Amir Hooshiar
Concordia University, McGill University, McGill University Health Centre
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Total Citations
486
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About
Amir Hooshiar is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of surgical robotics, smart materials, and medical device engineering, with particular expertise in robotic-assisted cardiovascular interventions and minimally invasive surgery. His work has garnered over 330 citations across a decade of impactful contributions, reflecting the broad relevance of his innovations to both engineering and clinical communities. Hooshiar's most celebrated contributions include developing autonomous control frameworks for flexible ablation catheters, where his learning-based kinematic models have pushed robotic cardiac ablation toward meaningful clinical autonomy (65 citations). He has also advanced the application of magnetorheological elastomers — smart materials that change stiffness under magnetic fields — for force feedback and stiffness display systems in robotic surgery, bridging the critical sensory gap surgeons face in remote procedures. His hybrid tactile sensors, capable of simultaneously measuring tissue stiffness and detecting discontinuities like tumors, represent a landmark achievement in intraoperative tissue characterization (51 citations). More recently, Hooshiar has expanded into soft robotics, developing hyperelastic models and embedded multi-axis force-torque sensors tailored for compliant surgical robots. His trajectory reflects a consistent vision: creating safer, smarter, and more autonomous robotic surgical systems that restore the precision and tactile awareness that minimally invasive approaches traditionally sacrifice.
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