Prof. Dr. Moritz Queisner
Moritz Queisner is an expert in health technologies with a focus on future applications, technology assessment, knowledge transfer, and design principles. He is Professor for Interdisciplinary Technology Transfer and Digitization in Surgery at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, where he leads the Digital Surgery Lab.
Moritz has an academic background in in media studies, science and technology studies and digital health. His academic work investigates the impact of contemporary media technology on medical practice, with a particular focus on extended reality, imaging technologies and 3D/4D simulation in healthcare.
You can find him also on Twitter, Academia, Google Scholar, LinkedIn, and ORCID.
Material Form Function (Cluster Professor)
Cutting (Principal Investigator)
Material Form Function (Principal Investigator)
Digital Surgery Lab, Experimentelle Chirurgie
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin
Monographs & Books
Bruhn, M., Friedrich, K., Kähny, L., Queisner, M. 2021. Adaptivität. Begriffe des digitalen Bildes. Hildesheim, München: Georg Olms Verlag, Universitätsbibliothek der LMU.
https://doi.org/10.5282/ubm/epub.76331
Articles in Edited Volumes
Friedrich, K., Picht, T., Queisner, M., Roethe, A. 2015. »Im Bildlabor der Neurochirurgie. Ein interdisziplinärer bildgeführter Fallbericht.« In Haare hören – Strukturen wissen – Räume agieren. Berichte aus dem Interdisziplinären Labor Bild Wissen Gestaltung, edited by Bredekamp, H., Schäffner, W. Bielefeld: transcript, 31-44.
Articles
Akbal, Z., Daneshgar, A., Morgül, M. H., Moosburner, S., Pratschke, J., Sauer, I. M., Queisner, M. 2025. »Exploring the Need for Haptic Feedback and Improved Communication in Robotic-Assisted Surgery: A Surgeon-Centered Survey.« IEEE Access, 13: 197889-197898.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3633553
Eisentraeger, K., Dobrindt, E. M., Queisner, M., Remde, C., Sauer, I. M., Pratschke, J., Mogl, M., Butz, F., Müller-Debus, C. 2025. »Prototype of a Virtual Reality Simulator for Thyroidectomy: A Proof of Concept.« Cureus, 17 (9): e92724.
https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.92724
Queisner, M., Eisenträger, K. 2024. »Surgical planning in virtual reality: a systematic review.« Journal of Medical Imaging, 11 (06)
https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.11.6.062603
Queisner, M., Pogorzhelskiy, M., Remde, C., Pratschke, J., Sauer, I. M. 2022. »VolumetricOR: A New Approach to Simulate Surgical Interventions in Virtual Reality for Training and Education.« Surgical Innovation, 29 (3): 406-415.
https://doi.org/10.1177/15533506211054240
Bruhn M., Friedrich K., Queisner M. 2021. »Adaptive Images: Challenges for Visual Studies and Media Theory.« International Journal for Digital Art History, E1: 140-153.
https://doi.org/10.11588/dah.2021.E1.83933
Moosburner, S., Remde, C., Tang, P., Queisner, M., Haep, N., Pratschke, J., Sauer, I. M. 2019. »Real world usability analysis of two augmented reality headsets in visceral surgery.« Artificial Organs, 43 (7): 694-698.
https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.13396
Sauer, I. M., Queisner, M., Tang, P., Moosburner, S., Hoepfner, O., Horner, R., Lohmann, R., Pratschke, J. 2017. »Mixed Reality in Visceral Surgery.« Annals of Surgery, 266 (5): 706-712.
https://doi.org/doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000002448
Conference Proceedings
Akbal, Z., Sauer, I., Yadygina, A., Remde, C., Blumenthal, J. & Queisner, M. 2026. »Haptic Interaction Toolkit for Robotic-Assisted Surgery.« Forthcoming, eBook ISBN 978-3-032-11983-4. Presented at the International XR-Metaverse Conference 2025, Maastricht University, Maastricht Netherlands, 25. June 2025. Netherlands: Springer Nature, Chapter 32 (p. 230-243)9.
