Here are seven spine and neurosurgeons performing robot-assisted surgery.
Neil Malhotra, MD, led a team to perform the first robot-assisted tumor removal spine surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Lane Spero, MD, is performing robot-assisted spine surgery using Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS system and Medtronic's StealthStation at The Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain.
Constantinos Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD, used the Modus V in a glioma removal surgery at New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System.
Dr. Bartolomé Oliver of Barcelona, Spain-based Oliver & Ayats Institute performed Europe's first Mazor Robotics PROlat Case.
Mark Giovanini, MD, performed the first ASC-based robotic-assisted sacroiliac joint fusion in the southeast at Cornerstone Surgicare in Pensacola, Fla.
Gene Massey, MD, at Myrtle Beach, S.C.-based Grand Strand Medical Center, is the only South Carolina surgeon trained to perform surgeries using Mazor Robotics' Renaissance System.
Payam Moazzaz, MD, of Puyallup, Wash.-based NeoSpine, has performed more than 500 spine surgeries using robotic technology.
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