About the Authors

Nykan Mirchi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nykan.mirchi@mail.mcgill.ca

Affiliation Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Simulation & Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Vincent Bissonnette

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Simulation & Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Recai Yilmaz

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Simulation & Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Nicole Ledwos

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Simulation & Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Alexander Winkler-Schwartz

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Simulation & Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Rolando F. Del Maestro

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Simulation & Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

A patent entitled: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A TRAINING PLATFORM (Patent Application US 62/821,091) has been filed which outlines the concept of the Virtual Operative Assistant. Each of the 6 authors of this paper is an equal co-inventor of the patent. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.