Remarkable man who underwent endoscopic robotic mitral valve repair (8 mm “working port”, all percutaneous cannulation) discharged postoperative day #1 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville “Why would anyone have it done any other way?”

Totally pumped to get my replacement FAA Private Pilot license in the mail today which I had misplaced! Earned it years ago when Senator Bill Frist, M.D. inspired me to become both a cardiac surgeon and a pilot!

This is such a valuable resource for post cardiac surgery ICU teams! Essentials of Cardiac Surgical Resuscitation (CSR) | ecsr.info

Levels of autonomy in FDA-cleared surgical robots: a systematic review - npj Digital Medicine nature.com/articles/s4174…

Should be an awesome meeting at a great location! Extremely clinical case-oriented cardiovascular conference in a great location!

“For physicians, if they are working directly for a hospital, and that hospital is a nonprofit, that hospital is not actually covered by the FTC act. So that hospital is not subject to this rule,” fiercehealthcare.com/payers/how-ftc…

The unfortunate exclusion of most non-profit hospitals from this rule significantly constrains its benefits.

We encourage Congress to continue the momentum on this important issue by enacting S. 220 / H.R. 731, the Workforce Mobility Act, which would extend these crucial…

Hospitals slam FTC’s noncompete ban beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulato…

Today, FTC voted to ban non-compete clauses as an unfair method of competition. This prohibits employers from utilizing non-compete agreements with workers. STS has been a vocal advocate for this change since last March.

Read our statement: bit.ly/3w9DRsb

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Cardiologist burnout rising: 7 things to know beckershospitalreview.com/cardiology/car…

We did some awesome simulation training last week for new robotic cardiac OR team members Northeast Georgia Health System !

Great day today at the Wake Forest Football spring game. Loved talking about the value of lessons learned playing football in preparing us for life outside football with my former college coach Al Groh and teammate Gary Baldinger!

Caranx Medical announces world-first successful robotic TAVI procedure
medicaldevice-network.com/news/caranx-me… via Medical Technology & Medical Device Network

Recorded ISMICS webinar available! My talk is on new systems in development worldwide. “Technology Behind Robotic Cardiac Surgery – Understanding the Hardware” youtu.be/S4_WXPh66Sc?si…

This type of technology is the future of structural heart interventions. “Caranx Medical announces successful world first robotic assisted transcatheter heart valve implantation in an animal” businesswire.com/news/home/2024…

Was looking through my photos from my tours in Afghanistan today and ran across this picture of this amazing Afghan girl I operated on for scrapnel injuries. I wonder where she is today. I hope she is ok. I worry so much about all my patients.

I am honored to be reappointed as a member of the CMS MEDCAC for a second term (Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee) cms.gov/medicare/regul…

Robotics in heart surgery is unstoppable because younger surgeons know its value to patients. “Spanish doctors perform first robotic heart surgery on teenagers” euronews.com/health/2024/04…

ISMICS invites members and guests to join a webinar NOW on technological aspects of robotic cardiac surgery broadcasted on:
Saturday, April 13, 2024
10:00 - 12:00 a.m. EST/EDT USA

ismics.org/Webinars.cgi

ISMICS invites members and guests to join a webinar TOMORROW on technological aspects of robotic cardiac surgery broadcasted on:
Saturday, April 13, 2024
10:00 - 12:00 p.m. EST/EDT USA

ismics.org/Webinars.cgi