Drs. Michael Stifelman, Mutahar Ahmed and Mubashir Shabil Billah hosted invited faculty, residents and fellows for a weekend educational program that offered hands-on experience

Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Centers Department of Urology experts hosted a national Single Port Symposium for urology residents and fellows on September 17-18, 2022, at Hekemian Auditorium on the Hackensack University Medical Center campus in Hackensack, NJ.

The weekend-long symposium gave residents and fellows from across the U.S. - traveling from institutions including Stanford, Yale, University of California (UC)-Irvine, Cornell, UC-San Francisco, Baylor, NYU and more - an opportunity to learn from some of the worlds most experienced single port urologic surgeons. The symposium was made possible by a grant from the Endourology Society and the departments Urology Education Fund.

The symposium included expert didactic lectures and the opportunity to observe three live surgeries - a kidney, prostate and reconstruction procedure - performed using the da Vinci SP Single Port Robotic Surgical System. The da Vinci SP allows urologic surgeons to perform complex urological procedures through a single half-inch incision. All participants had access to the single port system and participated in hands-on training using hydrogel simulation models.

The symposium was hosted by Hackensack University Medical Center Department of Urology faculty members, including:

Invited faculty included:

Our goal for the symposium is to educate residents and fellows on how to use the technology and provide them with skills that enable them to teach this new technology to future urologists, said Dr. Stifelman.

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