Contributors

Aixingzi Aili, MD
Post Graduate Research Fellow, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California

Ibrahim Alkatout

Z.S. Al-Dulaimi

Craig T. Albanese, MD, MBA
Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Director of Surgical Services and Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford, California

Brent W. Allain, Jr., MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

Aaron Ashby, MS
Graduate Researcher, Human-Machine Symbiosis Lab, Arizona State University Department of Biomedical Informatics, Tempe, Arizona

Daniel Barraez-Masroua, MD
Division of Gynecologic Oncology and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Medical Center, New York, New York

Bulent Berker, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Sara L. Best, MD
Instructor, Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Eric J. Bieber, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania

Lawrence C. Biskin, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Saint Margaret Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Antoine Bouchard-Fortier, MD, BSc
Resident, Université Laval and Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Hôpital St-François d`Assise, Québec, Canada

Douglas N. Brown, MD, FACOG
Director, Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Matias Bruzoni, MD
Instructor in Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford, California

Elizabeth Buescher

Richard O. Burney, MD
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Jeffrey A. Cadeddu, MD
Professor of Urology and Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

James E. Carter, MD

James F. Carter, MD
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

Alan B. Copperman, MD
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York

Erik P. Castle, MD
Associate Professor of Urology, Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona

Paul G. Curcillo II, MD
Department of Surgery and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Shabnam Dadgar, MD

Shaghayegh M. DeNoble, MD
Division of Gynecologic Oncology and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Medical Center, New York, New York

Edie L. Derian, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania

Yves-Marie Dion, MD, MSc, FACS, FRCSC
Professor of Surgery, Université Laval and Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Hôpital St-François d`Assise, Québec, Canada
Clinical Researcher, Québec Biomaterials Institute, Québec, Canada

Heath Dorion, MD, FACS
Assistant Director of Education, General Surgery, St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio

C. Michael Dunham, MD, FACS, FCCM
Assistant Director, Trauma/Critical Care Services, St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio

David B. Earle, MD, FACS
Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Tufts University of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

Edward Lawrence Felix, MD, FACS
Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director of Bariatric Surgery, Clovis Community Hospital, Clovis, California

Bradford W. Fenton, MD, PhD, FACOG
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio

Roger Ferland, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island

John Ferrara, MD
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona

Charles J. Filipi, MD
Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska

Morris E. Franklin, Jr., MD
Texas Endosurgery Institute, San Antonio, Texas

Michel Gagner, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FASMBS, FICS, AFC (Hon.)
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

W. Peter Geis, MD
Northwest Hospital Center, Baltimore, Maryland

Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California

Mark H. Glasser, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Rafael, California

Matthew I. Goldblatt, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Herbert A. Goldfarb, MD
New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York

Brian Gruber, MD

Babak Hajhosseini, MD
Post Graduate Research Fellow, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California

Harrith M. Hasson, MD
Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

Wm. LeRoy Heinrichs, MD, MS, PhD, FACOG
Professor (Emeritus) and Past Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Executive Medical Officer, Innovation in Learning, Inc., Los Altos Hills, California

Georgios E. Hilaris, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Special Minimally Invasive Surgery (Laparoscopic and Robotic), Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California
Gynecologic and Oncologic Surgery, Paradeisos Amarousion, Athens, Greece

Santiago Horgan, MD

Mustafa Hussain, MD
Fellow, Section of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York

Asrafjah Hussein, MD
Post Graduate Research Fellow, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California

Amy E. Hutchinson, MD
Chair, Department of Anesthesia, St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio

Kanav Kahol, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Namir Katkhouda, MD
Professor and Vice Chairman; Chief, Division of General and Laparoscopic Surgery; Director, Bariatric Surgery Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Michael S. Kavic, MD
Director of Education, General Surgery, Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, Youngstown, Ohio

Stephen M. Kavic, MD
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Suzanne M. Kavic, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch College of Medicine, Oakbrook, Illinois

Louis R. Kavoussi, MD
Chairman, Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, New Hyde Park, New York
Professor of Urology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine

William E. Kelley, Jr., MD, FACS
The Richmond Surgical Group, Richmond, Virginia

Kimberly A. Kho, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Louise P. King, MD, JD
Center for Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California

Stephanie A. King, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Doron Kopelman, MD
Head of Surgery B Department, Haemek Medical Center, Afula, Israel

Sumathi Kotikela, MD
Fellow, Center for Special Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California

Raymond J. Lanzafame, MD, MBA
Rochester, New York

Karl A. LeBlanc, MD, MBA
Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

András Légner, MD
Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska

Michael Lewis, MD
New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York

Lin Lin, MD
Post Graduate Research Fellow, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California
The First Affiliated University Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang, China

