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Telesurgery Consensus Congress Organizing Committee

Course Director

Vipul Patel, MD
Professor Of Urology, UCF
Director, Global Robotics Institute
Director, Urologic Oncology Advent Health
Executive Director, Society of Robotic Surgery

Course Chairs:

  • Prokar Das Gupta,MD, OBE FRCS: Professor of Surgery and Consultant Urological Surgeon, NHS
  • Mischa Dohler: VP Emerging Technologies Ericsson Inc.
  • Jacques Marescaux, MD: Founder and President of IRCAD
  • Martin Martino, MD, FACS, FACOG: Medical Director of the Gynecologic Oncology
  • Sharona Ross, MD, FACS: President, Society of Robotic Surgery
  • Rick Satava, MD, FACS: Professor Emeritus of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center
21 December 2023

PRESS RELEASE

WORLD LEADING SURGEONS, TELECOM, REGULATORY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO CONVENE FOR FIRST-EVER TELESURGERY CONSENSUS CONFERENCE

The Society of Robotic Surgery (SRS) proudly announced that they will host the first-ever Consensus Conference (3-4 February 2024), where the world’s top surgical and robotic technology leaders will discuss the key issues for creating a safe path forward in the rapidly developing area of telesurgery.

Over two information-packed days, global leaders will share ground-breaking research, clinical experiences, and engage in collaborative discussions to help shape the future of telesurgery and the obvious humanitarian benefits.

“In the last two decades innovations in robotics and telecom technology have evolved significantly, making low latency telesurgery technically viable,” stated Dr. Vipul Patel, Executive Director of SRS. “My team recently visited China and Japan and were able to successfully demonstrate telesurgery up to 2500km. However important issues around surgical training, credentialing, reliability, patient safety, ethical and legal issues have yet to be fully explored. Our Consensus Conference will explore these advancements, concepts, and questions in a way that is manageable, feasible, and protects patient safety.”

Leading technology and thought leaders from countries around the world will be represented at the Consensus Conference, including the Telecom, world bank, healthcare insurers, surgical robotics companies, hospital administration, and healthcare credentialing and policy makers.

About SRS

The Society of Robotic Surgery (SRS) was founded on the fundamental principles of education and collaboration, related to the complex issues of robotic surgery. SRS is a global organization, with each continent having its own board and input into activities. It is the pioneering spirit of members and the founding Board that makes the Society a success. SRS provides international collaboration on multi-centric studies, database collection, fellowship training and funding support, and seeks participation from residents, fellows and young faculty embracing robotics. This diversity allows SRS to adapt to emerging changes in technology and provides an innovative forum for improvement of clinical and academic initiatives internationally.

SRS Organizing Committee

Local Organizing Committee

  • Jay Redan, MD
  • Doug Harcombe
  • Amanda Maggard

 

  • Marcio Moschovas, MD
  • Shady Saikali, MD
  • Travis Rogers, MD

 

  • Ahmed Gamal, MD
  • Sumeet Reddy, MD
  • Carlos Ortiz, MD
  • J. Scott Magnusson, MD

 

Keynote Speakers

  • Mehran Anvari, MD: Chair of MIS, McMaster University
  • Ralph Clayman, MD: Professor of Urology, Dean Emeritus UCI School of Medicine
  • Prokar Das Gupta, MD, OBE FRCS: Professor of Surgery and Consultant Urological Surgeon, NHS
  • Mischa Dohler: VP Emerging Technologies Ericsson, Inc.
  • Chris Ellison, MD: President, American College of Surgeons
  • Jacques Marescaux, MD: Founder and President of IRCAD
  • Ankit Mathur: Chief Delivery Officer at The White House
  • Vipul Patel, MD: Professor of Urology UCF, Director of GRI
  • Sharona Ross, MD: President, Society of Robotic Surgery
  • Ajit Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC: Director of Education, American College of Surgeons
  • Rick Satava, MD, FACS: Professor Emeritus of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center
  • Vinod Thomas: Former Senior VP World Bank
  • Yulun Wang: Founder Computer Motion and Sovato Medical

