Dr. Eric Genden - "Mount Sinai Builds On Its Robotic Surgery Techniques with New Institute"
Mount Sinai Health System has established a robotics institute aiming to advance patient care and augment research and training. “We were an early adopter of the da Vinci Surgical System and we have been studying robotic oropharyngeal cancer treatment since then. We have found robotic surgery—for a variety of disease conditions—minimizes our patients’ recovery time and maximizes their outcomes,” said Eric Genden, MD, system chair of otolaryngology for Mount Sinai Health System. In one example, for robotic surgery in head and neck patients, Mount Sinai sends frozen sections of tumors at the time of surgery to pathology, which conducts a rapid turnaround of results while the patient is still asleep. If the cells are positive, the surgeon resects more to ensure margin accuracy. Additionally, the Head and Neck Cancer Research Program has a history of evaluating and utilizing new optical technologies for increased margin control and more precise tumor identification, officials pointed out. Learn more