Certification   Understanding the requirements of the American Board of Surgery (and other Boards) for certification of medical professionals. Design and propose formal protocols for skills testing on approved image-based and robotics-based systems in medicine. public policy issues (How are decisions, made for lowering fees for physicians and surgeons liability insurance if she/he has completed a training program with a system? How is this unofficial certification accepted by the Boards? How do we move from hidden certification to an official certification?) public health (studying scenarios for minimizing clinical error) sociology and economics (what are the cost savings if technology-based certification is approved?) psychology (what does it all of this say for patient confidence and trust in the medical professions?)   Additional Links: Imaging Informatics Curriculum