Dr. Bin Zheng

Area of Study / Keywords

Skill training Simulation Human Factors in Surgery Eye-hand coordination Virtual Reality Eye-tracking Vigilance Non-technical skills Team cognition & performance OR efficiency 3D Vision Digital surgery Image-guided Surgery Rehabilitation Patient Safety

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About

Dr. Bin Zheng, professor in Surgery, holds the Endowed Research Chair in Surgical Simulation position in the Department of Surgery of the University of Alberta.  
Differing from most medical research focusing on patients and their health problems, Dr. Zheng put surgeons and surgical teams under the spotlight.  Explicitly, he studies performance and cognition of healthcare providers during surgery, especially in the image-guided and robotic manipulated surgery.  Dr. Zheng’s research aims to understand a surgeon’s eye-hand coordination and decision-making in the operating room. Dr. Zheng collaborates with surgeons, engineers, clinical educators, and psychologists to develop simulators for training surgical skills. The long-term goal of Dr. Zheng is to prompt the use of simulation in surgery for improving care quality and patient safety.

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Research

My current research at the Surgical Simulation Research Lab (SSRL) focuses on:

1. Surgical simulation (design and assessment):  creating virtual (VR) and physical simulation models for surgical training. 

2. Human factors in surgery: investigating eye-hand coordination, information processing, decision-making processes for surgeons and designing smart systems to support surgeons. 

3. Skills training and rehabilitation: studying how skills are learned in different environments. Knowledge gained helps to design a better skill acquisition program for surgical trainees and also helps patients suffering with neuromuscular disorders to regain their daily skills.

4. Medical education: using cutting edge technology (such as videos, gaming, VR, AR to enhance education outcomes. 

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Teaching

1. Discovery Learning (problem-based learning) courses for Year 1 & 2 MD students.

2. Basic surgical technique courses for different levels of trainees.

3. Teaching in computing science - human factors engineering, human-computer interaction, multimedia graduate courses.

Yao Zhang, Hana Vrzakova, Eric Fung, Shuchun Wen, Bin Zheng

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 2026 May; 10.1145/3806033

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Yuzhang Li, Yen-Wu Lo, Xingyu Lai, Olyvia Wang, Xinming Li, Bin Zheng

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction. 2026 March; 10.1080/10447318.2026.2641706

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Yuzhang Li, Khadija Hasan, Wenmin Yu, Xingyu Lai, Bin Zheng

Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery. 2026 March; 10.1016/j.lers.2025.07.004

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Bin Zheng, Yixiong Zheng, Yao Zhang, Yuanyuan Yao

Journal of Surgical Education. 2026 February; 83 (2):103821 10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103821

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Yun Wu, Yile Zhu, Bin Zheng

Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery. 2025 December; 10.1016/j.lers.2025.06.001

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Yuzhang Li, Bin Zheng, Peter Grant, Xinming Li

Applied Ergonomics. 2025 November; 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104598

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Simon Byrns, Yun Wu, Bin Zheng

Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery. 2025 September; 10.1016/j.lers.2025.04.002

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Bin Zheng, Xiujun Cai

Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery. 2025 September; 10.1016/j.lers.2025.02.005

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Farzad Aghazadeh, Bin Zheng

Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery. 2025 June; 10.1016/j.lers.2025.03.002

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Zhong Shi Zhang, Yun Wu, Bin Zheng

Information. 2025 April; 10.3390/info16040303

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Letao Wang, Yuzhang Li, Yao Zhang, Bin Zheng

Applied Sciences. 2025 January; 10.3390/app15020545

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Yun Wu, Yao Zhang, Bin Zheng

Applied Sciences. 2024 December; 10.3390/app142411975

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Ghazal Hashemi, Yao Zhang, Yun Wu, Wenjing He, Lijun Sun, How Lee, Barbara Wilson-Keates, Bin Zheng

Clinical Simulation in Nursing. 2024 December; 10.1016/j.ecns.2024.101655

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Abed Soleymani, Mahdi Tavakoli, Farzad Aghazadeh, Yafei Ou, Hossein Rouhani, Bin Zheng, Xingyu Li

IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 2024 November; 10.1109/TMRB.2024.3464110

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Yun Wu, Zhongshi Zhang, Farzad Aghazadeh, Bin Zheng

Sensors. 2024 May; 10.3390/s24102984

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Yun Wu, Zhongshi Zhang, Yao Zhang, Bin Zheng, Farzad Aghazadeh

Sensors. 2024 April; 10.3390/s24082545

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Yao Zhang, Yun Wu, Xinming Li, Simon R. Turner, Bin Zheng

The Surgeon. 2024 April; 10.1016/j.surge.2023.10.005

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Yuzhang Li, Xinming Li, Peter R. Grant, Bin Zheng

Sensors. 2024 February; 10.3390/s24051518

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Carmen (Jiayang) Li, Yao Zhang, Yuandong Li, Bin Zheng

Surgical Innovation. 2023 August; 10.1177/15533506231169067

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Xianta Jiang, Ziang Wu, Jingjing Zheng, Bin Zheng, Stella Atkins

