Weston Ross

Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery

  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, Duke School of Medicine.
  • Research Director for the Brain Tool Laboratory in the Pratt School of Engineering.

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery

Contact Information

  • Office Location: DUMC 3807, Durham, NC 27710
  • Office Phone: +1 919 660 5310
  • Email Address: weston.ross@duke.edu

Education

  • B.S. University of New Mexico, 2012
  • M.S. Duke University, 2016
  • Ph.D. Duke University, 2019
  • Duke University, 2022

Research Interests

My research broadly involves the development of "smart surgical systems" for a variety of surgical and medical fields.  In particular, I am interested in developing laser-based systems for imaging and tissue manipulation.  This has included projects in modeling laser photoablation, characterizing tissue vaporization with CO2 lasers, and diagnostics with fluorescent spectroscopy.  I have demonstrated automated tattoo removal with a computer-vision guided laser photoablation system.  My ongoing research efforts are aimed at broadening this work to address skin cancers both domestically and in resource-limited medical settings, particularly in India.

Courses Taught

  • ME 555: Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering
  • COMPSCI 391: Independent Study

Representative Publications

  • Ma, Guangshen, ravi Prakash, brian Mann, Weston Ross, and patrick Codd. “3D Laser-and-tissue Agnostic Data-driven Method for Robotic Laser Surgical Planning.” Https://Arxiv.Org/Abs/2305.01524, May 2, 2023. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2305.01524.
  • Prakash, Ravi, Kent K. Yamamoto, Siobhan R. Oca, Weston Ross, and Patrick J. Codd. “Brain-Mimicking Phantom for Photoablation and Visualization.” Int Symp Med Robot 2023 (April 2023). https://doi.org/10.1109/ismr57123.2023.10130243.
  • Ma, Guangshen, Weston Ross, and Patrick J. Codd. “N-mirror Robot System for Laser Surgery: A Simulation Study.” In Int Symp Med Robot, Vol. 2023, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/ismr57123.2023.10130180.
  • Ma, guangshen, weston Ross, and patrick Codd. “Robotic Laser Orientation Planning with a 3D Data-driven Method,” January 5, 2022. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2201.01401.
  • Tucker, Matthew, Matthew Lacayo, Suzanna Joseph, Weston Ross, Pakawat Chongsathidkiet, Peter Fecci, and Patrick J. Codd. “Creation of Non-Contact Device for Use in Metastatic Melanoma Margin Identification in ex vivo Mouse Brain.” Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 11945 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2608975.