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SLS’s AIDE Initiative
ACCOUNTABILITY, INCLUSION, DIVERSITY & EQUITY A commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity is critical to the practice of medicine and the provision of high quality patient care. The mission of SLS is to promote excellence in patient care by providing an open forum for surgeons and other health professionals interested in minimally invasive surgery and […]
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During an open forum panel discussion as part of Virtual SLS MIS 2021, five SLS experts discussed the next levels of minimally invasive, robotic-assisted surgery from its impact on training future surgeons to enabling surgeons to transform healthcare. Editor’s note: Responses have been paraphrased for brevity. Raymond Lanzafame, MD, MBA, FACS, Executive Director, Chairman, Scientific […]
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The Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons (SLS) is proud to announce our 2020-2021 Board of Trustees President: John E. Morrison, Jr., MD Louisiana State University Health Vice-President: Mona Orady, MD Dignity Health Medical Group – Saint Francis/St. Mary’s Secretary-Treasurer: Paul G. Toomey, MD Florida Surgical Specialists Immediate Past President: Jessica Ybanez-Morano, MD, MPH […]
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By Mantu Gupta, MD Chairman of Urology, Mount Sinai West and Morningside Hospitals, New York City Director, Mount Sinai Kidney Stone Center; Director of Endourology, Mount Sinai Health System Professor of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai COVID-19 has taught us a lot. We’ve seen its effect on every aspect of healthcare. As […]
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By Nicole Miller, MD, FACS Associate Professor, Department of Urology, and Fellowship Director for Endourology and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville COVID-19 has drawn many aspects of medicine into a different focus. Now, months after the pandemic made its initial impact on our hospital, we are able to reflect on all the […]
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RAYMOND J. LANZAFAME, MD, MBA, FACS NAMED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIETY OF LAPAROSCOPIC & ROBOTIC SURGEONS (SLS) Miami, FL: The Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons (SLS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Raymond J. Lanzafame, MD, MBA, FACS to the position of Chairman. Dr. Lanzafame has been a key part of SLS’s […]