The Foundation and Art of Robotic Surgery

Contributors

Gabriela Aguiluz, MD

Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Research Fellow

Surgical Instructor

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Luciano Ambrosini, MD

Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Research Fellow

Surgical Instructor

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Conrad Ballecer, MD, MS

Clinical Assistant Professor

Creighton University School of Medicine Phoenix Division

Phoenix, Arizona

Ethan Ballecer

Pre-medicine

Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona

Carolina Baz, MD, FACS

Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Research Fellow

Surgical Instructor

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Francesco Maria Bianco, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Dieter Clemens Broering, MD, PhD, FEBS, FACS

Professor

Al Faisal University

Consultant

Transplant & Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery and Executive Director

Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Roberto Bustos, MD

Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Research Fellow

Surgical Instructor

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Vivek Chaudhry, MD, MS, FACS, FASCRS

Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Liaohai Leo Chen, PhD

Professor

Director of Surgical Innovation Training Laboratory (SITL)

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Gyu-Seog Choi, MD, PhD

Professor

Colorectal Cancer Center

Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital

Kyungpook National University School of Medicine

Daegu, South Korea

Woung Youn Chung, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

Yonsei University College of Medicine

Seoul, South Korea

Toby Collins, PhD, MSc, MA, Cantab

Director of Research

IRCAD France & Africa Surgical Data Science

The Research Institute against Digestive Cancer (IRCAD) France

Strasbourg, France

The Research Institute against Digestive Cancer (IRCAD) Africa

Kigali, Rwanda

Andrea Coratti, MD

Head of Surgery

Department of General and Emergency Surgery

Misericordia Hospital

Grosseto, Italy

Antonio Cubisino, MD

Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Research Fellow

Surgical Instructor

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Pierpaolo Di Cocco, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor in General Surgery

Division of Transplantation

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Nicolas Hellmuth Dreifuss, MD

Fellow Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Eduardo Fernandes, MD, PhD, FRCS

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Yuman Fong, MD, ScD, FACS

Sangiacomo Chair and Chairman

Department of Surgery

City of Hope Medical Center

Duarte, California

Patrice Frederick, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Department of Medical Education

University of Central Florida, College of Medicine

Orlando, Florida

Alice Gamble, DO

Resident

Department of surgery

Creighton University

Phoenix, Arizona

Antonio Gangemi, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC)

Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna

Bologna, Italy

Gerald Gantt, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Antonia Girardi, MD, MSc

Breast Surgeon

Division of Breast Surgery

European Institute of Oncology IRCCS

Milan, Italy

Giuseppe Giuliani, MD

Attending Surgeon

Department of General and Emergency Surgery

Misericordia Hospital

Grosseto, Italy

Stephan Gruessner, MD, MPH

General Surgery Resident

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Francesco Guerra, MD

Attending Surgeon

Department of General and Emergency Surgery

AUSL Toscana Sud Est - Misericordia Hospital

Grosseto, Italy

Chandra Hassan, MD, FACS, FRCS (Eng.)

Associate Professor of Surgery

Director of Bariatric Surgery Program

Director of Bariatric Surgery and MIS Fellowship

Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery

University of Illinois Hospital and Health Science Systems

Chicago, Illinois

Katherine Hoener, DO

Resident

Department of Surgery

Creighton University

Phoenix, Arizona

Kelly Hoyert, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Department of Surgery

Division of General, Minimally Invasive & Robotic Surgery

UI Health

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Woo Jin Hyung, MD, PhD

Professor

Department of Surgery

Yonsei University College of Medicine

Seoul, South Korea

Colton Johnson, MD Candidate – Class of 2024

University of Illinois College of Medicine

Rockford, Illinois

Hye Jin Kim, MD

Associate professor

Colorectal Cancer Center

Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital

Kyungpook National University School of Medicine

Daegu, Korea

Hoon Yub Kim, MD, PhD, FACS

Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

Korea University College of Medicine

Seoul, South Korea

Eric CH Lai, MD

Attending Physician

Department of Surgery

Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital

Wan, Hong Kong, China

Natalija Lakic, MB, BCh, BAO Candidate – Class of 2025

Vice President – RCSI Surgical Society

Director of Education – RCSI Student Medical Journal (SMJ)

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

Karl A. LeBlanc, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS

Clinical Professor

Department of Surgery

Louisiana State University Health Science Center and Sr. Medical Director

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Center

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Joong Ho Lee, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Yonsei University College of Medicine

Seoul, South Korea

Cho Rok Lee, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Yongin Severance Hospital

Yonsei University College of Medicine

Seoul, South Korea

Feng Li, MD

Attending Physician

Department of Thoracic Surgery

The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

Zhengzhou, China

Melani Lighter, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Qu Liu, MD, PhD

