Innovations in Surgery Presented: 02/02/2018 Leader: Dr. Adrian Park, MD, Chair of the Department of Surgery at Anne Arundel Medical Center
Guest speaker, Steve Eubanks, MD, Executive Director of the Institute for Surgical Advancement at Florida Hospital, presents the four main controversies with robots: safety, efficacy, value, and the future. Florida Hospital is one of the leaders in the world for robotic surgery. Although the institution works with robots daily and has a strong bias towards their work, Eubanks has a strong bias against the robots and the various controversies contribute to his opinions.