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John McNelis MD FACS FCCM Chairman Department of Surgery
ROBOTIC SURGERY
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November 2023
Chris Mastromano Chief Executive Officer
With Robotic Surgery, our surgeons can provide our patients with state-of-the-art cutting-edge technology that allows them to operate with enhanced vision, precision, and control so that patients can recover sooner and with less postoperative pain.
ROBOTIC SURGERY
November 2023
John McNelis MD FACS FCCM Chairman Department of Surgery
There were 100 robotic assisted surgeries in 3 months, does that exceed your expectations? That’s about what we projected. It’s a new technology so we wanted to start slow but we have been ramping up. What sort of surgeries are we doing? We have used it in general surgery that includes hernia surgery, bariatric surgery, low pelvic surgery, thoracic surgery and gynecologic surgery. In the future, we plan to open up programs in urology and colorectal. We of course offer these surgeries now but the benefits of the robot are we can see three dimensionally, we have advanced magnification of those areas, and we can get into areas that we may otherwise have limited visibility for. What does the robot look like? The robot has four arms that the surgeon can control from a console in the room. It’s important to note the robot isn’t independent or sentient; it’s basically advanced laparoscopic surgery. Only a surgeon can guide the arm. In essence, its similar to the AI we have in our cars now. There are safeguards build in, helping prompt the surgeon for where your tools are located and providing additional instructions. The surgeon is still very much “running the show”. Where do you see this robotic care expanding to in the near term here at Jacobi? Urology, prostate surgery, kidney surgery, and surgery for low rectal tumors. In particularly, this device will play a critical role in helping to make our prostate care more efficient and expansive. That directly helps our patients as we do not need to refer out more complicated cases. Approximately, how many surgeries are now using this robot? In an average week we do 120 cases, right now, maybe 12 are using the robot. So about 10%. For the average employee, who maybe doesn’t work in surgery, what do they need to know about this device? That its here and that it was a major collaborative effort between the medical department, the surgeons, Nursing, Engineering, Buildings, the I.T. Department, Anesthesia, Infection Prevention, Housekeeping, and our Administration. Also the nurses were critical in helping stylization, equipment, and preparation, of the machine.
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John McNelis MD, FACS, FCCM Chairman, Department of Surgery
Jacobi Hospital has performed over
100 surgeries utilizing the
latest technology with our state-of- the art Surgical System.
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Ari D. Sapin, M.D. Bariatrics and General Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery
D r. Sa p in joined t he Jacobi ' s Ba r ia tr ic t eam in 2022. He a tt ended S t. Geo r ge ' s School of Medicine ( G r enada ) . He com p le t ed hi s sur gical r e s idenc y a t R ut ge rs Heal t h / Ne w Je rs e y Medical School ( Ne w a r k , NJ ), w he r e he w a s v o t ed t o be an Admini str a t i v e Chief Re s iden t d ur ing hi s final y ea r. He t hen com p le t ed a fello ws hi p a t NYU Long I s land ( Mineola , NY ), sp eciali z ing in Ad v anced GI MIS and Ba r ia tr ic S ur ge ry. D ur ing hi s tr aining , he w on m u l t i p le a w a r d s fo r qu ali ty im pr o v emen t and p h ys ician w ell - being . Hi s sur gical r e s ea r ch ha s foc us ed on enhanced r eco v e ry af t e r sur ge ry p a t h w a ys t ha t he ha s b r o u gh t t o o ur ho sp i t al . He st a rt ed t he r obo t ic sur ge ry pr og r am he r e a t Jacobi in 2023. He i s a membe r of t he Ame r ican Socie ty fo r Me t abolic and Ba r ia tr ic S ur ge ry and i s boa r d - ce rt ified in Gene r al S ur ge ry. D ur ing hi s f r ee t ime , he enjo ys t he o ut doo rs w i t h hi s w ife and tw o da u gh t e rs and lo v e s try ing ne w r e st a ur an ts t h r o u gho ut t he a r ea . November 2023
Roberto Bergamaschi, MD Chief of Colorectal Surgery and Surgical Oncology
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Robe rt o Be r gama s chi ob t ained hi s MD deg r ee and com p le t ed hi s sur ge ry r e s idenc y a t S tr a s bo ur g Uni v e rs i ty , F r ance and a t Cen tr al Middle s e x Ho sp i t al , in London , w he r e he ob t ained hi s FRCS ( Engl . ), and con t in u ed hi s tr aining in colo r ec t al sur ge ry a t t he NTNU in T r ondheim , No rw a y. Be r gama s chi ob t ained a PhD in colo r ec t al cance r a t Be r gen Uni v e rs i ty , No rw a y in 1995 u nde r Pa u l H . S u ga r bake r , MD men t o rs hi p. Hi s PhD di ss e rt a t ion w a s incl u ded b y Commande r Colonel Ba s il A . P ru i tt , MD in t he r efe r ence file us ed b y t he U . S . A r m y In st i tut e of S ur gical Re s ea r ch , Fo rt Sam , Ho ust on , TX , USA on No v embe r 8 , 1995. Be r gama s chi w a s a pp oin t ed a s a ss ocia t e pr ofe ss o r , and ele v a t ed t o f u ll pr ofe ss o r and stu den t cle r k s hi p di r ec t o r a t Be r gen Uni v e rs i ty in Be r gen , No rw a y in 1997. Be r gama s chi ob t ained FASCRS in San Diego 2001 and w a s di r ec t o r of t he Minimall y In v a s i v e S ur ge ry Cen t e r and pr og r am di r ec t o r of t he MIS fello ws hi p a t Alleghen y Gene r al Ho sp i t al in Pi tts b ur gh , PA a s w ell a s pr ofe ss o r of sur ge ry a t Hahnemann Uni v e rs i ty in Philadel p hia , PA . Af t e r ob t aining FACS in Ne w O r lean s in 2004 , Be r gama s chi acce pt ed t he Ind ru Kh u bchandani Endo w ed Chai r in colo r ec t al sur ge ry a t Penn S t a t e Uni v e rs i ty in 2005. In 2007 Be r gama s chi w a s a pp oin t ed a ss ocia t e edi t o r of Di s ea s e s of t he Colon & Rec tu m , official jo ur nal of t he ASCRS . In 2008 Be r gama s chi acce pt ed t he p o s i t ion of pr ofe ss o r of sur ge ry w i t h t en ur e and chief of t he Di v i s ion of Colo r ec t al S ur ge ry a t S t a t e Uni v e rs i ty of NY a t S t on y B r ook . In 2009 Be r gama s chi w a s a pp oin t ed a s s enio r edi t o r of Colo r ec t al Di s ea s e , official jo ur nal of ACPGBI . The EAES nomina t ed Be r gama s chi chai r man of t he Ed u ca t ion and T r aining Commi tt ee in 2012. In 2013 Be r gama s chi w a s nomina t ed fello w of t he Ame r ican S ur gical A ss ocia t ion . C urr en t l y , Be r gama s chi i s s ec t ion edi t o r of S ur g . Tech . In t e r na t ional , a ss ocia t e edi t o r in U p da t e s in S ur ge ry , g u e st edi t o r in C urr en t P r oblem s in S ur ge ry , and ha s o v e r 300 P u bMed inde x ed p a p e rs w i t h a Hi rs ch inde x of 36. November 2023
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