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 2023 May; 72 10.1145/3588015.3589509

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Xin Liu, Yao Zhang, Xianta Jiang, Bin Zheng

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction. 2023 April; 10.1080/10447318.2022.2115190

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Farzad Aghazadeh, Bin Zheng, Mahdi Tavakoli, Hossein Rouhani

Sensors. 2023 March; 10.3390/s23063146

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Peng Luo, Jiliang Shen, Tunan Yu, Xiaochen Zhang, Bin Zheng, Jin Yang

Medical Teacher. 2023 February; 10.1080/0142159X.2022.2126755

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Xin Liu, Yerly Paola Sanchez Perdomo, Bin Zheng, Xiaoqin Duan, Zhongshi Zhang, Dezheng Zhang

BMC Medical Education. 2022 December; 10.1186/s12909-022-03256-3

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Han Y., Zheng B., Zhao L., Hu J., Zhang C., Xiao R., Wang C., Pu D.

BMC Medical Education. 2022 June; 22 (1):439 10.1186/s12909-022-03503-7

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Zhang Y, Wang SK, Zheng B

Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery. 2022 May; 5 (9):106-110 10.1016/j.lers.2022.05.002

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Bednarik R., Blandford A., Feng F., Huotarinen A., Iso-Mustajärvi M., Lee A., Nicolosi F., Opie J., Yoo S., Zheng B.

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 2022 April; 10.1145/3491101.3503709

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Seal F., Wang S., Zheng B.

Perioperative Care and Operating Room Management. 2022 March; 26 10.1016/j.pcorm.2021.100226

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Liu X., Sanchez Perdomo Y.P., Zheng B., Duan X., Zhang Z., Zhang D.

BMC Medical Education. 2022 March; 22 (1):191 10.1186/s12909-022-03256-3

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Wang S., Zheng J., Zheng B., Jiang X.

Biosensors-Basel. 2022 February; 12 (2):57 10.3390/bios12020057

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Liu X., Zheng B., Guo Q., Yu Y., Zhang Z., Wulamu A., Zhang D.

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics. 2022 January; 2022 (1):101198 10.1155/2022/3057270

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Zhang Y., Zheng B.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2022 January; 224 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.06.002

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Liu X., Zhao C., Zheng B., Guo Q., Yu Y., Zhang D., Wulamu A.

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering. 2022 January; 19 (10):10037-10059 10.3934/mbe.2022469

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Koskinen J., Huotarinen A., Elomaa A.P., Zheng B., Bednarik R.

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 2021 December; 17 (2):305-314 10.1007/s11548-021-02537-4

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Gu Q., He L., Zheng B.

Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. 2021 December; 74 (12):3443-3476 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.09.001

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Chainey J., Elomaa A.P., O'Kelly C.J., Kim M.J., Bednarik R., Zheng B.

World Neurosurgery. 2021 November; 155 (155):e196-e202 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.08.028

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Chainey J., O'Kelly C.J., Kim M.J., Zheng B.

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. 2021 October; 17 (5):e2313 10.1002/rcs.2313

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Zheng B., Jiang X., Bednarik R., Atkins M.S.

BJS Open. 2021 October; 5 (5):zrab068 10.1093/bjsopen/zrab068

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Canadian Conference for the Advancement of Surgical Education (C-CASE) 2021. 2021 August;

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Liu X., Zheng B., Duan X., He W., Li Y., Zhao J., Zhao C., Wang L.

Journal of Eye Movement Research. 2021 July; 14 (2):1-13 10.16910/JEMR.14.2.5

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Liu X., Zhao C., Zheng B., Guo Q., Duan X., Wulamu A., Zhang D.

Frontiers of Computer Science. 2021 May; 3 10.3389/fcomp.2021.661676

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Yang J., Zheng B., Cai X., Wang Z., Yu H., Cheng Y., Yu X.

Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 2021 April; 16 (2):114-119 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000514

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Duan X., Sun H., He Y., Yang J., Li X., Taparia K., Zheng B.

JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2021 March; 63 (3):221-225 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002123

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Lu F., Wang B., Sanchez P., Kathrada A.I., Tavakoli M., Zheng B.

Surgical Innovation. 2021 February; 28 (1):103-109 10.1177/1553350620967852

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He W, Jiang X, Zheng B

Simulation in Healthcare. 2021 January; 16 (6):e206-e213 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000548

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Liu X., Zheng B., Duan X., He W., Li Y., Zhao J., Zhao C., Wang L.

Journal of Eye Movement Research. 2021 January; 14 (2):1-13 10.16910/JEMR.14.2.5

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Li C., Zheng B., Yu Q.L., Yang B., Liang C., Liu Y.

ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 2020 December; 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.10.037

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Lu S., Sanchez Perdomo Y.P., Jiang X., Zheng B.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS. 2020 November; 44 (11) 10.1007/s10916-020-01656-w

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Wenjing He, Simon Bryns, Karen Kroeker, Anup Basu, Daniel Birch, Bin Zheng

Journal of Robotic Surgery. 2020 February; 10.1007/s11701-019-00950-1

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