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Episode 1 : The role of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) in the current era of cardiac surgery

Embracing Minimally Invasive Techniques with Dr. Torregrossa

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Today, more and more surgeons are talking about Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS). The patient is the center of everything, and this is the reason why surgeons are challenged every day in the OR to offer the best of themselves. MICS is a new era of surgery which allow to the patient optimum conditions before, during and after the procedure.  

But what means MICS? What are the challenges to perform MICS ?  

In this episode, Dr. Gianluca TORREGROSSA explains how Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery plays a special role in the current era of cardiac surgery.  

Dr TORREGROSSA was graduated from the University of Padua Itlay in 2006. In 2011, he was a part of the team who implanted the first total artificial Heart in Italy. Few years later he was appointed Associate director of Robotic Heart Surgery at Mount Sinai St Luke (NYC), then joined the Cardiac Robotic and Minimally Invasive Division of Surgery at University of Chicago and since 2021 he is the Director of the Robotic Coronary Program in Main Health Hospital Philadelphia. Dr Torregrossa is the author of more than 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals, including 1 book. He serves as reviewer for several journals, and his current h index is 12. Finally, he speaks 4 languages and crossed the Sahara twice on his motorbike. 

Visit his LinkedIn profile: Gianluca Torregrossa | LinkedIn

 

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  • Surgery
  • Surgeons
  • cardiac surgery
  • Minimallyinvasive
  • MICS
  • patient
  • coronary
  • Robotic
  • Operating room
  • OR
  • Coronary bypass
  • Valve replacement
  • Valve procedures
  • Clamps
  • On pump
  • Off pump
  • Cardiology
  • HeartHealth
  • CardiacSurgeons
  • CardiacCare
  • CardiacProcedures
  • HeartDiseases
  • MedicalInnovation
  • CardiacRecovery
  • HeartSurgery
  • CongenitalHeartDisease
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