https://link.springer.com/book/9783032119827#bibliographic-information
Exhibitions
Igor M. Sauer, Navena Widulin (curators), Sophia Gräfe (coordination), Julia Blumenthal, Mareen Baumeister, Nick Geipel, Nicholas Plunkett (production & design). Vessels: Infrastructures of Life | Gefäße: Infrastrukturen des Lebens. Exhibition. With Contributions by: Assal Daneshgar, Emile De Visscher, Frédéric Eyl, Karl Hillebrandt, Eriselda Keshi, Theresa Lohman, Dietrich Polenz, Moritz Queisner, Iva Rešetar and Igor Sauer. Part of the ＿matter Festival 2025. Berlin Museum of Medical History. 5 June 2025 - 12 October 2025.
https://bmm-charite.de/ausstellungen/gefaesse-infrastrukturen-des-lebens
Highlighted by radioeins, rbb.
Talks & Presentations
Akbal, Z., Yadygina, A., Remde, C., Blumenthal, J., Sauer, I., Queisner, M. Towards Digital Surgery: Haptic Interaction Toolkit for Robotic Surgery. Talk at the Cluster day (Final presentation). Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 30 September 2025.
https://www.experimental-surgery.de/digitalsurgery/projects/haptic_interaction/
Queisner, M. Extended Reality in der Onko-Chirurgie. Talk at the 8. Brandenburger Krebskongress, Dorint Hotel Sanssouci, Potsdam. 11 March 2023.
http://www.brandenburger-krebskongress.de/
Queisner, M. Extended Reality Simulation für chirurgisches Training. Talk at the 140. Deutscher Chirurgie Kongress, ICM- Internationales Congress Center München. Hybrid. 18 April 2023.
https://dck2023.de/
Queisner, M. XR in Medicine. Talk at the Ringvorlesung Berlin XR Lab. Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. 24 January 2023.
https://www.berlin-xrlab.de
Queisner, M 4D Imaging – Situating Image, Action and Space. Talk at the XR_Unites, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin. 28 June 2023.
https://xr-unites.fki.htw-berlin.de/xr-art-networking-events/
Invited Moderation/ Comment
Queisner, M. Ist das jetzt schon das Metaverse? Halocline VR Summit. Virtual. 9 February 2023.
Events & Workshops
Queisner, M., Akbal, Z., Sauer, I., Yadygina, A., Mita, A. M. Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften. Berlin. 28 June 2025.
https://gedenkort.charite.de/fileadmin/user_upload/portal_relaunch/die-charite/Veranstaltungen/2025/LNDW_2025/Programm_LangeNacht_2025.pdf
Nestler, A., Ott, C., Wegener, F. (organizers), with contributions by Akbal, Z., Almpani-Lekka, D., Beyer, B., Dierichs, K., Eder, M., Farmer, J., Fekonja, L., Krauthauen, K., Miodragović, N., Queisner, M., Rodrigues, L., Singer, N., Stein, C, Winkler, C. Open Space – Active Matter on Stage. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Berlin. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 8 November 2023 - 9 November 2023.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/11681/open-space-active-matter-on-stage
Prizes & Competition Awards
Akbal, Z., Maurer, M., Queisner, M., Sauer, I., Remde, C., Rüger, C., Eisenträger, K., Winter, A. 2024. Max Rubner Award. Innovation. »››Patient empowerment through immersive hospital experience before operations or procedures‹‹ (PERISKOP).« Stiftung Charité.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/13825/researchers-from-matters-of-activity-awarded-the-max-rubner-prize-2024; https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2024/04/24/zwei-ki-innovationsprojekte-mit-dem-max-rubner-preis-2024-ausgezeichnet?groupcolor=3
Contributions in TV & Radio
radioeins, Mantel, M. (image). Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften: Gefäße. Infrastrukturen des Lebens. About the Exhibition »Vessels. Infrastructures of Life«, parto of the ＿matter Festival 2025. Radio contribution, radioeins. 7 minutes, 28 June 2025.
https://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/sondersendung/lange-nacht-der-wissenschaften/2025/infrastrukturen-des-lebens.html