Dr. Teodor Grantcharov (https://twitter.com/TGrantcharovMD?s=20) is a bariatric surgeon at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Grantcharov is world renowned for his work on the OR blackbox, a platform that allows for immense data capture (video, audio, physiologic) as well as advanced analytics. We asked Dr. Grantcharov about what it took to develop the OR blackbox, not just technologically, but culturally and institutionally. You can find out more about the OR blackbox at surgicalsafety.com.

Links:

1. Quantifying recall bias in surgical safety: a need for a modern approach to morbidity and mortality reviews. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30693745/

2. Twitter discussion on best methods for recording open cases: https://twitter.com/ameerfarooq/status/1335675502313447426

3. OR Black Box: https://www.surgicalsafety.com/

4. Gordon, L, Reed, C, Sorensen, JL, Schulthess, P, Strandbygaard, J, Mcloone, M et al.. Perceptions of safety culture and recording in the operating room: understanding barriers to video data capture. Surg Endosc. 2021; :. doi: 10.1007/s00464-021-08695-5. PubMed PMID:34608519 .

5. Nensi, A, Palter, V, Reed, C, Schulthess, P, Mcloone, M, Grantcharov, T et al.. Utilizing the Operating Room Black Box to Characterize Intraoperative Delays, Distractions, and Threats in the Gynecology Operating Room: A Pilot Study. Cureus. 2021;13 (7):e16218. doi: 10.7759/cureus.16218. PubMed PMID:34367818 PubMed Central PMC8341265.

6. Levin, M, McKechnie, T, Kruse, CC, Aldrich, K, Grantcharov, TP, Langerman, A et al.. Surgical data recording in the operating room: a systematic review of modalities and metrics. Br J Surg. 2021;108 (6):613-621. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab016. PubMed PMID:34157080 .

7. Gallant, JN, Brelsford, K, Sharma, S, Grantcharov, T, Langerman, A. Patient Perceptions of Audio and Video Recording in the Operating Room. Ann Surg. 2021; :. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004759. PubMed PMID:33630449 .

Bio (http://stmichaelshospitalresearch.ca/researchers/teodor-grantcharov/):

Dr. Teodor Grantcharov completed his surgical training at the University of Copenhagen, and a doctoral degree in Medical Sciences at the University of Aarhus in Denmark.

Dr. Grantcharov is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto. He holds the Keenan Chair in Surgery at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto.

Dr. Grantcharov is the inaugural Director of the International Centre for Surgical Safety – a multidisciplinary group of visionary scientists with expertise in design, human factors, computer- and data science, and healthcare research. He previously held Canada Research Chair in Simulation and Surgical Safety and was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II diamond jubilee medal for his contributions to clinical research and patient safety in Canada. Dr. Grantcharov was awarded the honorary fellowship of the Imperial College in London, the honorary medal of the Bulgarian and Danish surgical societies and multiple national and international awards for his contributions to surgical education and surgical safety.

Dr. Grantcharov’s clinical interest is the area of minimally invasive surgery, while his academic focus is in the field of surgical innovation and patient safety. He has become internationally recognized as a leader in this area with his work on curriculum design, assessment of competence and impact of surgical performance on clinical outcomes. Dr. Grantcharov developed the Surgical Black Box, which aims to transform the safety culture in medicine and introduce modern safety management systems in the high-risk operating room environment.

Dr. Grantcharov has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and more than 200 invited presentations in Europe, South- and North America. He sits on numerous committees with Surgical Professional Societies in North America and Europe.

He sits on the Editorial Boards of the British Journal of Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy.