Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Excellence in Medicine — Health AI Lab Profile

Lab profile

About CARE

CARE advances artificial intelligence and robotic technologies to improve healthcare delivery, from diagnosis and intervention to training and clinical operations. By uniting researchers, clinicians, industry partners, and health systems, CARE translates breakthrough innovations into safe, scalable, and real-world healthcare solutions. The center develops trustworthy, human-centered AI and robotic systems that enhance clinical decision-making, extend medical expertise, improve patient outcomes, and strengthen healthcare delivery.

Embodied AIField and Frontier MedicineAutonomous Smart LaboratoriesMachine and computer visionRoboticsTele-operationsHuman Computer InteractionAssistive technologies and Health support systems

01 · People

Leadership and researchers

People listed on the lab’s team pages, by role.

Juan WachsDirector · Inaugural Director, CARE; James H. and Barbara H. Greene Professor

Babak AnasoriReilly Rising Star Associate Professor of Materials Engineering and Mechanical EngineeringLinkedIn ↗

Jiang BianWalther and Regenstrief Endowed Chair in Cancer Informatics; Professor and Vice Chair of Translational Informatics

Karl BilimoriaChair of the Department of Surgery, Jay L. Grosfeld Professor of Surgery

David J. CappelleriAssistant Vice President for Research Innovation; B.F.S. Schaefer Scholar & Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering

Hyesun ChungAssistant Professor of Industrial EngineeringLinkedIn ↗

Kyle CouperusChief Product Officer, Exonicus, Inc; MAJ, USAR, 75th Innovations Command; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, USUHS

Dov DoriProfessor Emeritus, IEEE Life Fellow; Head, Enterprise Systems Modeling Laboratory

Bradley DuerstockProfessor of Practice, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Craig GoergenProfessor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Serena Jingchuan GuoWilliam S. Bucke Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice; AI Director, College of Pharmacy

Sooyeon JeongAssistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

Andrew KirkpatrickProfessor, Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary

02 · Research intelligence

Research Intelligence evidence

Publications, grants and clinical trials linked to the lab’s researchers in Health AI Central’s research data.

Research

Publications & preprints

Federated Learning for surgical vision in appendicitis classification: Results of the FedSurg EndoVis 2024 challenge.Medical image analysis · 2026
Reply to: Surgical scene understanding and the emerging challenge of independent validation in an industry-led AI ecosystem.NPJ digital medicine · 2026
Safety and security of large language models in healthcare.Nature · 2026

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Funding

Active NIH grants

No active NIH grants; 1 earlier grant linked to this lab’s researchers.

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Clinical validation

Clinical-trial records

AutoMated BUrn Diagnostic System for Healthcare (AMBUSH)NCT05167461 · Completed

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03 · Updates

Updates and lab news

News and events from the lab’s own site.

CARE Seminar Series - From Surgical Copilots to World ModelsEventOct 20, 2026
Indiana researchers study the potential of AI-powered health careNewsApr 6, 2026 · axios.com
Purdue launching Center for AI and Robotics in Medicine in IndianapolisAnnouncementJan 1, 2026 · ibj.com
CARE Seminar Series: An Inside Job: healing the body from the insideEventengineering.purdue.edu
CARE Seminar Series: Novel Piezoelectric TransducersEvent
Wachs serves as Chair of CVC Computer Vision Conference, delivers keynoteNewsengineering.purdue.edu

04 · Official presence

Lab sources and channels

The lab’s own pages and accounts.

Website engineering.purdue.edu ↗Team ↗News ↗