RASD Workshop Potential Speakers

RASD WorkshopPotential SpeakersCategoryNamePosition and InstitutionBio Information from Public Websites Contact Info

Robotic SurgeonsDr. Ashutosh TewariProfessor and System Chair Urology Mount Sinai Hospital

Chairman, Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a world-renowned urologist and prostate cancer specialist. As Director of the Department of Urology, he leads a multidisciplinary team committed to improving prostate cancer treatment, research and education. To date, he has performed over 5,000 robotic radical prostatectomy surgeries. The Tewari Lab is working on unlocking the genomic causes of prostate cancer and translating genomic information to practical physician application through imaging. In 2012, he was awarded the American Urological Associations Gold Cystoscope Award. This honor is given annually to the urologist who has contributed significantly to the field within 10 years of completing residency. Dr. Tewari holds several leadership positions domestically and [email protected]

Dr. Thomas AhleringVice Chairman, Department of UrologyProfessor of Urology, University of California at IrvineDr. Ahlering is a highly regarded surgeon in urologic oncology. His years of experience in treatment of prostate, bladder, kidney and testicular cancers has placed him as one of the original America's Best Doctors since his membership in 1994. He trained under Dr. Donald G. Skinner at USC in urinary diversion and reconstruction, and has continued to pioneer innovation to the Indiana pouch, and Ileal Neo-bladder reconstructions. His research focuses on the invasion and metastasis of prostate cancer, and development of minimally invasive radical prostatectomy assisted by the da Vinci Surgical System. He has performed more than 700 such robotic surgeries, including the first robotic prostatectomies in Denmark, Canada and [email protected]

Dr. David LeeChief of the Division of Urology at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineDr. Lee's academic training and experience have resulted in a successful surgical career. His clinical interest is in laparoscopic urology and stone disease, including laparoscopic nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy, pyeloplasty and ureteroscopy. He specializes in robotic surgery including robotic prostatectomy. Fellowship-trained and having served as an instructor for many physicians across the country in robotic prostatectomy, he is one of the nation's foremost practitioner's of the procedure. He is a frequently invited lecturer on the topics of advanced laparoscopy and new frontiers in [email protected]

Dr. Danny EunDirector of Minimally Invasive Robotic Urologic Oncology & Reconstructive Surgery; Vice Chief of Robotic Surgery, Temple University HospitalDr. Eun has performed over 1200 robotic procedures and is an internationally recognized thought leader in advanced robotic surgery techniques, procedure development and training. He runs a regional high volume referral practice for robotic removal of complex tumors and cancers of the prostate, bladder, kidney, ureter, testis and adrenal gland, as well as complex minimally invasive robotic reconstruction of the kidney, ureter and [email protected]

Dr. Herbert ZehChief, Division of Gastrointestinal (GI) Surgical Oncology, Co-Director, UPMC Pancreatic Cancer CenterCo-Director, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute GI Oncology Program at UPMCAssociate Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineLeader in research on robot-assisted pancreatic surgery, [email protected]

Dr. Dave BartlettVice Chairman, Surgical Oncology and Gastrointestinal ServicesDirector, David D. Koch Regional Perfusion Cancer Therapy CenterDirector, Multidisciplinary Disease Site Clinical and Research Programs for the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. Bernard Fisher Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of [email protected]

Dr. Martin WeiserVice Chair for Education and Faculty Development, Department of Surgery; Stuart H.Q. Quan Chair in Colorectal Surgery Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer [email protected]

Dr. Julio Garcia AguilarChief, Colorectal Service; Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Surgical Oncology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer [email protected]

Dr. Vivian StrongAssociate Professor of Surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Surgical [email protected]

Dr. Piero Giulioanotti Lloyd Nyhus Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery - University of Illinois at [email protected]

Dr. Michael KentOn staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-NeedhamDirector, Minimally invasive Thoracic Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center [email protected]

Dr. David RiceProfessor, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, [email protected]

Dr. Netu SarkariaVice Chairman for Clinical Affairs, Department of Cardiothoracic SurgeryDirector of Thoracic Robotic SurgeryCo-Director of the Esophageal and LungSurgery Institute UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health [email protected]

Dr. Wiley NifongBrody School of Medicine at East Carolina University - Cardiothoracic [email protected]

Dr. Doug MurphyEmory ClinicProfessor of [email protected]

Dr. Rakesh Suri

Currently Mayo Clinic - Recruited Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, starts June [email protected]

Dr. Jamie CannonAssistant Professor of Surgery, focused on Colorectal Cancer University of [email protected]

Dr. Kenneth KimAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology - Division of Gynecology Oncology UNC-Chapel [email protected]

Dr. Paola GehrigAssociate Professor and Director, UNC Gynecologic Oncology , UNC-Chapel Hill, Clinical Research, Gynecologic Oncology [email protected]

Dr. Ginger GardnerDirector, International Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology Memorial Sloan [email protected]

Dr. Antonio GargiuloAssistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Infertility and Reproductive Surgery Obstetrics/[email protected]

Dr. Fred RamosGYN - Kaiser [email protected] or [email protected]

Dr. Gerald HawkinsGYN - Penn State [email protected]

Dr. Dan Clark General Surgery - Latrobe Hospital, [email protected]

Dr. Thomas PayneMedical Director of The Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery; North AustinDr. Payne serves as keynote speaker, panelist and faculty for conferences around the globe and has written and co-written numerous papers, textbook chapters and journal articles regarding robotic surgery. Dr. Paynes primary passion is to teach, assist and perform complex robotic surgery. His pioneering work as a surgeon and educator in over 1,000 da Vinci gynecologic surgeries continues to shape the present and future of gynecologic surgery [email protected]

