Courses with the Experts

Course 1: “Devices to collect Video Based Analytics, an algorithm to decide which device is best for “your” hospital”…Include variables such as size of the hospital, budget, make up of your surgical staff, how many robots do you have and what are your acquisition plans…etc.

Intro

• Teodor Grantcharov  OR Black Box   7:30-7:37
• David Schummers  Apella  7:38-7:45
• Robery Schoy Leantaas   7:46-7:53
• Ken Koster Ceevra  7:54-8:01
• Inderpal Sarkaria VADOR  8:02-8:09
• 8:10-8:29  Q and A

Course 2: “Analyzing your surgical Data” Connecting surgeon metrics to expense, and outcomes” are we measuring the right things?  Awarding CME to docs and CEU’s to nurses,? Include behavioral scientist to improve culture in the OR after analyzing the data.

• Bruce Ramshaw Care Syntax 8:30-8:37
• Kate Masschelein  J and J  8:38-8:45
• Kenji Oka  Sony   8:46-8:53
• Anthony Fernando Asensus   8:54-9:01
• Caitlin Clark Stryker   9:02-9:09
• 9:10-9:29  Q and A

Course 3: “Educating the surgeon about their collected data” Designing a program teaching the docs and nurses how to improve their intra operative skills based on their videos and learning from their colleagues, Educating industry on how to improve their devices, Educating the OR staff to improve room turnover

• Tony Jarc Intuitive   9:30-9:37
• George Murgatroyd Medtronic  9:38-9:45
• Tamir Wolf  Theator   9:46-9:53
• Nadine Haram Proximie  9:54-10:01
• Ajit Sachdeva ACS   10:02-10:09
• Q and A 10:10-10:29

Course 4: “Insurance companies and Regulators…How is measuring your operative data going to impact your reimbursement and salary? Legal concerns (keep very to the point) Will Businesses/insurance companies only pay certain docs to do certain operations?

• Disney Representative (Al Weiss or colleague) 10:30-10:39
• Doug Harcombe  10:40-10:49
• Steve Knych/Stacy Price   10:50-10:59
• Insurance Person, pending  11:00-11:09
• Q and A 11:10-11:29

Each Course will be one hour.  Talks will be 7-8 minutes (max) to allow for questions at the end of each course.

THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED FOR HOSPITAL ADMIN, SURGEON LEADERS AND MED DEVICE EXECS TO UNDERSTAND THE CHANGING ENVIROMENT OF THE SURGICAL OPERATING ROOM.  NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND CONNECTIVITY HAS SHIFTED THE OPERATING ROOM INTO A FLUID STATE WITH SURGICAL DATA BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT PART OF PATIENT AND OR EFFICIENCY.  THIS COUSE WILL LEAD. YOU THROUGHT THE VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO MANAGE SURGICAL DATA AND PROCESS IF TO IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOMES AND SURGICAL OR EFFICIENCY

• Define a perfect operative procedure, what qualitative metrics can we use to measure a   “good” operation.
• What metrics can we tie to surgical outcomes and what are our outcome measures?
• Standardize operations and cost per case, how can AI “level the playing field”
• How to accommodate for trainees, learning a new procedure, learning a new robot, integrating telesurgery
• Privacy versus transparency; how can we improve surgeon metrics unless we can evaluate all surgeons’ surgical skills…we are dealing with human lives!!!!
• How do patients know who to go to for surgery? OR Nurses? Anesthesia Providers? Salespeople? What metrics to they use to judge?
• Machine Learning versus Surgeon teaching.  “Who” does it better, more objective, less emotion, shorter learning curve??…
• Surgeons Learning from YouTube, Facebook, social media in general…Is the information correct? Validated? Original, accurate?…

Society of Robotic Surgery (SRS) 2024 Annual Meeting

Orlando, Florida

Thursday, June 20th, 2024

1:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Hospital Executive & Administrator Session Plenary I:

Course Co-Directors:  

Martin Martino MD and Randy Fagin MD + Doug Harcombe MBA + Amanda Maggard  MBA

Session I:   1-2PM

1-1:15. State of the Art Lecture:  A new wave of diverse surgical robotics, what technologies hospital administrators need to be aware of:  Vipul Patel MD

1:15-2:00. Panel Discussion:  Current and Future Robots:  How Will Hospitals Decide Which Robots They Need ?

