tracking and a custom configuration manager.