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HEALTH QUARTERLY / ADVERTISING SECTION
HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH
World-class Robotic Surgery at HUMC
Multidisciplinary Team Using Technology to Advance Robot-assisted Surgery
Hackensack Meridian Health
Hackensack University Medical
Center – the network’s flagship academic
medical center — is a national
and international leader in robotic surgery.
Using the latest robotic surgical technology
and techniques
to perform minimally
invasive procedures,
the hospital’s multidisciplinary
team of
surgeons delivers a better
patient experience
by reducing the risk
of complications, minimizing the length of
post-surgical hospital stays and improving
treatment outcomes.
“Hackensack University Medical Center
is committed to innovation and surgical
excellence,” said Mark Sparta, president
and chief hospital executive, Hackensack
University Medical Center. “Our worldrenowned
robotic surgery program
delivers on that commitment by providing
patients with access to pioneering
minimally invasive procedures performed
by experienced surgeons using the latest
robotic technology.”
Hackensack University Medical Center’s
surgeons have been performing robotassisted
sur-gical procedures since
2000 as part of one of the nation’s first
robotic surgery programs. The Center of
Excellence for Robotics at Hackensack
University Medical Center is among the top
three largest robotic surgery programs in
the New York metropolitan area. The hospital’s
Center for Ambulatory Surgery is also
the only medical center in the area to offer
outpatient robotic surgical procedures.
COMPREHENSIVE
ROBOTICS PROGRAM
Hackensack University Medical Center’s
multidisciplinary team of robotic surgery
experts — led by Michael Stifelman, M.D.,
chair of Urology and director of Robotic
Surgery at Hackensack University Medical
Center and professor and founding chair of
Urology at Hackensack Meridian School of
Medicine at Seton Hall University — continually
analyzes patient outcomes to improve
care standards.
“This level of analysis has allowed us to
expand the boundaries of robotic surgery
and develop some of the most complex
robotic surgical techniques and procedures,
all while increasing patient safety and improving
surgical results,” said Dr. Stifelman.
PHOTO COURTESY OF HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH
On April 29, 2019, Hackensack University Medical Center became the first hospital in New
Jersey and the third site in the U.S. to use the Robotic Surgical Assistant (ROSA) system
for total knee replacement surgery. Chef Lydia Liebchen, of Bergenfield, NJ, was the
Medical Center’s first patient to have her total knee replacement performed using ROSA.
The team provides robotic surgery care
in the following specialty areas:
• Bariatric Surgery
• Cardiac Surgery
• Cancer and Tumor Surgery
• Colorectal Surgery
Advanced Robotic Technology Promotes
Orthopedic Surgery Innovation
H ackensack University Medical
Center uses several innovative
robotic surgical systems to provide
advanced orthopedic care.
“Our network has robust and diverse
surgical robotics offerings, which clearly
demonstrates our commitment to enhancing
patient care with the most advanced
treatments available,” said Michael Kelly,
M.D., chair and medical director of Orthopedics
for Hackensack Meridian Health.
Orthopedic surgeons are now performing
total knee replacement procedures with the
Robotic Surgical Assistant (ROSA), which
uses X-rays to create a 3D model of the
patient’s knee for a personalized implant.
The hospital is a center of excellence for
training other surgeons in its use.
The TSolution One System by THINK
Surgical Inc. is also used to perform total
knee replacement. Following FDA approval
in 2019, Hackensack was the first hospital
in the U.S. to utilize this robotic technology.
Hackensack University Medical Center
surgeons also have access to the Mazor
Robotics Renaissance Spine Surgery system,
a minimally invasive guidance system
for spine surgery. It uses a CT-based 3D
simulation of the patient’s spine, which is
created to pre-plan the best surgical course.
• Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery
• General Surgery
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery
• Urology and Urologic
Reconstruction Surgery
• Women’s Reproductive
and Gynecological Surgery
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY,
ADVANCED PATIENT CARE
Hackensack University Medical Center’s
Center of Excellence for Robotics is consistently
among the first programs in the
nation to acquire the latest robotic surgical
technology.
In 2019, Hackensack University
Medical Center was the first hospital in
New Jersey — and one of only 40 hospitals
in the world, and one of only 10 in the U.S.
— to acquire the transformative da Vinci
SP® robotic system. This advanced robotic
surgical technology allows surgeons to
perform complex procedures in the hardestto-reach
areas of the body by inserting all
surgical instruments through a single twoinch
incision.
Hackensack University Medical Center is
currently using the single port robotic surgical
system to perform urological and otolaryngology
(ENT) procedures. The team
has performed more than 250 single port
procedures, one of the largest experiences
worldwide.
In addition to the da Vinci SP,
Hackensack Meridian Health also has four
other da Vinci robotic surgical systems that
use multiport technology, which means
that surgeons can perform complex procedures
through five small incisions.
Hackensack University Medical Center
was also the first hospital in New Jersey
to implement Ion. This leading-edge robotassisted
technology enables surgeons to
more accurately perform minimally invasive
lung biopsies that may lead to earlier
detection of lung cancer and improved
patient outcomes.
COMMITMENT TO
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Hackensack University Medical Center’s
robotic surgery specialists perform and
teach robotic and minimally invasive surgery
to surgeons from all over the nation
and the world.
Additionally, the hospital’s robotic
surgery specialists routinely participate
in clinical research that advances the field
of robotic surgery.