Global Robotic Assisted Surgery Podcast (GRASP)

In this episode of the GRASP podcast, the host Nathan Nagel talks to Dr T. Sloane Guy and they discuss cardiac robotic assisted surgery and Dr Guy's passion for robotic systems, tool development, and robotic software that can help enhance performance. ABOUT THE GUEST Dr. Guy earned his MD and completed surgery residency and cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. H...

In this episode of the GRASP podcast, the host Nathan Nagel talks to Mr Julian Evans and discusses stereotactic & functional neurosurgery and innovative surgical techniques. ABOUT THE GUEST Mr Julin Evans is a Consultant Neurosurgeon in Manchester, UK, with a Subspecialty Interest in Functional Neurosurgery and is the current President of the British Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neur...

In this episode of the GRASP podcast, Professor Hitendra Patel talks to Dr Mark Soliman who discusses advanced robotic colorectal surgery and the importance of post-op performance reflection. Dr. Soliman is board-certified by both the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. He attended the University of Florida and was a part of the Junior Honors Medical Progr...

In this episode of the GRASP podcast, Professor Hitendra Patel talks to Associate Professor Benjamin Chung and discusses his extensive experiences in robotic prostatectomy and robotic kidney surgeries. ABOUT THE GUEST Benjamin Chung, MD is an Associate Professor of Urology at the Stanford University School of Medicine and is a Urologic Oncologist specializing in the treatment of prostate and kidne...

In this episode of the GRASP podcast, the host, Mr Nathan Nagel, talks to Dr Brian Cohen and discusses robotic-assisted orthopedic surgery and the importance of mentoring other surgeons. ABOUT THE GUEST Dr. Brian Cohen is a board-certified open, laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgery orthopedic surgeon. He is one of the top surgeon adopters worldwide to utilize MAKO robotic arm-assisted hip and...

In this episode of the GRASP podcast, the host Professor Hitendra Patel talks to Mr Loukopoulos and discusses leading an adult and paediatric robotic donor nephrectomy program. ABOUT THE GUEST Mr Loukopoulos graduated from the Medical School of Athens University in 1997 and completed his training in general surgery in 2005. He worked 6 years as consultant in general surgery and kidney transplantat...

In this episode of the GRASP podcast, the host Professor Hitendra Patel talks to Mr Carlo Bravi and discuss his extensive urological surgical training, robotic surgery fellowships, and the importance of mentors. ABOUT THE GUEST Mr Carlo Andrea Bravi is a Urologist specialized in robotic surgery and uro-oncology, currently working at The Royal Marsden Hospital in London. He has extensive experience...

In this episode of GRASP, the host Professor Hitendra Patel talks to Dr David Bunting and they discuss robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) for day-case surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction, and hernia repair. ABOUT THE GUEST David is a Consultant in Upper Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Wall Surgery working at the North Devon Comprehensive Hernia Centre in Barnstaple, Devon, part of the Royal Devon Un...

In this episode of the GRASP podcast, the host Professor Hitendra Patel talks to Mr Nick Carleton-Bland on neurosurgery and his passion for robotic surgery medical education. ABOUT THE GUEST Mr Nick Carleton-Bland is the Deputy Director of Medical Education and Consultant Neurosurgeon at Liverpool’s Walton Centre. He has extensive experience of neuronavigation and MIS. Therefore, he was part of th...

In this episode of the GRASP podcast, the host Professor Hitendra Patel talks to Dr Maria Iliakova who highlights her career path to bariatric robotic surgery and discusses the democratization of surgery through innovation. ABOUT THE GUEST Dr. Maria Iliakova is a bariatric and general surgeon experienced in building bariatric and robotic surgery programs. She specializes in improving patient outco...

In this episode of the GRASP podcast, the host Professor Hitendra Patel talks to Dr Aamir Khan about using third/fourth generation robotic platforms for liver, pancreatic, and upper gastrointestinal cancer surgery. ABOUT THE GUEST Dr Khan is an internationally recognised Liver, Pancreas and Upper Gastrointestinal cancer surgeon. After specialist training & certification in foregut cancer surge...

In this episode of the GRASP podcast, the host Professor Hitendra Patel talks to Dr Sami Alasari and they discuss the robotic surgery learning curve and the future of bariatric surgery. ABOUT THE GUEST Dr Sami Alasari is a Consultant General surgery, Robotic and Laparoscopic Bariatric surgeon , Oncology Colorectal surgery and Pelvic Floor Disorders, Almouwasat Hospital, Alkhobar Saudi Arabia. ABOU...

In this episode of the GRASP podcast, the host Professor Hitendra Patel talks to Dr Srivathsan Ramani on how he became the youngest Indian fellowship-trained robotic uro-oncologist. ABOUT THE GUEST Dr Srivathsan Ramani is the lead Consultant in the Urooncology department at the Apollo Proton Cancer Center. He is one of the youngest fellowship-trained robotic uro-oncologist in the south of India re...

In this episode of the GRASP podcast, the host Professor Hitendra Patel interviews Dr Sujit Chowdhary and they discuss his pioneering pediatric urology robotic surgery. ABOUT THE GUEST Dr Sujit Chowdhary FRCS, is a Pediatric Urologist & Director of Apollo Institute of Pediatric Sciences in New Delhi. He is Gold medalist from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune & obtained basic surgical trai...

In this episode, the host Professor Hitendra Patel talks to Dr Kalpana Nagpal who discusses her route to success in robotic-assisted ENT surgery. ABOUT THE GUEST Dr Kalpana Nagpal, MBBS, MS (ENT), DNB (ENT) is internationally well regarded as one of the leading ENT, including skull base, surgeons in Microscopic, and Endoscopic and Robotic Assisted Surgery. She has over 27 years of experience and t...

In this episode, the host Professor Hitendra Patel introduces the brand new Global Robotic Surgery Podcast (GRASP). He talks to Dr Kalpana Nagpal (MBBS, MS (ENT), DNB (ENT), who is internationally well regarded as one of the leading ENT, including skull base, surgeons in Microscopic, and Endoscopic and Robotic Assisted Surgery. She has over 27 years of experience and trained in robotics from Yonse...