Dr. Mario LeitaoFellowship Director, Gynecology Service; Director, Minimal Access and Robotic Surgery Program, Department of SurgeryI have a strong interest in providing minimally invasive surgical options for our patients, including both laparoscopic and robotic-assisted procedures. In 2006, I became one of the first gynecologic oncologists to use the da Vinci Surgical System to perform robotically-assisted procedures in women with benign and malignant gynecologic conditions. Minimally invasive procedures result in less blood loss than do traditional surgeries, allowing for shorter hospital stays and faster recuperation time for patients. I serve as the Director for the Minimal Access and Robotic Surgery Program in the Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering and have helped to build one of the best and most experienced robotic surgery programs in the world across multiple surgical [email protected]

Dr. John BoggessAssociate Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill, Clinical Research, Gynecologic Oncology ProgramDr. Boggess has developed a minimally invasive surgery program in Gynecology Oncology at UNC. Dr. Boggess continues to be actively involved in the comprehensive management of women with gynecologic malignancies and in the training of oncology [email protected]

Dr. Jerry RozeboomOB-GYN Associates; Director of Ultrasound and Radiological Imaging Cedar [email protected]

Dr. Arnold AdvinculaVice Chair, Womens HealthGynecologic Surgery & UrogynecologyClinical Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at CUMCChief of Gynecology at the Sloane Hospital for Women at NYPH/CUMCChief of the Division of Gynecologic Surgery at CUMCDr. Advincula is a leader in minimally invasive surgical techniques and one of the worlds most experienced gynecologic robotic surgeons who has published and taught extensively in the area of minimally invasive surgery as well as developed surgical instruments in use worldwide. He is a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Current President of [email protected]

AATS / STS Fellowship DirectorsDr. Robert CerfolioProfessor of Surgery and Section Chief of Thoracic Surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at UABHe is an internationally recognized expert in thoracic surgery. Dr. Cerfolio received the James H. Estes Family Lung Cancer Research Endowed Chair in 2010. He is a past President of the Southern Thoracic Surgery Association (STSA). Dr. Cerfolio is recognized as a leading expert in robotic thoracic surgery; he has personally mentored scores of thoracic surgeons in this [email protected]

Dr. W Randolph Chitwood, Jr.Chairman, East Carolina Heart Institute (retired 2/2015)AATS /STS societal education, guideline/policy recommendations in robotic cardiac surgery; 2012-2013 Past-STS [email protected]

AAGL Fellowship DirectorDr. Rosanne KhoDepartment of Obstetrics & GynecologyDivision of Gynecologic Surgery Columbia University Medical [email protected]

Robotic Clinical TrainingDr. Martin MartinoDepartment of Obstetrics and GynecologyDivision of Gynecologic OncologyLehigh Valley Health NetworkAssociate Professor, University of South FloridaCo-Director, Robotic Training Network

Board of Directors for Institute for Surgical [email protected]

Dr. Greg WeinsteinVice Chairman, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery; Director, Head and Neck Surgery Division and Head and Neck Surgery Clinic; Co-Director, Center for Head and Neck Cancer; Director, Head and Neck Oncology FellowshipProfessor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaAn extension of Dr. Weinstein's special interest in organ preservation surgery has been clinical research in the area of Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) He is Principal investigator of the first IRB approved human clinical trial for robotic surgery in the field of Head and Neck Surgery. As co-founder of the first in the world research program in human TORS, he has been involved with clinical research in developing new techniques, instrumentation, as well as adaptation of laser technology to robotic surgery. Dr. Weinstein has also been involved in establishing the first training program in TORS. Dr. Weinstein has trained physician/researchers from a number of centers around the United States in the TORS techniques and has had trained visiting surgeons in the TORS techniques from Japan, Korea, China, Australia, Sweden, Brazil, France, India as well as others. He has authored numerous articles in the area of robotic surgery and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Robotic Surgery and is a founding Board Member and First President of the SRS(Society for Robotic Society)[email protected]

Dr. Erik WilsonMedical Director of Bariatric Surgery at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, and the Director of the Minimally Invasive Surgeons of Texas (MIST)Co-Founder of the Texas Association for Bariatric Surgery and Houston Bariatric Society. He is a founder and the Past President of the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association. He is a leader in endoluminal and robotic General Surgery since 2002 with over 1000 cases performed [email protected]

Academic ResearchDr. Russ TaylorProfessor Department of Computer Science Whiting School of Engineering The Johns Hopkins UniversityDirector Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and TechnologyPioneer in field of surgical robotics [email protected]

http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~rht/RHT%20Papers/Russell%20H%20Taylor%20-%20CV.pdf

Dr. Allison OkamuraAssociate Professor Mechanical Engineering Dept. Stanford UniversityUser [email protected]

http://charm.stanford.edu/Main/AllisonOkamura/#toc2

Dr. Nabil SimaanAssociate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical EngineeringAssociate Professor of Otolaryngology, OtolaryngologyGeneral robotics [email protected]

http://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/bio/nabil-simaan

Dr. Pierre DupontStaff Scientist, Cardiovascular Surgery; Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Bioengineering Visiting Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Robotic Instruments and Imaging [email protected]

http://www.childrenshospital.org/researchers/pierre-e-dupont

Dr. Kevin ClearyTechnical Director, Bioengineering Initiative Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical InnovationProfessor of Pediatrics at George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health ScienceMedical robotics, medical device development, minimally invasive interventions, image-guided [email protected]

http://childrensresearchinstitute.org/faculty/cleary

Dr. Paolo DarioProfessor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of The BioRobotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA), Pisa, Italy.Coordinator of the PhD Program in BioRobotics at SSSA, currently enrolling 92 PhD [email protected]://sssa.bioroboticsinstitute.it/user/56

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