Tyler Loftus
Assistant Professor | University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, UNITED STATES
Dr. Tyler Loftus uses artificial intelligence for clinical decision making to improve surgical care while attending to bioethical principles
Biography
Dr. Tyler J. Loftus is a trauma surgeon and data scientist. Dr. Loftus’s research has introduced and validated the concept of aligning patient acuity with resource intensity after major surgery and is poised to change the way surgeons and intensivists make postoperative triage decisions and allocate sparse critical care resources. His research overlaps with the healthcare quality domain where he serves as an assistant chair of quality for the Department of Surgery.
Areas of Expertise (6)
Bioethics
Crtical care
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Trauma Surgery
Medical Education
Media Appearances (3)
Tech Tuesday: Trauma surgeon’s award
ABC News WCJB 20 tv
2023-11-21
A trauma surgeon from North Central Florida wants to help doctors make better decisions for intensive care patients. In this week’s Tech Tuesday, our partners at UF innovate and SCAD media tell us how Tyler Loftus’s invention won an award.
Surgical Revolution: Exploring AI’s Impact on Modern Practices
AZO Robotics online
2023-10-30
The surgeons, recognized as trailblazers in integrating AI into their practices and exploring its potential applications, showcased how this technology is transforming patient care in the lead-up to surgery, during the procedure, and in the post-operative period. This presentation occurred on Monday, October 23, as part of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts.
The AI Revolution: Surgeons Share Insights on Integrating AI into Surgical Care
ACS News
2023-10-27
A panel of leading surgeons convened recently to discuss the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in modern surgical practices. The surgeons, all pioneers in adopting AI into their work and studying potential applications, illustrated how this technology is revolutionizing patient care before, during, and after surgery.
Articles (3)
Overtriage, Undertriage, and Value of Care after Major Surgery: An Automated, Explainable Deep Learning-Enabled Classification System
Journal of the American College of SurgeonsTyler J. Loftus, et. al
2023-02-01
In single-institution studies, overtriaging low-risk postoperative patients to ICUs has been associated with a low value of care; undertriaging high-risk postoperative patients to general wards has been associated with increased mortality and morbidity. This study tested the reproducibility of an automated postoperative triage classification system to generating an actionable, explainable decision support system.
Postoperative Overtriage to an Intensive Care Unit Is Associated With Low Value of Care
Annals of SurgeryTyler J. Loftus, et. al
2022-07-06
We test the hypothesis that for low-acuity surgical patients, postoperative intensive care unit (ICU) admission is associated with lower value of care compared with ward admission. Overtriaging low-acuity patients to ICU consumes valuable resources and may not confer better patient outcomes. Associations among postoperative overtriage, patient outcomes, costs, and value of care have not been previously reported.
Association of Postoperative Undertriage to Hospital Wards With Mortality and Morbidity
JAMA NetworkTyler J. Loftus, et. al
2021-11-01
Undertriaging patients who are at increased risk for postoperative complications after surgical procedures to low-acuity hospital wards (ie, floors) rather than highly vigilant intensive care units (ICUs) may be associated with risk of unrecognized decompensation and worse patient outcomes, but evidence for these associations is lacking.
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