Society Presidents

  • Alberto Breda, MD: ERUS President
  • Christopher Ellison, MD: President, American College of Surgeons (ACS)
  • Ameer E Hassan, DO: President, Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology
  • Verda Hicks, MD:  President, American College of Gynecology (ACOG)
  • Aurora Pryor, MD: Past President, SAGES
  • Sharona Ross, MD:  President, Society of Robotic Surgery
  • Angeles Secord, MD: President, Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO)
  • Mario Sung Gyung Tak, MD: President, ARUS
  • Patricia Sylla, MD: President of SAGES, Chief Colorectal Surgery Mt. Sinai
  • Raju Thomas, MD: Past President, American Urology Association, Chairman, Tulane Urology

Academic Chairs or Program Directors

  • Abdullah Al Ansari, MD:  Chairman of Urology, Hamad Medical Qatar
  • David Albala, MD: Chief of Urology, Crouse Hospital
  • Mehran Anvari, MD: Chair of MIS, McMaster University
  • Patrice Gabler Blair, DrPH, MPH: Associate Director, ACS Division of Education
  • Ralph Clayman, MD: Professor of Urology, Dean Emeritus UCI School of Med
  • Rafael Coelho, MD, PhD: Chief of Urology Oncology – University of Sao Paulo
  • Tony Costello, FRACS, FRCSI: Professorial Fellow & Former Head Department of Urology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Founder of IMRA Training Center
  • Liang Cui, MD:  Director of Urology, Civil Aviation Medical Center
  • Uma Duvvuri, MD: Chairman of Head and Neck, NYU, SRS Board Member
  • Ricardo Estape, MD: Director at HCA Institute for Gynecologic Oncology
  • Steve Eubanks, MD: Director of Academic Surgery, AdventHealth
  • Ahmed Ghazi, MD:  Director of Simulation, Johns Hopkins
  • Ross Goldberg, MD: Chairman, Board of Governors, ACS
  • Kenichi Hakamada, MD: Director, Hirosaki University Hospital, Chairman of Surgery
  • Santiago Horgan, MD: Chief of MIS, UCSD and SRS Board Member
  • Andrew Hung, MD: Vice Chair in the Department of Urology at Cedars Sinai
  • Jihad Kaouk, MD: Chief of MIS, Cleveland Clinic Urology
  • Louis Kavoussi, MD: Professor and Chairman Urology, Northwell
  • Xuesong Li, MD:  Professor and Vice Chairman of Urology, Peking University, China
  • Ryan Madder, MD: Section Chief, Interventional Cardiology, Corewell Health
  • Scott Magnuson, MD: Co-Medical Director, Head and Neck Surgeon AdventHealth
  • Jacques Marescaux, MD: Founder and President of IRCAD
  • Martin Martino, MD, FACS, FACOG: Medical Director of the Gynecologic Oncology
  • Armando Melani, MD: Director of IRCAD Latin America
  • Susan Moffat-Bruce, MD: President, Lahey Clinic, ACS Governor, CEO Royal College of Canada
  • Marcelo Orvieto, MD: Chief of Robotic Surgery and MI Urology, Clinica Alemana de Santiago
  • Ray Pak, MD: Chairman of Urology, Mayo Clinic
  • Carla Pugh, MD, PhD: Professor, Stanford University, Director of Technology
  • Jay Redan, MD: Chief of Surgery, AdventHealth Celebration
  • Bernardo Rocco, MD: Chief of the Department of Urology and Professor, University of Modena
  • Martin Roche, MD: Orthopedic Director of Arthroplasty, HSS Florida
  • Ajit Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC: Director of Education, American College of Surgeons
  • Adnan Siddiqui, MD: Neurosurgery, CEO and CMO Jacobs Institute
  • Mark Soliman, MD: Medical Director of Colorectal Surgery
  • Chandru Sundaram, MD: Vice Chair, Director of MIS, Professor of Urology, Indiana University
  • Zhang Xu, MD: Director of the Academy of Urology, Chair Chinese Urology Association