Shruti Malik, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio

Rodney J. Mason, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of General and Laparoscopic Surgery, USC Department of Surgery, Los Angeles, California

Edward D. Matsumoto, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Urology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

W. Scott Melvin, MD
Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, The Ohio State University and the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio

Liselotte Mettler, Prof Dr Med
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Campus Kiel, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Luca Milone, MD, PhD

Ashkan Moazzez, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Division of General and Laparoscopic Surgery, USC Department of Surgery, Los Angeles, California

Mojgan Mohammadi, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Special Minimally Invasive Surgery – Laparoscopic and Robotic, Palo Alto, California
Obstetrics and Gynecology Center, Bank Melli Iran Hospital, Tehran, Iran

Vadim V. Morozov, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

John E. Morrison, Jr., MD
Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

Ravi Munver, MD
Associate Professor and Vice Chairman, Chief, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urologic Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey
Touro University College of Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey

Robert B. Nadler, MD
Professor of Urology, Director of Minimally Invasive Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Camran Nezhat, MD, FACOG, FACS
Director, Center for Special Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California

Ceana Nezhat, MD
Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Adj. Clin.), Stanford University of Medicine, Stanford, California
Clinical Associate Professor of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Fellowship Director, Atlanta Center for Special Minimally Invasive Surgery & Reproductive Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Farr Nezhat, MD
St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals, Academic Affiliates of Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York

John H. Nguyen, MD

Rafael N. Nunez, MD
Research Fellow, Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona

Michael C. Ost, MD
Associate Professor, Urology, The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Douglas E. Ott, MD, MBA
Mercer University, Macon, Georgia

Emre Goksan Pabuccu, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

M. Parikh

Tanjia Pejovic

Joseph B. Petelin, MD, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas
Director, Surgix™ Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute and Fellowship

Firas Petros, MD
Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan

Francis J. Podbielski, MD
University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts

Erica R. Podolsky, MD
Department of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Leon C. Hirsch Professor, Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, Chief, Section of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York

Guillermo Portillo, MD
Texas Endosurgery Institute, San Antonio, Texas

Gaayana Raju, MD

Kenneth J. Ransom, MD

Mahmood K. Razavi

David A. Rebuck, MD
Endourology Fellow, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Ronald A. Rhodes, MD

Craig Rogers, MD
Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan

Karla Russek, MD
Texas Endosurgery Institute, San Antonio, Texas

Ricardo Ruz, MD, MSc
Resident, Université Laval and Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Hôpital St-François d`Assise, Québec, Canada

Naghmeh Saberi, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California at Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California

Matthew Sand, MD
New York University Department of Urology, New York, New York

Richard M. Satava, MD
Professor of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington

Odysseas Savvouras

Ihor S. Sawczuk, MD
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey
Touro University College of Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey

Erica Schipper, MD

Thoralf Schollmeyer, Dr Med
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Campus Kiel, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Michael J. Schwartz, MD
Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, New Hyde Park, New York
Assistant Professor of Urology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine

Daniel S. Seidman, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Michal Sellin
Research Assistant, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California

Udayan Shah, MD
Clarksville, Maryland

Babac Shahmohamady, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

Marshall L. Smith, Jr., MD, FACS
Simulation Training Center WT-1, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona

R. Stephen Smith, MD

Michael Stifelman, MD
New York University Department of Urology, New York, New York

Gustavo Stringel, MD, MBA
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
Surgeon in Chief, Maria Fereri Children’s Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York

Pedro P. Tanaka, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Elif Aylin Taskin, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Salih Taskin, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Michelle Tham, MD
New York University Medical Center, New York, New York

Kari Thompson, MD

Rafael F. Valle, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

Vincent W. Vanek, MD, FACS, CNSP
Department of Surgery, St. Elizabeth Health Center (SEHC), Youngstown, Ohio
Department of Surgery, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rootstown, Ohio

Arathi Veeraswamy, MD
Fellow, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California

Nikhil Waingankar, MD
Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, New Hyde Park, New York

David S. Wang, MD
Associate Professor of Urology, Department of Urology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

Paul Alan Wetter, MD, FACOG, FACS
Professor Emeritus University of Miami School of Medicine, Chairman Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Miami, Florida

Howard N. Winfield, MD
Director of Robotic & Minimally Invasive Surgery, DCH Regional Medical Center, Department of Urology, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Michael E. Woods, MD

Jennifer K. Yates, MD
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey

Han Ying, MD
Post Graduate Research Fellow, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang, China