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| 2011 | Updated VATS Course |
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2010 |
Updated VATS Course |
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| 2009 | Updated VATS Course |
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| 2009 | A Canadian First for Lung Cancer:LHSC and Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) announce a Canadian first in the treatment of lung cancer, removing a small wedge from the patient’s lung and then applying a surgical mesh interwoven with brachytherapy seeds to where the lung was resected |
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2008 |
VATS Course (Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery)Organized and chaired Canada’s first didactic and hands-on CSTAR course on Advanced Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery |
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| 2004 | Image Guided Surgical ResectionLHSC’s Image-Guided Surgery team performed the world’s first image-guided robotic-assisted thoracoscopic resection of a lung cancer using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm and a 3-dimensional ultrasound probe |
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Robotic Surgery |
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| 2004 | Performed Canada’s first robotic-assisted transthoracic endoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm | |
| 2004 | Performed Canada’s first robotic-assisted laprascopic transhiatal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm |
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| 2003 | Performed Canada’s first robotic-assisted lobectomy for lung cancer using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm | |
| 2002 | Performed the first robotic-assisted laprascopic Nissen anti-reflux surgery in London, Ontario using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm | |
| 2001 | Performed Canada’s first robotic-assisted apical bullectomy for a pneumothorax using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm | |
| 2001 | Performed Canada’s first robotic-assisted resection of a lung cancer using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm | |
| 2001 | Performed the world’s first robotic-assisted lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm | |
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Telementoring |
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| 2001 | Performed the world’s first telementoring using Computer Motion’s Socrates® Telemedicine platform between the University Campus (Richard Malthaner M.D.) and Victoria Campus (Richard Inculet M.D.) of the London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada |
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Lung Volume Reduction Surgery |
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| 1995 | Performed the first lung volume reduction surgery for pulmonary emphysema in London, Ontario, Canada | |
| 1999 | Developed, obtained funding, and conducted the Canadian Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Study with Dr. John Miller | |
