About the Center
Saint Joseph's Center for Robotic Surgery offers patients the latest in minimally-invasive surgical approaches through the use of the da Vinci surgical system from Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Saint Joseph's is one of the few hospitals in the nation to offer this advanced technique for patients undergoing a wide variety of cardiac, thoracic, urological, gynecological and oncology procedures.
Using da Vinci, traditional open surgery can be accomplished endoscopically, with smaller incisions. The da Vinici Surgical System has been used in tens of thousands of minimally invasisve procedures worldwide. For most patients, minimally-invasive procedures performed with the da Vinci Surgical System can offer numerous potential benefits over open surgery, including:
- Shorter hospital stay
- Less pain and scarring
- Less risk of wound infections
- Less blood loss and fewer transfusions
- Faster recovery
- Quicker return to normal activities.
Saint Joseph’s team of robotic surgeons have a acquired a level of expertise in robotic-assisted surgery seen in few programs of its kind. In 2002, Saint Joseph’s became the first hospital in Georgia – and one of only a few in the nation – to perform robotic-assisted, totally-endoscopic, closed-chest heart surgery. In 2004, Saint Joseph's was named the exclusive training center in the Southeast for the da Vinci robotic surgical system. As one of only five training sites in the world for the da Vinci Surgical System, physicians from throughout the southeast and around the world are trained in the techniques of robotic-assisted, minimally invasive surgery by Saint Joseph's physicians.
For more information about robotic surgery, contact Erin Popescu, robotics program manager, at 404-851-7251.
For more information about Saint Joseph's Center for Heart & Vascular Care, call 404-851-5111.