Moderators: D Harcombe, R Fagin and M Martino

Panel:  JJ, Medtronic, Intuitive, Stryker, Microport, etc

• Intra-abdominal Soft tissue robots
• Orthopedic robots
• Neurosurgical robots
• Other: cardiology, plastic surgery, single port

Q and A Audience: 

Session II: – OR Efficiency – How to value OR TIME?

2:00-2:15 – Carrie Chan – Professor of Business, Columbia Business School

Moderator:  Randy Fagin + Amanda Maggard MBA

2:15-2:45 Panel Discussion:  Jay Redan MD, Martin Martino MD, Nadine Hachach-Haram, Hope Johnson RN, Carrie Chan PhD, David Schummers

• Q and A Audience:

Break 2:45 – 3:15 PM

Session III:  3:15-4PM The Economics of Robotic Surgery  

3:15-3:30 The economics of robotic surgery:  Can they increase Value or just cost?

Randy Fagin – HCA CMO 

3:30-3:45. New economic models for purchasing or trading robots, pay per click and leasing arrangements

TBA

3:45-4:15 PM Panel discussion:  

•  Amanda Maggard MBA – President, Advent Health Celebration
• Randy Fagin MD – Chief Medical Officer, HCA
• Vip Patel – MD – Executive Director, SRS. Chief, Urology – Advent Health
• Sheri Montgomery, CEO of Tenet Healthcare

Session IV:  Hospital Administators Round Table

4:15PM – 5:00 PM. Key Issue in Hospital Robotics

Moderators:  R Fagin and D Harcombe

Panel: TBA,  Frederik Medrano ( Hospital Nationale, Panama,  Theodoro Constantinou ( Panama clinic), Luis Cavalier ( Colombia) TBA. Baptist Hosptial. Novlet Mattis ( Chief  digital officer Orlando Health), Sheri Montgomery (CEO Tenet)

• Advent Health Team Training – TBD

Title:  SRS Invention Course:  Taking an Idea All the Way to Market

Friday June 21^st 10:30am-12:30pm, Pearl room

Course Chair:  Scott Huennekens, Chris Thompson and Kurt Azarbarzin

Invited Course Faculty:  TBA

The goal of this course is to have leaders in surgical technology innovation chart a path for success from idea to the market.  This course will have leading experts speak about their experience and challenges, giving their suggestions on how best to create a team, raise capital, garner partnership and get through the regulatory hurdles and finally reach the market.   This is a one of a kind course that is vital for surgeons, innovators and medical device executives. 

Session Title: Robotic Telesurgery in Support of Military Missions and Other Extreme Environments

 Moderators:  CAPT(ret) Gordon Wisbach, MD,  Roger Smith, PhD  &  Antonia Novello, MD (former US Surgeon General)

Description: The intent is to solidify the vision and unite stakeholders in support of our military forces using robotic telesurgery and related advanced technology. (240 mins)

=> Welcome and Overview:    CAPT(ret) Gordon Wisbach, MD (5 mins)

=> The Present and Future of Robotic Telesurgery (45 mins)

• LTC(ret) Steven Hong, MD – TBD (15 mins)
• COL(ret) Rick Satava, MD – The Telesurgery “Ecosystem”: Has the time come? (15 mins)
• Roger Smith, PhD – TBD (15 mins)

=> Distinguished Speaker Lecture:

• Dave Williams, MD – An Astronaut Surgeon’s Perspective of Telesurgery (30 mins)

=>: Robotic Telesurgery in Extreme Environments – Current Status, Gaps & Training (30 mins)

• COL George Barbee, USSOCOM – Force Innovation & Modernization (15 min)
• Ajit Sachdeva, MD, ACS Director of Education – Surgical training for telesurgery (15 min)

**BREAK** (10 min)

=> Enabling Technology and Services (30 mins)

• Dr. Jonathan Woodson, MD President, USUHS – Military Telehealth (15 mins)
• Nikhil Huprikar, MD – Dir of DHA Joint Telecritical Care – The VMC Network (15 mins)

=> Invested Stakeholders (45 mins)

• ARPA-H – Director, Dr. Renee Wegrzyn (former DARPA Director) (15 mins)
• TATRC – Commander, COL Jeremy Pamplin, MD (15 mins)
• NASA – Chief Health and Medical Officer, Dr. JD Polk, MD (15 mins)

=> Keynote address: General Lester Martinez, MD (35 mins)

• Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

*BREAK** (10 mins)

