# Lifelike simulations that make real-life surgery safer

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxNatick
- Speaker: Peter Weinstock
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_weinstock_lifelike_simulations_that_make_real_life_surgery_safer)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Critical care doctor Peter Weinstock shows how surgical teams are using a blend of Hollywood special effects and 3D printing to create amazingly lifelike reproductions of real patients -- so they can practice risky surgeries ahead of time. Think: "Operate twice, cut once." Glimpse the future of surgery in this forward-thinking talk.

## Lectures

1. [Lifelike simulations that make real-life surgery safer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/peter_weinstock_lifelike_simulations_that_make_real_life_surgery_safer/1a663d850f09), 17 min (TED's player)