MULTIMODAL AI 脳 CLINICAL PRACTICE 脳 SURGERY

Bridging
Medicine & Artificial Intelligence

Medical student and AI researcher working at the intersection of clinical decision-making, clinical practice, surgery, and multimodal deep learning.

About Me

I am a medical student at the University of Strasbourg with a strong focus on the intersection between surgery and artificial intelligence. My work lies at the boundary between patient care, surgical practice, and advanced deep learning systems, particularly in the field of multimodal AI for healthcare.

My training follows a highly selective dual-degree Medicine-Science track, combining rigorous medical education with parallel scientific training in biology, data science, and biomedical engineering. This includes hands-on laboratory work, research internships, and early exposure to graduate-level studies in HealthTech and medical imaging AI.

I am particularly interested in developing AI systems that can assist clinicians in real-time decision-making, with a focus on minimal invasive surgery, vision-language models, and multimodal reasoning applied to complex intraoperative environments.

My long-term goal is to contribute to the development of clinically grounded AI systems that improve surgical safety, enhance procedural understanding, and bridge the gap between computational models and real-world medical practice.

Medical Student AI Researcher Multimodal Learning Surgical AI HealthTech Vision-Language Models

What I'm Doing

Medical-Science Dual Degree Program

Medicine-Science Strasbourg Program 路 3-year integrated curriculum combining medical training and fundamental sciences.

Parallel scientific training alongside medical studies: DNA replication lab work, experimental research internship (2 months), and structured research immersion.

Advanced academic pathway: Master 1 IRIV / IMed ( T茅l茅com Physique Strasbourg ) and early entry into Master 2 HealthTech ( University of Strasbourg ).

Medical Sciences Research Training Translational Medicine Lab Work

Medical Student - University of Strasbourg

Faculty of Medicine of Strasbourg

Completed DFGSM (2nd & 3rd year of Medicine). Transitioning to DFASM (4th & 5th year) in September 2026 following a dedicated research year in HealthTech (M2).

Medical Education Clinical Training DFASM

Visual Question Answering in Surgical AI (M2 Research Project)

HealthTech Master Research Project

Development of SurgiLingo VQA: a clinically grounded multimodal dataset for surgical question answering in colorectal surgery and total hysterectomy.

Objective: build AI systems capable of procedural understanding and surgical decision support using vision-language models.

Multimodal AI VQA Surgical AI Vision-Language Models

CAMMA Research Group - Surgical AI

CAMMA Research Group - University of Strasbourg

Collaborative research with engineers and clinicians on computer-assisted surgery.

Active projects: cholecystectomy (adverse event prediction, segmentation, triplet detection, CVS evaluation), rectal resection (anastomotic leakage prediction), and gynecologic surgery annotation protocols.

Computer Vision Surgical AI Clinical Research Deep Learning

Education

Master 2 HealthTech

2025 - 2026 路 T茅l茅com Physique Strasbourg 路 University of Strasbourg

DFGSM3 - Master 1 (IMed / IRIV)

2024 - 2025 路 T茅l茅com Physique Strasbourg 路 University of Strasbourg

DFGSM2 - Dual Degree Medicine Program

2023 - 2024 路 Faculty of Medicine, Maieutics & Health Sciences 路 University of Strasbourg

L1 Sciences for Health - Psychology Track

2022 - 2023 路 Faculty of Medicine, Maieutics & Health Sciences 路 Faculty of Psychology 路 University of Strasbourg

Work & Research Experience

Research Internship - CAMMA Research Group - University of Strasbourgh (M2 HealthTech)

September 2025 - August 2026 路 University of Strasbourg

Research Internship - CAMMA Research Group - University of Strasbourgh (M1)

July - August 2025 路 Medical AI / Surgical Vision

Conference Presentation - EAES 2025 (Belgrade)

27 June 2025 路 European Association for Endoscopic Surgery

Research Assistant - CAMMA Research Group - University of Strasbourgh

August 2024 - June 2025 路 Surgical AI Research

Research Internship - CAMMA Research Group - University of Strasbourgh (Dual Degree Program)

June - August 2024 路 Surgical AI Foundations

Teaching Assistant - T2S (Strasbourg Health Tutoring Program)

September 2023 - June 2024 路 Biostatistics Tutoring

Tutor in biostatistics within the Strasbourg Health Tutoring Program (T2S), supporting first-year medical students through structured teaching sessions, statistical methodology, and exam preparation.

Skills

Python
Deep Learning
Multimodal Learning
Computer Vision
Dataset Curration and Annotation
Anatomy and Pathology knowledges
Surgical Workflow Understanding

News

Preprint Published on arXiv

Co-author 路 Surgical AI / Computer Vision

SurgTEMP: Temporal-Aware Surgical Video Question Answering with Text-guided Visual Memory for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.

Surgical AI Video Understanding Multimodal Learning Vision-Language Models arXiv Preprint

Introducing Critical View of Safety for Minimally-Invasive Hysterectomy: From Delphi Consensus Towards AI Intraoperative Guidance

Co-author 路 Submitted to ESGO 2026 (37th European Congress of Gynaecological Oncology)

AI in Surgery Gynecologic Oncology Medical Imaging Clinical AI Decision Support

Conference Presentation - EAES 2025 (Belgrade)

33rd International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Title: Surgeon-centric design of CVS Copilot, an AI-powered system for real-time assistance during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Nicolas Chanel 路 L. Arboit 路 P. Mascagni 路 N. Padoy

AI Surgery Endoscopic Surgery Real-time AI Clinical Decision Support Congress Program

Publications

SurgTEMP: Temporal-Aware Surgical Video Question Answering with Text-guided Visual Memory for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Shi Li 路 V. Srivastav 路 N. Chanel 路 S. Sharma 路 N. Banik 路 L. Arboit 路 K. Yuan 路 P. Mascagni 路 N. Padoy

2026 路 arXiv Preprint

Surgical AI Video Understanding Multimodal Learning Vision-Language Read Paper

Introducing Critical View of Safety for Minimally-Invasive Hysterectomy: From Delphi Consensus Towards AI Intraoperative Guidance

V. Iacobelli 路 F. M. Tesfai 路 B. Baby 路 L. Arboit 路 M. Pavone 路 A. Rosati 路 N. Bizzarri 路 A. Baroni 路 C. Innocenzi 路 N. Chanel 路 D. Chandrasekaran 路 D. Querleu 路 L. Lecointre 路 P. Mascagni 路 N. Padoy 路 N. Francis 路 A. Fagotti

2026 路 International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

AI Surgery Clinical Protocols Gynecologic Oncology Decision Support Read Paper

Contact

Nicolas CHANEL

Medical Student 路 AI Researcher 路 Multimodal Systems

Strasbourg, France
nicolas.chanel33@gmail.com