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MISWeek - The Future of MIS. Minimally Invasive Surgery Week / SLS Annual Meeting is a multispecialty conference of a number of MIS Societies, helps increase knowledge of laparoscopic, robotic, and minimally invasive surgical techniques.

Issues and answers specific to surgeons and what we’re facing now, reimbursement, hiring ,legal issues and money, beating stress, solving staffing issues, Improving  patient communication and much more.

Help With Your Career New jobs less than 7 days old are available only to Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons members. After that period, these jobs become available to everyone.

SLS provides an open multi-specialty forum for surgeons and other health professionals interested in minimally invasive surgery and therapy. Contributing to the growing knowledge of the diagnostic and therapeutic uses of laparoendoscopic and other minimally invasive techniques.

SLS is a multispecialty and multidisciplinary Society of general surgeons, gynecologists, urologists, pediatric, thoracic surgeons and others interested in laparoscopic, endoscopic, robotic, and minimally invasive surgical techniques and technologies. SLS endeavors to improve patient care and promote the highest standards of practice through education, training, and information distribution.

SLS SIGs support the organization's educational mission. Members of the SIGs present the popular laparoscopy updates at SLS's Annual Meeting, taking an important leadership role in preparing physicians for the future.

CRSLS, MIS Case Reports from SLS, is dedicated to the publication of Case Reports in the field of minimally invasive surgery. Case Reports are submitted through the JSLS submission system and undergo the same rigorous peer review process.

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In 2005 pioneering surgeon Dr. Camran Nezhat was awarded a fellowship by The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology to research and write this important history. In Washington, DC at ACOG and the Library of Congress, he and brilliant researcher Barbara Page sorted through the treasure-trove of materials.

SLS is committed to providing educational opportunities to Residents and Fellows in Training who are interested in pursuing a career in minimally invasive surgery or surgical simulation.

SLS offers special programs for Residents, Fellows-in-Training, Nurses,  Affiliated Medical Personnel, and Retired Surgeons 

The "one-click" scholarly search is here!  Search through SLS's open

The SLS Virtual Exhibit Hall connects physicians and professionals with manufacturers as they search for the most advanced surgical instruments.

To find a doctor who is up to date on the latest information about minimally invasive surgery, visit the  Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons Members page to search for a surgeon in your area.

Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons, The Most Read MIS Journal, is the multispecialty, peer-reviewed journal of the Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons. JSLS seeks to advance minimally invasive surgery by promoting the cross-specialty exchange of information.

ORReady is a worldwide, multi-Specialty initiative to encourage steps that improve surgical outcomes and save lives. Working together worldwide, Medical Societies and Other Organizations are sharing ideas that work to help improve Outcomes for Surgical Patients.

This site contains Educational Videos which are open access and available worldwide in multiple formats.

Become a top gun surgeon by participating in the Top Gun Laparoscopic Skills & Suturing Program. Top Gun is an unbelievable program that decreases the time that it takes to learn how to intracorporeally suture from 350 hours to 12 hours and is now available in an interactive, exciting, iBooks format.

Prevention and Management of Laparoendoscopic Surgical Complications, Third Edition (PM3) is a medical textbook that covers Laparoscopy, Endoscopy, and Minimally Invasive Surgery and other advances that help patients recover quickly and safely.