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June 27, 2008

Robotic Surgery


Dr. Jeff Ferguson and Dr. John Mehall inform listeners about the benefits of groundbreaking technology in the medical field known as robotic surgery.

 

Web Exclusives

  • Video: Robotic Surgery
    Watch a video demonstrating how robotic surgical equipment operates. (Caution: Video contains brief but graphic images of surgeries being performed, and may be disturbing to some viewers.)

Related links

  • Intuitive Surgical
    This site contains a good summary of information about robotic surgery.

Guest Biography

Dr. Jeff FergusonDr. Jeff Ferguson serves as the Chief of Urology at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo. Formerly, he was the hospital's Chief of Staff. Dr. Ferguson is a graduate of Dartmouth College, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. He and his wife, Carol, have two young children.

Dr. John MehallDr. John Mehall is an attending cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon and the Director of Robotic & Minimally Invasive Surgery at the Penrose St. Francis Health Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo. He earned his M.D. at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and is the author of numerous articles for medical journals and medical societies. Dr. Mehall and his wife, Kara, have three children.

 

 
 
 

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