Bluewater Clinical Research Group

Dr. Peterson and our staff are engaged in advancing medicine through clinical research.
Please visit us at our research site, Bluewater Clinical Research Group

Dr. Sean Peterson Publications

  1. Victor Hurst IV, Sean Peterson, Kathleen Garcia, Ashot Sargsyan, Douglas Ebert, David
    Ham, David Amponsah, Scott Dulchavsky. Smart Ultrasound Remote Guidance Experiment (SURGE) – Concept of Operations Evaluations For Using Remote Guidance Ultrasound for Planetary Space Flight.
    AsMA 82nd Annual Scientific and Human Performance Meeting, 2011.

  2. Peterson S, Smith S, van Wynsberghe A, Primak S, Eagleson R, Patel R, Schlachta C M.
    The effect of network jitter on robotic telesurgery performance.
    • Publication under review
    • Poster presentation at 10th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, 2006
    • Poster presentation 2006 Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Scientific Session

  3. Rayman R, Croome K, Galbraith N, McClure R, Morady R, Peterson S, Smith S, Subotic V, Van Wynsberghe A, Primak S. Robotic telesurgery: a real-world comparison of ground- and satellite-based internet performance.
    The international journal of medical robotics. 2007 Jun;3(2):111-6.

  4. Rayman R, Croome K, Galbraith N, McClure R, Morady R, Peterson S, Smith S, Subotic V, Van Wynsberghe A, Patel R, Primak S. Long-distance robotic telesurgery:
    a feasibility study for care in remote environments.
    The international journal of medical robotics. 2006 Sep;2(3):216-24.

Dr. Sean PetersonResearch Experience

  1. Principal-Investigator on ten primary care clinical research studies in the fields of hypercholesterolemia, depression, asthma, COPD, and diabetes mellitus

  2. Clinical Researcher, NASA Johnson Space Center and Wyle, investigated aspects of remotely-guided ultrasound use for the assessment of a trauma patient

  3. Research Assistant, Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics (CSTAR), University of Western Ontario, evaluated the effects of various network conditions, including latency and jitter, on the accuracy and efficiency of operators performing remote robotic telesurgery

  4. Research and Development Engineer, Baylis Medical Company, designed and developed a prototypical radio frequency ablation device for use in treating unresectable soft tissue and organ tumors

  5. Research Assistant, Hospital for Sick Children, evaluated, using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), functional ability and cortical lesion location in Epileptic children for use in pre-surgical planning

  6. Research Assistant, University of Toronto - Department of Medical Biophysics, researched, analyzed, designed, and tested Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques for use in functional MRI