Robotic Surgery at Penn
For more than 200 years, Penn has expanded the
frontiers of medicine. Today, surgeons at the
University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS)
are leading the way in robotic-assisted surgery.
Most Comprehensive Program
in the United States
Penn has a true, multi-specialty
robotic surgery program and, based on the following
qualifications, the most comprehensive
robotic surgery program in the United States:
- Five da Vinci® Surgical Systems – With
the recent addition of a fifth system, Penn
has one of the largest robotic-assisted surgical
programs in the country.
- Volume and Breadth – According
to Larry
Kaiser, MD, Penn's surgeon-in-chief, “Penn
surgeons are performing more and a broader
range of procedures than any other hospital
or health system on the East Coast, and in
many cases, the world.”
- Surgical Training Center – Access
to five daVinci systems makes Penn one of the
largest, state-of-the-art surgical training
centers in the country and the only training
center on the East Coast for the new surgical
system.
As the medical community embraces robotic-assisted
surgery, our researchers, nurses, and surgeons
remain at the forefront of this field by relentlessly
advancing the application of this technology
as well as educating the next generation of surgeons
who will use it. The result is that Penn is the
first place surgeons turn to learn the technology
of tomorrow and the first place you should
turn for answers.
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