SRS Board of Directors

  • Ghulam Abbas, MD: Thoracic and Cardiac Surgeon, Charleston Area Medical Center
  • David Albala, MD: Chief of Urology, Crouse Hospital
  • Rafael Coelho, MD, PhD: SRS Board LATAM, Chief of Urology Oncology – University of Sao Paulo
  • Tony Costello, FRACS, FRCSI: Professorial of Urology, Founder and Director of IMRA Australia
  • Cathy Corder: Senior Program Manager, Robotics Education, Global Robotics Institute
  • Ricardo Estape, MD: Director at HCA Institute for Gynecologic Oncology
  • Ray Leveillee, MD: Professor (affiliate), Florida Atlantic University, Bethesda Hospital, Baptist
  • Keith Kim, MD: Surgeon, Lake Nona Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
  • Jacques Marescaux, MD: Founder and President of IRCAD
  • Fred Moll, MD: General Partner, Sonder Capital, Founder Intuitive Surgical
  • Alex Mottrie, MD: Head of Urology Department OLV Hospital, CEO of ORSI Academy
  • Eduardo Parra Davila, MD: Bariatric, Colorectal Surgeon, Palm Beach Digital Surgery Institute
  • Bernardo Rocco, MD: Chief of the Department of Urology, University of Modena, Italy
  • Martin Roche, MD: Director of Arthroplasty HSS Florida
  • Adnan Siddiqui, MD: Neurosurgery, CEO and CMO Jacobs Institute
  • Peter Wiklund, MD: Professor of Urology, Director of Bladder Cancer Program of Mt. Sinai

FDA Representatives

Division of Biomedical Physics, Office of Science and Engineering Labs, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA

  1. Omar Al-Kalaa, PhD, Electrical Engineer- Wireless Connectivity Lead
  2. Zane Arp, PhD, Director

 

Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) FDA

  1. Mark Trumbore
  2. Dorian Korz

Committee Members

  • Rick Angelo, MD, PhD: AAOS Robotic Representative
  • Victoria Bird, MD: Urologist, Urologic Integrated Care, Gainesville
  • Scott Bond: Executive Director, AdventHealth Nicholson Center
  • Justin Collins, MD: Urologist and Research Coordinator at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm
  • Cathy Corder: Senior Program Manager, Robotics AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
  • Carlos Escobar: VP AIT, AdventHealth
  • Randy Fagin, MD: CMO National Group, HCA Healthcare
  • Ammon Fillmore: AdventHealth In-House Counsel
  • Ahmed Gamal, MD: Senior Fellow, AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
  • Shannon Gravitte: VP of Public Policy/Advocacy, Advent Health
  • Mike Griffin: SVP of Public Policy/Advocacy, Advent Health
  • Duncan Grodak: COO of AIT for AdventHealth. Lead for Cybersecurity Initiatives
  • Doug Harcombe: CEO AdventHealth Lake Nona and South Market
  • Amit Hazan: Co-Founder and Manager Partner, Puma Venture Capital
  • Jason Joseph, MD: MIS Oncology, UF Urology
  • William Kennedy: Lawyer, Kennedy Legal Team Coral Springs
  • Keith Kim, MD: Surgeon, Lake Nona Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
  • Steve Knych, MD, PhD, M.Th.: Vice President, Chief Medical Office CFD AdventHealth
  • Amanda Maggard: CEO AdventHealth Celebration
  • Michael McDonald, MD: AdventHealth Celebration Urology
  • Brian Miles. MD: Specialist Minimally Invasive Urology, Houston Methodist
  • Fred Moll, MD: General Partner, Sonder Capital, Founder, Intuitive Surgical
  • Marcio Moschovas, MD: Chief Fellow, AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
  • Nic Muruve, MD: Associate Staff Physician, Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic Florida
  • Keith Nahigian: President, Nahigian Strategies
  • Senthil Nathan, MD: Consultant Urological Surgeon, Chair of Urology MDT, Director of Robotic Surgery and Surgical Innovations, Cleveland Clinic London
  • Eiji Oki, MD: Kyushu University, Associate Professor / Department Surgery and Science
  • Carlos Ortiz-Ortiz, MD: General Surgeon, AdventHealth
  • Somesh Peri: Senior Product Engineer and FDA Consultant
  • Mario Pulido, MD: CMO for the Jacksonville Market, Ascension Florida
  • Sumeet Reddy, MD: Senior Fellow, AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
  • Inoel Rivera, MD: Urologic Oncology, Orlando Health Cancer Institute
  • Mari Robertson: Assistant Professor, Rollins College
  • Travis Rogers, MD: Chief Fellow, AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
  • Shady Saikali, MD: Senior Fellow, AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
  • Alric Simmonds, MD: Chief Health Equity Officer, VP and CMO AdventHealth Celebration

