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Chair of Community

  • Vipul Patel MD, FACS: Executive Director of Society Of Robotic Surgery, Professor Of Urology, UCF College of Medicine

Vice Chairs Of Community

  • Ajit Sachdeva MD: Chair of Education, American College of Surgeons
  • Mischa Dohler PhD: VP Emerging Technologies at Ericsson Inc.
  • Richard Satava MD, FACS: Professor Emeritus of Surgery, University Of Washington Medical Center
  • Jacques Marescaux MD: Founder And President of IRCAD
  • Fred Moll MD, MS: Founder of Intuitive Surgical, General Partner of Sonder Capital, Senior Advisor to JPMorgan Healthcare Venture Fund

Community Members

Global Robotics Institute

  • Travis Rogers MD, MPH, MBA
  • Marcio Covas Moschovas MD, PhD  
  • Shady Saikali MD, FACS
  • Ahmad Gamal MD
  • Sumeet Reddy FRACS (Urology), PhD, MBA, MBChB

Education Expert:

  • Patrice Gabler Blair DRPH, MPH: Associate Director of American College of Surgeons Division Of Education
  • Carla Pugh MD, PhD: Professor Stanford University, Director of Technology Enabled Clinical Improvement Center (T.E.C.I. Center)

Telecommunication Expert:

  • Mrinalini Lakshminarayanan: Head of Product Strategy & Innovation, Verizon

Patient Advocate:

  • Ross Goldberg MD, FACS: Affiliate Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Ex-Chair of the Board of Governors for the American College of Surgeons

Regulatory Expert:

  • Joy Sacmar: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs for Robotics and Digital Solutions at Johnson 􏰈 Johnson MedTech
  • Sudharman Jayaweera MA, PhD: Program Director in the Emerging Technologies section in the Directorate of Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) at the National Science Foundation (NSF)

Legal Expert:

Economics Expert:

  • Vinod Thomas PhD, MA: Visiting Senior Fellow at Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Former Senior Vice-President of the Independent Evaluation Group at the World Bank Group (2006-2011)
  • Professor Mari Robertson PhD: Assistant Professor of Economics at Rollins College

Cybersecurity, AI and Data Expert:

  • Ashley Mancuso: Vice President, MedTech Business Information Security Officer (BISO) & Product Security at Johnson & Johnson
  • Andrew Hung MD: Vice-Chair fo Academic Development, Department of Urology, Cedar-Sinai Los Angeles
  • Todd Heniford MD, FACS: Chief of Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center’s Department of Surgery, Director of Carolinas Hernia Institute at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
  • Ahmed Ghazi MD, MHPE: Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Director of Surgical Simulation Training, Associate Professor of Urology, Johns Hopkins University
  • Gordon Wisbach MD, MBA CAPT, MC, USN (RET): Founding Director of the ACS-accredited Surgical Simulation & Education Fellowship and the Inaugural Tele-Surgical Director of the Virtual Medical Operations Center

Industry Partners:

  • Yulun Wang PhD: Co-founder and Chairman of Sovato Health, Co-founder and Chairman of World Telehealth Initiative, Founder of Computer Motion (1990),
  • Nadine Haram MD: CEO of Proximie
  • Ray Fryrear MD: Global Head Vice President HFXD for Robotics, Digital and Vision for Johnson and Johnson
  • Dan Stoyanov PhD: Professor of Robot Vision in UCL Computer Science, Chief Scientist and leads the AI team in Medtronic Surgical R&D
  • Brian Miller PhD: Executive Vice-President and Chief Digital Officer at Intuitive
  • Jonathan Chen: Chief International Business Officer of MicroPort Scientific Corporation
  • Kurt Azarbarzin: CEO of EndoQuest Robotics
  • Amit Vohra PhD, EMBA: Founder, President and CEO of Promaxo and Founder and CEO of neruo42
  • Caitlin Clarke: Vice President and General Manager Stryker’s Communications Business Unit
  • Dmitry Olenynikov MD, FACS: Chairman, Department of Surgery Monmouth Medical Center and Clinical Professor Department of Surgery Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Chief Medical Officer. Co􏰋Founder Virtual Incision Corp

Hospital Administration Partners:

  • Randy Fagin MD: National Group Chief Medical Officer at HCA Healthcare
  • Doug Harcombe MBA: Chief Executive Officer of AdventHealth Lake Nona and the South Market
  • Amanda Maggard: President and CEO of AdventHealth Celebration

General Surgery Partner:

  • Aurora Pryor MD: Surgeon in Chief at Long Island Jewish Hospital and System Director for Bariatric Surgery at Northwell Health, Past-President Sages 2019-2020
  • Patricia Sylla MD, FACS, FASCRS: Professor of Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine and System Chief of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Mount Sinai Health System. Director of Clinical Trials and Vice Chair of DEI for the Department of Surgery as well as Associate Director for the Colorectal Fellowship Program. She is the current president of SAGES.
  • Christopher Ellison MD, FACS, MAMSE: Immediate Past President of the American College of Surgeons. He is the Robert M Zollinger Professor of Surgery Emeritus and Academy Professor at The Ohio State University College of Medicine
  • Sharona Ross MD, FACS: President of Society Of Robotic Surgery

Interventional Cardiology Partner:

