Founded at the University of Edinburgh in 2020, the Surgical Sabermetrics Laboratory (SaberLab) pioneers a data-driven approach to understanding and improving surgical team performance. SaberLab is based within the Centre for Medical Informatics at the Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh (BioQuarter Campus) SaberLab = Analytics + Surgery + Sport + Psychology More information about how the SaberLab aims to empower surgical teams and improve outcomes for patients and their families can be found on the SaberLab website SaberLab Research Focus Drawing inspiration from sports analytics, SaberLab applies sabermetric principles to the operating room, using wearable sensors, video analysis, and AI to capture the dynamics of real and simulated surgery. The lab focuses on non-technical skills, such as situation awareness, decision making, teamwork and communication; critical to patient safety but often under-measured. Through interdisciplinary collaboration across surgery, human factors, data science and professional sports, SaberLab develops tools and insights that inform training, enhance performance, and promote wellbeing in high-stakes clinical environments.SaberLab investigates surgical performance through cognitive load measurement, video analytics, and wearable sensors, drawing on insights from elite sports and behavioural science. Our focus is international collaborations with partners in Europe, Africa, and North America to improve surgical training, assessment, and patient safety worldwide Team We are a multidisciplinary team passionate about clinical surgery, behavioural science, data analytics, innovative technology, performance psychology and human factors.The SaberLab is led by founding director, Prof. Steven Yule. His current projects explore video, physiological data and machine learning to predict safety-critical behaviors and outcomes in operative surgery. Professor Steven Yule This article was published on 2025-06-16
