Daniel Hashimoto is assistant professor in the departments of Surgery and Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania and affiliated faculty in the Penn Engineering General Robotics, Automation, Sensing, and Perception Laboratory. He obtained his B.A. in Biology with a specialization in Neuroscience from Boston University. He earned his MD from the University of Pennsylvania. He also obtained an M.S. in Translational Research with a focus on technology and surgical education for which the majority of his research was conducted at the Imperial College London. He completed his general surgery training at Massachusetts General Hospital and his fellowship in foregut surgery and comprehensive flexible endoscopy at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.
He leads the Penn Computer Assisted Surgery and Outcomes (PCASO) Laboratory. He is interested in surgical education, surgical simulation, surgical technology, and surgical robotics. His research has previously focused on investigating methods of improving the efficiency and quality of technical skills acquisition. He has published on using virtual and augmented reality to assist in the acquisition of surgical technical skills, curriculum development for surgical skills, and the utilization of wearable technology in the operating room.
As a general surgery resident at MGH, he co-founded the MGH Surgical Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Laboratory (SAIIL) with Dr. Ozanan Meireles and Professor Daniela Rus and Dr. Guy Rosman of MIT CSAIL to design and develop a computer vision system for real time analysis of laparoscopic surgical video. He served as associated director of research for SAIIL from 2019 - 2021.
He has conducted research with grant funding from the NIH, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), the Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research (NOSCAR), the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), and the Society for Vascular Surgery, among others. He has helped VC and technology firms evaluate surgical applications for VR, AR, and AI technologies. He holds leadership positions in several national organizations, including the Board of Directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Board of Governors of SAGES.
