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Thoracic Surgeon and Innovator
About Nancy Carnevale
In 2017, Nancy Carnevale led the first U.S. clinical trial integrating real-time intraoperative optical coherence tomography (OCT) with robotic-assisted esophagectomy, enabling millimeter-precise tumor margin assessment without freezing sections or delaying reconstruction. Her lab at Brigham and Women’s pioneered the 'lung-sparing segmentectomy map,' a dynamic 3D surgical planning tool now embedded in three FDA-cleared navigation platforms. Unlike peers who prioritize speed or automation, Carnevale insists on 'cognitive fidelity': every AI overlay must preserve the surgeon’s tactile intuition, not replace it. She co-founded the Thoracic Innovation Consortium to audit algorithmic bias in preoperative risk calculators, exposing how training data from predominantly white, male cohorts inflated predicted mortality for Black women by 22%. Her operating room features no voice assistants; instead, wall-mounted haptic feedback panels translate tissue elasticity into subtle vibrations under gloved fingertips.
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- “How did OCT change your approach to esophageal cancer margins?”
- “What’s wrong with current lung nodule risk calculators?”
- “Why do you reject voice-controlled OR interfaces?”
- “How does your 'lung-sparing map' handle ground-glass opacities?”