We write this notice to advise you that the MISWEEK 2020 Conference scheduled for August 26-29, 2020 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu, Hawaii has been cancelled. SLS staff and leadership have reached this difficult decision after careful consideration of the evolving nature of this highly fluid situation with prolonged travel restrictions […]
A lecture and workshop by Daniel Kuhn, MD Dr. Kuhn’s approach is a simple technique which has been effectively used by athletes, executives, opera singers and high performers in general. Its purpose is to eliminate the fixation of traumatic experiences and post traumatic stress. Its benefits are a revitalize career; improved performance and recovering one’s sense of well […]
By: Daniel Kuhn, M.D. This article addresses what it takes to protect, rehabilitate, and enhance the career of surgeons from the point of view of wellbeing, satisfaction and productivity. Surgeons are challenged by the need to maintain a steady level of peak performance through long hours of surgery. Very often surgeons who were exposed to negative and traumatic […]
By Alice Goodman NEW YORK – The next big advance in gynecologic minimally invasive surgery could be the wider adoption of minilaparoscopy using newer, frictionless instruments. Minilaparoscopy is commonly used in cholecystectomy, but is making inroads in gynecology. Minilaparoscopy performed with the newer, smaller instruments is especially well suited for fertility procedures and endometriosis surgery, […]
By Alice Goodman At Minimally Invasive Surgery Week NEW YORK – Displaying a low-tech, low-cost white board in the operating room during the “time out” before surgery can significantly improve memory retention among members of the surgical team, a new study suggests. “We found that providing a white board that you can buy at any […]
