Hospital News

Latest Hospital News

Washington University - St. Louis, MO

• Robotic Surgeon hosts Worldwide Symposium

East Carolina University - Greenville, NC

• Pioneer in Robotic Cardiac Surgery Completes Milestone

Good Samaritan Hospital - Cincinnati, OH

• Man, machine duet in dance of surgery. Data shows clinical advantage to robotic program. Dr. J. Michael Smith of Good Samaritan Hospital

Poudre Valley Hospital - Fort Collins, CO

• Robotic-assisted surgical system minimizes invasiveness of procedures

Past Hospital News

Advocate Christ Medical Center (Oak Lawn, IL)

• A High-Tech Helping Hand
• New Life: High-tech alternative gives open-heart surgery patients new hope.
• Nation's 1st Conference on Robotic Heart Surgery to be held at Christ Medical Center which has "Best Clinical Results"

Beth Israel Medical Center (New York, NY)

• Robotic Device Makes History in Treating Severe Heart Failure
• Robotic Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery a Success
• Beth Israel Performs Robotic Assisted Prostate Removal Surgery
• St. Luke's-Roosevelt Surgeons Use Robotics in Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis
  First documented case in the world to remove thymus gland.
• Beth Israel Launches New Center
  Beth Israel's Heart Institute to launch center for innovative cardiovascular therapy.
• Heart Surgeon with Robotics Expertise Joins St. Luke’s-Roosevelt
• Beth Israel Medical Center Performs Robotic Assisted Prostate Removal Surgery
• Sci-Fi Medicine Helps Prostate Surgery
• Beth Israel Medical Center Successfully Completes Robotic Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Through Key Hole Incisions
  Patient goes home from closed chest heart surgery in less than 24 hours
• Beth Israel's Heart Institute to Launch Center for Innovative Cardiovascular Therapy
• Easy on the Heart
  Medicine: Dispatches From the Front Lines

Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, MA)

• Surgery Enters the Robotic Age
• Minimally Invasive GI Surgery Offers Faster Healing, High Patient Satisfaction

Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics (CSTAR) (Ontario, Canada)

• Another North American first at CSTAR - Surgical robot helps to successfully remove aneurysm

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital (Roanoke, VA)

• Carilion Brings Robotic Surgery System To Western Virginia

Centennial Medical Center (Nashville, TN)

• Robot surgery might mean less pain, faster healing

Children's Hospital (Boston, MA)

• Robotic “wrist” on the cutting edge of surgery

Children's Hospital (Denver, CO)

• The Children's Hospital First in the World to use tiniest surgical tools for Pediatric Robotic Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, OH)

• New patent for Computer Motion and Intuitive's da Vinci^® FDA-cleared for prostate removal
• Manual vs Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery in the Performance of Basic Manipulation and Suturing Tasks

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (New York, NY)

• First Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in the U.S. Performed at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Surgeons Perform Historic Heart Surgery
• Columbia P&S/NYPH Robotically-Assisted Cardiac Surgery Program

Cooper Health System (Camden, NJ)

• Cooper using robot to perform surgery

Freemont Area Medical Cewnter (Freemont, NE)

• Robotic Assisted Surgery
• Clarmar Students Give FAMC Robot a New Name

Hackensack University Medical Center (Hackensack, NJ)

• Hackensack University Medical Center Performs First Prostectomy with da Vinci^® on the East Coast
• Medical Center Finds Benefits to Using Robotic Equipment During Coronary Bypass Surgery
  da Vinci^® Surgical System Translates Surgeon's Hand Movements into Precise Robotic Movements
• Medical Center is the East Coast Training Center for da Vinci™
• Medical Center Introduces the Next Wave of Robotic Minimally-Invasive Surgery
  da Vinci^® Surgical System Translates Surgeon's Hand Movements Into Precise Robotic Movements
• Medical Center Utilizing Robotic Equipment During Coronary Bypass Surgery
  da Vinci^® Surgical System Translates Surgeon's Hand
  Movements into Precise Robotic Movements

Henrico Doctors' Hospital (Richmond, VA)

• Henrico Doctors' Hospital First in Mid-Atlantic Region to Perform Closed-Chest "Open Heart" Surgery
• Richmond Surgeon Performs Nation's First Robotically Assisted Vasectomy Reversal
• Henrico Doctors' Hospital-Forest to Begin Closed-Chest Cardiac Bypass Surgery Trials with da Vinci™ Surgical Robot
• HCA's Henrico Pioneers Minimally Invasive Surgery
• World's First Fully Laparoscopic Robotically Assisted Aortic Graft

Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit, MI)

