Statistical surgical process modeling of performance and workflow in bronchoscopy

Ms. Tatiana Rypinski is a Data Scientist in the Department of Imaging Physics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Surgical Data Science Program in the Institute of Data Science in Oncology. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University in 2015 and a clinical master’s degree in Prosthetics and Orthotics at Baylor College of Medicine in 2021. She also has 5 years experience working in the medical device industry where she supported product, process, and quality changes in the EMS business unit at Stryker Medical and helped scale service operations for a startup developing a robotic transcranial doppler ultrasound product. As a “Surgineer” at UT MD Anderson, she works closely with surgeons and bronchoscopists on the translation of emerging technologies and data science approaches to improve the precision, quality, safety, and value of medical interventions.