Industry Invited Guests 

  • David Schummers: Apella, Founder and CEO
  • Anthony Fernando: Asensus Surgical, President and CEO
  • Daniel Hawkins: Avail Medsystems, CEO
  • Dan Tucker Wallace: Capstan Medical, Co-Founder and CTO
  • Maggie Nixon: Capstan Medical, Co-Founder and CEO
  • Kashif Ikram: Distal Motion, VP Commerical
  • Steven Zhu: Edge Medical
  • Neeraj Agarwal: Endoquest Robotics, Executive Director
  • Kurt Azarbarzin: Endoquest Robotics, CEO
  • TBA, Google
  • Darla Hutton: Intuitive, Director of Intuitive Asia
  • Brian Miller: Intuitive, EVP and Chief Digital Officer
  • Joy Sacmar: Johnson and Johnson, VP Regulatory Affairs
  • Ashley Mancuso: Johnson and Johnson, VP MedTech BISO and Product Security
  • Liang Cui: Kang Duo Robotics, Director of Urology, Civil Aviation Medical Center, China
  • Xuesong Li: Kang Duo Robotics, Professor and Vice Chairman of Urology, Peking University, China
  • Alberto Rodriguez-Navarro, MD: Levita Magnetics, President and CEO
  • Terry Chang: Medicaroid, VP
  • Jota Ida: Medicaroid, Associate Manager, Corporate Planning Dept. and Product Marketing
  • Bill Peine, PhD: Medtronic, Senior Director Surgical Robotics Department
  • Danail Stoyanov: Medtronic, Chief Scientist
  • Doug Teany: Method AI, Co-Founder and CEO
  • Alex He: Microport, General Manager
  • TBA, Microsoft
  • Mark Toland- MIS Robotics, CEO
  • Amit Vohra: Promaxo & Neuro 42, CEO
  • Nadine Haram, MD:  Proximie, Founder and CEO
  • Richard Carter: Proximie, Engineer
  • John Ma, PhD: Ronovo. Founder and CEO
  • Julie Holodak- Sony, Senior Director
  • Dennis Fowler: Sovato Medical, CMO
  • Cynthia Perazzo: Sovato Medical, CEO
  • Yulun Wang: Founder Computer Motion and Sotavo Medical
  • Sudhir Srivastava: SSI Innovations, Founder, Chairman and CEO
  • Caitlin Clark: Stryker Medical, VP and General Manager
  • Dmitry Olenynikov, MD: Virtual Incision, CEO
  • Eduardo Fonseca: XCath, CEO

Veritas Meeting Solutions Representatives

  • Sue O’Sullivan: President, Veritas Meeting Solutions
  • Caitlin Barry: Associate Director, Veritas Meeting Solutions