Dr. Michael Montalbano
Associate Professor, Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine
Biography
Dr. Michael Montalbano is a Clinical Associate Professor at St. George’s University School of Medicine within the Department of Anatomical Sciences. He also serves as Director of the Medical Student Research Institute for the School of Medicine in Grenada. Dr. Montalbano’s main teaching and research activities are centered on clinical anatomy and technological applications such as point-of-care ultrasonography. Wherever possible his work intends to highlight that the complexity of medical realities cannot be captured by any single approach.
Contact Information
Areas of Interest
- Anatomical variations
- Surgical anatomy
- Translational medicine
- History of medicine
- Developmental anatomy and epigenetics
- Medical education
- Point-of-care ultrasonography
- Technology enhanced learning
Affiliations
- American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA), Member
- International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), Member
Selected Publications
- Joseph TS, Gowrie S, Montalbano MJ, Bandelow S, Clunes M, Dumont AS, Iwanaga J, Tubbs RS, Loukas M. The Roles of Artificial Intelligence in Teaching Anatomy: A Systematic Review. Clin Anat. 2025 Jul;38(5):552-567. doi: 10.1002/ca.24272.
- Ward GH, Luchynskyy B, Jones M, Garcia A, Montalbano MJ. NASA Task Load Index and Use in Robot-Assisted vs Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Am Coll Surg. 2025 May 1;240(5):825-836. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001242.
- Andrew K, Montalbano MJ. Through a Glass Darkly: Perceptions of Ethnoracial Identity in Artificial Intelligence Generated Medical Vignettes and Images. Med Sci Educ. 2025 Feb 27;35(3):1473-1488. doi: 10.1007/s40670-025-02332-9
- Vaddiparti A, Huang R, Blihar D, Du Plessis M, Montalbano MJ, Tubbs RS, Loukas M. The Evolution of Corpus Callosotomy for Epilepsy Management. World Neurosurg. 2021 Jan;145:455-461. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.08.178.
- Saker E, Bahri GN, Montalbano MJ, Johal J, Graham RA, Tardieu GG, Loukas M, Tubbs RS. Gerbode defect: A comprehensive review of its history, anatomy, embryology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment. J Saudi Heart Assoc. 2017 Oct;29(4):283-292. doi: 10.1016/j.jsha.2017.01.006.
Selected Projects
No projects available.
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