Collaboration

“I have been lucky, as many talented people and teams came together to help along this journey”

~ Dr. Garnette Sutherland on his inspirational success in technology creation

*Below, please find Dr. Sutherland’s commencement address to the graduating MD Class of 2023 (Western University, London ON, Canada), alongside whom, he again graduated with an Honorary Doctor of Science conferred to him.

Introduction by Dr. Neil Duggal (Professor of Neurosurgery) | Dr. John Yoo (The Host, Dean, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry) | Degree Presented by Dr. Alan Shepard (President, Western University) | Convocation Address (Dr. Sutherland).

University of Calgary Internal | Local Affiliates:

Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Alberta Health Services

Clinical Research Unit

Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Schulich School of Engineering

Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute

Institutions/Corporate Association:

Macdonald Dettwiler & Associates, MDA, Brampton ON, Canada

Bissinger GmbH, Teningen, Germany

Microsoft Corp. - Partnership Network

Improving Inc

The IDEAL Colloquium on Surgical Robots

Canadian Space Agency

National Research Council (NRC) - Canada

NRC-IRAP - Alberta

IMRIS-Deerfield, MN, USA

Canadian Circuits Inc., Surrey BC, Canada

Quanser, Markham, ON, Canada

KUKA (Robotics & Automation)

OrbSurgical Ltd., Calgary AB, Canada - Project neuroArm SPIN-OFF / Technology Translation Pathway

Universities/Academic Collaboration:

University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Harbin University, Harbin, China

Hokkaido University Graduate School of medicine, Sapporo, Japan

National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London, UK

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