Summary
Professor Fernando Bello is a computer scientist and engineer working at the intersection of medicine, education and technology. He obtained his PhD in Biomedical Systems from Imperial College in 1996 and worked as a postdoctoral Research Fellow on brain image analysis and Computer Aided Surgery from 1996-1998 at Guy's Hospital, and at the University of Kent, where in 1998 he became a Lecturer in Electronic Engineering.
He re-joined Imperial in September 2000 and is currently Professor of Surgical Computing and Simulation Science within the Department of Surgery and Cancer, where he is Director of the Centre for Engagement and Simulation Science, leading the SiMMS - Simulation and Modelling in Medicine and Surgery research group. A multi-disciplinary research group aiming at building suitable models and simulations of clinical processes, including clinical examination, clinical diagnosis, interventional procedures and care pathways.
Prof Bello is particularly interested in the use of virtual / mixed reality environments and haptics in the context of education and training, pioneering advanced patient specific simulation of a number of surgical procedures and clinical examinations, online and mobile simulation tools, as well as innovative approaches to contextualised simulation. He has published widely in technological, medical and educational journals, is involved in several simulation-based training programmes in the UK and abroad and is Academic Co-director of Imperial’s MSc in Surgical Innovation.
Publications
Journals
Clark AE, Shaw CJ, Bello F, et al., 2020, Quantitating skill acquisition with optical ultrasound simulation, Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, ISSN:1836-6864
Marechal L, Balland P, Lindenroth L, et al., 2020, Toward a Common Framework and Database of Materials for Soft Robotics, Soft Robotics, ISSN:2169-5172
Fawcett M, Coughlan C, McGeorge E, et al., 2020, Qualitative evaluation of asthma services for young people: a sequential simulation study, Bmj Simulation && Technology Enhanced Learning, ISSN:2056-6697
Muangpoon T, Haghighi Osgouei R, Escobar-Castillejos D, et al., Augmented reality system for digital rectal examination training and assessment, Journal of Medical Internet Research, ISSN:1438-8871
Granados A, Cox S, Low-Beer N, et al., 2020, Taking the pressure off the patient - understanding digital rectal examinations on a real subject., Ieee Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, ISSN:0018-9294