Associate Chief Surgeon

Associate Professor

Faculty of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery

The First Medical Center of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital

Organ Transplantation Department

The Three Medical Center of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital

Beijing, China

Rong Liu, MD, PhD

Director, Chief Surgeon, Professor

Faculty of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery

The First Medical Center of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital

Beijing, China

Jacques Marescaux, MD, FACS, Hon FRCS, Hon FASA, Hon APSA, Hon FJSES, Hon FJSS

President & Founder of IRCAD (Research Institute Against Digestive Cancer)

Dr Honoris Causa of: The University of Buenos Aires (Argentina); The University of Bucarest (Romania)

The University of Lasi (Romania)

The University of Manitoba (Canada)

Winnipeg, Canada

Mario Alberto Masrur, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Anders Mellgren, MD, PhD, FACS, FASCRS

Turi Josefsen Chair in Surgery

Professor and Chief

Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Piergiorgio Muriana, MD

Attending Physician

Department of Thoracic Surgery

IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute

Milan, Italy

Tiffany Nguyen, MD

General Surgery Resident Creighton University – Phoenix

Department of Surgery

St. Joseph Medical Center

Phoenix, Arizona

Pierluigi Novellis, MD

Attending Physician

Department of Thoracic Surgery

IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute

Milan, Italy

Dawon Park, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Korea University Medical Center

Seoul, South Korea

Alberto Patriti, MD, PhD

Chief

Department of Surgery

Ospedale San Salvatore

Pesaro, Italy

Yevhen Pavelko, MD

Bariatric Surgery Clinical Fellow

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Graziano Pernazza, MD

Chief

Robotic General Surgery Unit

Department of Surgery

San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital

Rome, Italy

Francesca Rossetti, MD

Attending Physician

Department of Thoracic Surgery

IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute

Milan, Italy

Jens-C. Rückert, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery

Head of Thoracic Surgery

Clinic of Surgery, University Medicine Berlin (Charité)

Berlin, Germany

Fabio Sbrana, MD, FACS

Director of Center for Digestive Health

Director of Center for Robotic Surgery

Director of General Minimally-Invasive Robotic Surgery

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Park Ridge, Illinois

Professor of Surgery

Chicago Medical School

Rosalind Franklin University

North Chicago, Illinois

Barbara Seeliger, MD, PhD, FACS

Associate Specialist Surgeon and Senior Researcher

Institute of Image-Guided Surgery

IHU-Strasbourg

Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery

Strasbourg University Hospitals

ICube UMR 7357 CNRS

University of Strasbourg / IRCAD

Research Institute Against Digestive Cancer

Strasbourg, France

Mario Spaggiari, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Transplantation

University of Illinois at Chicago

Surgical Director Liver Transplant Program

ASTS Fellowship Program Director

Chicago, Illinois

Koichi Suda, MD, PhD, FACS

Professor & Head

Divisions of GI & HPB Surgery

Department of Surgery

Fujita Health University

Collaborative Laboratory for Research and Development in Advanced Surgical Intelligence

Fujita Health University

Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Chung Ngai Tang, MBBS (HK), FCSHK, FRCS (Ed), FRCSEd (Gen) & FHKAM (Surgery)

Past President of Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (CRSA)

Founding President of Hong Kong Society of Robotic Surgery (HKSRS)

Senior Consultant (D4) Department of Surgery, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital

Wan, Hong Kong, China

Antonio Toesca, MD

Head

Department of Breast Surgery

Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS

Turin, Italy

Ivo Georgiev Tzvetanov, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery

Chief Division of Transplantation

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Ichiro Uyama, MD, PhD, FACS

Professor

Department of Advanced Robotic and Endoscopic Surgery

Fujita Health University

Collaborative Laboratory for Research and Development in Advanced Surgical Technology

Fujita Health University

Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Valentina Valle, MD

Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Research Fellow

Surgical Instructor

Department of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Giulia Veronesi, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Thoracic Surgery

IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute

School of Medicine and Surgery

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Milan, Italy

Paolo Veronesi, MD

Full Professor of Surgery

Department of Oncology and Oncohaematology

University of Milan

Director of Breast Cancer Program and Breast Surgery Division

IRCCS European Institute of Oncology

Milano, Italy

Ji Young You, MD, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor

Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery

Department of Surgery

Korea University Medical Center

Seoul, South Korea

Hongbin Zhang, MD

Doctoral Candidate of Charité Universität Berlin, Thoracic Surgery

Attending of Thoracic Surgery

Peking University International Hospital, Peking University

Beijing, China

Ahmed Zidan, MD, MSc, PhD

Associate Consultant

Transplant & Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery

Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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