Very productive and magical weekend. Things to do being scratched out! A few more things to complete my July 4th goals 🎆

Cyberattacks on surgical robots are a real and dangerous threat. This commentary from William Gordon et al. describes the vulnerabilities + strategies to reduce #cybersecurity risks in these digital systems. nature.com/articles/s4174…

Super excited with this puclication and our collaboration between MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston to enable innovative surgery for patients with pNETs. Congrats!!

SAVE THE DATE! We look forward to seeing you at The 35th Meeting of JSHBPS to be held in Tokyo, Japan on June 30 and July 1, 2023. Thank you all for the many abstract submissions. Registration will open in early June 2023. Visit site.convention.co.jp/jshbps35/en/me…. #JSHBPS #JSHBPS2023

Super stars on a show!

We have only 50 days until JSHBPS2023 in Tokyo. "Standardization of robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy" is one of very remarkable sessions. This sessin will be on July 1st 1pm to 2:30pm Visit: site.convention.co.jp/jshbps35/en/pr…… #JSHBPS #JSHBPS2023 Naruhiko Ikoma MD MS Nakamura Masafumi Yuichi Nagakawa

Feel honored to be invited back to give two-day seminar for residents at Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital - where i did my initial training. Discussed career development, trial design, how to publish. group work for EKG, ventilator, informed consent/shared decision. Enjoyed a lot!

Truly enjoyed participating robotic gastrectomy course at National Cancer Center Hospital East at Chiba Japan. Honored to give a talk and moderate live gastrectomy by Dr. Kinoshita. I visited this center 5 years and I learned so much from Dr. Kinoshita. Thank you!!

Understanding of individual anatomy is the key for success in robotic pancreatectomy. “Operation has to be done in your head before starting surgery”

We had an exciting discussion about surgical approach in the robotic PD session #JSHBPS #JSHBPS2023

Really enjoyed attending Japanese Society of HBP Surgery in Tokyo, nicely hosted by Prof. Tanabe & colleagues from Tokyo Medical&Dental Univ. Learned so much from legendary surgeons. #TheSpiritofHBPSurgeons. Yuichi Nagakawa Jin He Ching-Wei D. Tzeng

We are developing “robotic fingers” to enable tactile feedback to surgeons and endoscopists MD Anderson Cancer Center UT_ARTS_Lab UT Austin ! Very exciting!! Farshid Alambeigi, PhD

Way to go, Farshid!!

4 Pillars of Periop Opioid Reduction: (1) patient/provider education, (2) limit peak inpatient and total exposure with routine non-opioid bundle, (3) purposeful opioid weaning to zero/near-zero by last 24hrs, (4) patient-centered “5x-multiplier” discharge Rx MD Anderson Cancer Center

How can robotic surgery improve accuracy and post-operative quality of life? Our Dr. Naruhiko Ikoma weighs in: bit.ly/46rMKK5 Naruhiko Ikoma MD MS #EndCancer

1st MD Anderson-Aichi Cancer Center Joint Cancer Symposium on 3/8 Fri 5-8 pm CST. start with our own Dr. Pisters’ lecture, followed by research/clinical lectures and MDC case discussions in topics of HPB/gastric cancers. Join us virtually! Bit.ly/3SHi6IR MD Anderson Cancer Center

It was a tremendous success of this first of many future collaborations between MDA and ACC! Thank you all for support and contribution to this joint symposium!!