  • Ryan Madder MD: Section Chief of Interventional Cardiology and Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Corewell Health West in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Neurointerventional Partner:

  • Adnan Siddiqui MD, PhD, FAHA: Professor and Vice Chairman in the Department of Neurosurgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, CEO and CMO of the Jacobs Institute, Director of the Neurosurgical Stroke Service at the Gates Vascular Institute in Buffalo

Gynecology Partner:

  • Verda Hicks MD, FACOG: President of American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, MHSc: Professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Duke University Heath System, President of ociety of Gynecologic Oncology
  • Martin Martino MD, FACS, FACOG: Medical Director Of The Gynecologic Oncology and Robotic Surgery program, founding member of the Institute for Surgical Excellence, Past President of Society of Robotic Surgery

Orthopedic Partner:

  • Martin Roche MD: Orthopedic Director Of Arthroplasty, HSS Florida, designing surgeon at Mako Surgical
  • Sheeraz Qureshi MD, MBA: Co-Chief of HSS Spine, Patty and Jay Baker Chair in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Founding member and treasurer of the Minimally Invasive Spine Study Group (MISSG)

Urology Partner:

  • Ralph Clayman MD: Professor of Urology and Dean Emeritus at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. Co-Founder of Endourology society.
  • Louis Kavoussi MD: Chair of Urology for the Northwell Health (Formerly North Shore-LIJ Health System) and the Waldbaum-Gardner Distinguished Professor of Urology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
  • Raju Thomas MD, FACS, MHA: Departmental Chair and Professor of Urology at Tulane University School of Medicine, Past President of the American Urology Association
  • Prokar Das Gupta OBE, MSc, MD, DLS, FRCS (Urol), FEBU, FLS, FKC: King’s Health Partners (KHP) Foundation Professor of Surgery

Otolaryngology Partner:

  • Uma Duvvuri MD, PhD: Mendik Foundation Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at NYU Langone Health and NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  • Scott Magnuson MD: Medical Director of Head and Neck Surgery at AdventHealth Orlando and Chief Medical Officer of the AdventHealth Nicholson Center

Cardiothoracic Surgery Partner:

  • Ghulam Abbas MD, MHM: Professor and Director of Cancer Services at Vandalia Health in Charleston, West Virginia
  • Husam H. Balkhy MD: Professor of Surgery and Director of Robotic and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine

Thoracic Surgery:

  • Inderpal Sarkaria MD, MBA, FACS: Chief of Thoracic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center

SRS Board of Directors

  • David Albala MD: Chief Of Urology, Crouse Hospital, Editor of Journal of Robotic Surgery
  • Rafael Coelho MD, PhD: SRS Board LATAM, Chief Of Urology Oncology – University Of Sao Paulo
  • Tony Costello MD, FRACS, FRCSI: Professor Of Urology, Founder And Director Of IMRA Australia
  • Cathy Corder: Senior Program Manager, Robotics Education, Global Robotics Institute
  • Ricardo Estape MD: Director at HCA Institute For Gynecologic Oncology
  • Santiago Horgan MD: Chief of MIS & VP Business Development, UCSD
  • Raymond Leveillee MD: Professor (Affiliate), Florida Atlantic University, Bethesda Hospital, Baptist
  • Alex Mottrie MD, PhD: Professor & Head Of Urology Department O.L.V. Clinic, Belgium. CEO Of Orsi Academy, Founder of ERUS.
  • Eduardo Parra Davila MD, FACS, FASCRS: Bariatric, Colorectal Surgeon, Palm Beach Digital Surgery Institute
  • Bernardo Rocco MD: Professor & Chief Of Department Of Urology, University Of Modena, Italy
  • Peter Wiklund MD, PhD: Professor of Urology, Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Director of the Bladder Cancer Program of the Mount Sinai Health System

International Partners

  • Abdullah Al Ansari MD: Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Surgical Services at Hamad Medical Corporation
  • Mehran Anvari MD: Professor of Surgery at McMaster University, and an Ad􏰃unct scientist for the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. Minimally Invasive Robotic Association (MIRA), the founding director of the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS), and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
  • Liang Cui MD: Director of the Urology Department at the Civil Aviation Medical Center of China. Co􏰋founder and Director at Suzhou KangDuo Robot Co., Ltd. and Harbin Intelligent Surgery Equipment Co., Ltd.
  • Kenichi Hakamada MD, PhD: Professor & Director of Hirosaki University Hospital, Vice-Chairman of the Committee for the Promotion of Telesurgery of the Japan Surgical Society
  • Muffazal Lakdawala MD: Director Department of General Surgery and Minimal Access Surgical Sciences, at Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Center, India
  • Xuesong Li MD: Professor And Vice Chairman Of Urology, Peking University, China
  • Armando Melani MD: Director Of IRCAD Latin America
  • Senthil Nathan MD, MBBS, PhD: Honorary Associate Professor, working at University College London Hospital NHS Trust and University College of London. Director of Robotic Education in the Chitra Sethia Centre for Robotics, in London. Director of Robotics & Surgical Innovations at Cleveland Clinic London.
  • Marcelo Orvieto MD: Chief Of Robotic Surgery And Urology, Clinica Alemana De Santiago, Chile
  • Eiji Oki MD: Associate Professor, Department Surgery And Science, Kyushu University Japan