=> Panel Discussion (30 mins)

• Moderator – Antonia Novello, MD former US Surgeon General
• Panelists
  • General Lester Martinez, MD
  • Congress Members (2-3)
  • President Jonathan Woodson, MD
  • ACS Education Director Ajit Sachdeva, MD
  • Others

SRS Shark Tank 2024: A New Innovations Showcase and Competition

Course chair:                 Amit Hazan and Vipul Patel

Course judges:              Ashley McEvoy, Scott Huennekens, Dr. Chris Thompson, Dr. Martin Roche, Rick Wise

Course Description: The goal of this course is to showcase early-stage companies within the digital and robotic surgery ecosystem. The technologies presented are new innovations that have potential to disrupt various aspects of the digital and robotic surgery ecosystem  in one way or another.  These companies will present their technology and will have discussion with faculty judges (the Sharks) consisting of surgeons, investors and medical device experts.

Judging Criteria: Each innovator will have 5 minutes to present their story and another 5 minutes to answer questions from the Sharks. Sharks will judge each presenter on their research, presentation/demonstration and responses to questions. Slides or props related to the innovation/research are welcome as part of the presentation. The idea voted as the most innovative with the highest score will be deemed the winner, and runner ups will also be awarded. Awards will be handed out after the conclusion of the event.

Companies participating:

Arthrolase (fka AIRO), a novel laser precision robot for orthopaedic procedures

Andromeda Surgical, a robotic platform with AI guidance for BPH procedures

Arale Labs, gamma ray imaging technologies for robotic surgery

BHS Technologies, RoboticScope a robotic surgical microscope for Neurosurgery, ENT, etc

BioJam Technologies, a novel new variable-stiffness retractor for robotic surgery procedures

Capstan Medical, a robotic platform and valves for the structural heart market

Ceevra, leading the way in AI-driven, 3D Surgical Imaging

Cytoveris, advanced optical imaging and artificial intelligence to visualize cancer

Haptx

Interventional Systems with Micromate  , a surgical navigation robot for percutaneous and MIS procedures

Medivis, augmented reality for surgery

Method AI, Miniaturized 3D ultrasound platform for real time imaging in robotic cases

Navigantis, robotic platform for treatment of neurovascular procedures such as stroke

Neuro42, a portable MRI, robotic and AI platform for neurological conditions

Noah Medical, the Galaxy robotic system for diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer

Omniscient Neurotechnology, AI software to build and analyze digital brain maps

ROB’E, robotic echocardiography

Rob Surgical, robotic system for hybrid lap/robotic high precision surgery

Sovato, on a mission to deliver a comprehensive remote robotic surgery solution

Turing Medical – AI guided functional imaging for neuro procedures

Others…(coming soon)

TITLE:  SRS SURGICAL EDUCATION COURSE

COURSE CHAIRS:  AJIT SACHDEVA MD,  RICK SATAVA MD AND VIPUL PATEL MD

COURSE FACULTY:  TBA

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED FOR ACADEMIC PHYSICANS.  IT IS AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT AND FUTURE PATHWAYS FOR SURGICAL EDUCATION.  THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON LAPAROSCOPIC, ROBOTIC AND TELESURGERY AND THE NEEDS IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.  THE COURE IS DEISGNED TO BE INTERACTIVE AND TO HARNESS THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FACULTY IN SURGICAL EDUCATION.    THIS COURSE IS HELPFUL FOR ACADEMICS, PROGRAM DIRECTORS, MEDICAL DEVICE EDUCATORS AND TRAINEES.

COURSE 8:  JUNE 23^RD

SRS TELESURGERY CONSENSUS CONFERENCE #2

COURSE CHAIRS:  VIPUL PATEL MD, RICK SATAVA AND MISCHA DOHLER

COURSE FACULTY:  TBA

THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE FIRST CONSENSUS MEETING IN FEBRUARY 2024.  DURING THE ORIGINAL MEETING THE GROUND WORK WAS LAID FOR THE BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF TELESURGERY, THE CHALLENGES AND THE TASKS FOR THE FUTURE.  THIS MEETING IS TO ADVANCE KEY TOPICS AND BRING TOGETHER THOUGHT LEADERS.  THE COURSE WILL FEATURE LEADING SURGEONS, TELECOM, MED DEVICE, FDA, POLICY MAKERS, USA MILITARY AND PATIENT ADVOCATES

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