• First Outpatient Robotic Prostatectomy Performed
• World's 1st Outpatient Prostatectomy Performed at Henry Ford
• Henry Ford First to Offer Robotic Surgery for Prostate Cancer
• Computer-age prostate surgery: High-tech procedure is less invasive and less painful
• Computer-driven tools do operation

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

• Doctors try robotic arms for surgery

Inova Fairfax Hospital (Falls Church, VA)

• Inova Fairfax Hospital First in Metro Area to Perform Robotic Heart Surgery
  Technology Touts Faster Recovery, Less Trauma for Patients, and Enhanced Capabilities for Cardiac Surgeons 

Iowa Methodist Medical Center (Des Moines, Iowa)

• The Future of Surgery Arrives at Iowa Methodist and Blank Children's Hospital

Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)

• Improved Surgery With Robotic Arms
• "Robotic" Surgeries Being Performed at Hopkins
• Operations of the Future
• Robotic Surgery: Safer and More Precise

Lenox Hill Hospital (New York, NY)

• Lenox Hill Hospital Successfully Completes The World's First Robotic Assisted Epicardial Microwave Ablation

Memorial Regional Hospital (Hollywood, FL)

• Robotics Are Revolutionizing Prostate Cancer Surgery at Memorial Regional Hospital

Methodist Hospital (Indianapolis, IN)

• First Three Surgical Robot Procedures Performed on October 14 and 15
• Robot to be eyes, hands of Methodist surgeons

Mt. Diablo Medical Center (Concord, CA)

• Leading Edge Robotic Surgery Now Available at John Muir/Mt. Diablo Health System

Ohio State University Medical Center (Columbus, OH)

• Pioneering robotic heart surgery
• SU Medical Center Uses Robotic Heart Surgery Technique

Parkridge Medical Center (Chattanooga, TN)

• Robotic Surgery at Parkridge: Introducing da Vinci

Pitt Country Memorial Hospital (Greenville, NC)

• FDA Approves Second Clinical Trial For Robotic Heart Surgery 
• University Health Systems Heart Surgeons To Lead FDA Multi-Center Robotic Surgery Trial
• East Carolina University to test da Vinci™ robot in cardiac surgery trials

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center (Portland, OR)

• Heart surgery by a robot? Yes, aided by surgeon

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (New Brunswick, NJ)

• RWJUH named to test robot-performed surgery 

San Ramon Regional Medical Center (San Ramon, CA)

• Leonardo And Laparoscopy. That Old Prostate Has Me In Its Spell
• Advanced Surgical Technology Brought to the Bay Area

Scottsdale Healthcare (Scottsdale, AZ)

• Surgical robot to undergo FDA trials
• Surgeons perform 1st robotic prostate surgery

Shawnee Mission Medical Center (Shawnee Mission, KS)

• Area doctors see possibility in laparoscopy with robotics

St. Agnes Medical Center (Fresno, CA)

• Whats New - da Vinci Surgical Robot System

St. Luke's Hospital (Bethlehem, PA)

• Doctor completes region's first closed-chest bypass surgery.
  Wind Lake man expected to recover quicker than normal after all-day session

St. Luke's Medical Center (Milwaukee, WI)

• Heart surgery without the saw
  Device allows bypass operation without opening chest
• Robot cuts away woman's tumor. Surgeon guides device at distance, avoiding open-chest operation

St. Vincent's Hospital (Birmingham, AL)

• da Vinci™ Prostatectomy Patients Reunite
• Surgery robots in Birmingham mean fewer incisions, shorter recoveries

University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

• Robotic system reduces invasiveness of prostate surgery, speeds recovery

University of Michigan Health System (Ann Arbor, MI)

• U-M adds a new member to its surgical team - a robot!
  From kidney donation to hysterectomy, a high-tech tool increases surgeons' accuracy
• UNMC To Become Eighth U.S. Medical Center To Use Robotic Surgical Equipment
• UNMC/NHS Completes First Surgery Using Robotic Equipment

University Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha, NE)

• Nebraska Health System Completes Historic Robotic Surgery

University of Southern California Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA)

• Is there a robot in the house?
  USC surgeons perform surgical 'first' with robotic assistance
• Robot named 'da Vinci™' puts USC at the forefront of surgery

Valley Hospital (Ridgewood, NJ)

• Robotic Surgery

Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle, WA)

• Robodocs: Local hospitals embrace newest technology in operating rooms
• The da Vinci^® Surgical System at Virginia Mason Hospital
• Virginia Mason Introduces First Robotically-Assisted Surgical System in Washington

Westchester Medical Center (Valhalla, NY)

• Robot performs first surgery