Rate My Professor Sam Gurney

Sam Gurney is the Project Coordinator for Otago Medical School Electives at the University of Otago Christchurch campus. He operates within the Dean's Department, facilitating elective placements and administrative matters for medical students undertaking clinical rotations. Contact details include a direct dial number of +64 3 244 1054 and email sam.gurney@otago.ac.nz. Gurney supports day-to-day operations for electives, as noted in trainee intern handbooks and advanced learning documents from the University of Otago. He collaborates with department heads and administrators such as Associate Professor John Elliott in supervising elective processes.

In addition to administrative duties, Sam Gurney contributes to research in medical imaging at the University of Otago Christchurch, particularly through involvement in the MARS photon-counting spectral CT project. This project focuses on advancements in spectral X-ray imaging for biomedical applications. Gurney is co-author on several publications presented at SPIE Medical Imaging conferences. Key works include 'Assessment of metal implant induced artefacts using photon counting spectral CT' (2019, with M.R. Amma et al.), 'MARS pre-clinical imaging: the benefits of small pixels and good energy data' (2019, with P.H. Butler et al.), 'First human imaging with MARS photon-counting CT' (2018, with R.K. Panta et al.), 'Molecular Imaging of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in an Ex-Vivo Mouse Model Using Spectral Photon-Counting Computed Tomography and Micro-CT' (with B.P. Goulter et al.), and 'Winds of change in imaging of calcium crystal deposition diseases' (with authors from Department of Medicine and Radiology, University of Otago Christchurch). These papers address artefact reduction in CT scans from metal implants, improvements in preclinical imaging resolution, first human trials of MARS CT, tuberculosis imaging, and novel imaging for crystal arthropathies. Gurney's SPIE profile lists affiliation with University of Otago Christchurch. He is also acknowledged in PhD theses such as 'Motion measurement algorithms for MARS imaging' (F. Asghariomabad, 2020) and 'Study of bone-metal interface in orthopaedic application using spectral CT' (M.R. Amma, 2020) for administrative support in imaging research. ResearchGate records 8 publications with 6 citations associated with his University of Otago affiliation.