Seminar 2007 03 28 Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery
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CISST ERC Seminar
Biomedical Engineering Applications to Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Time: 12:00pm
Place: Maryland 110 (Lunch will be served)
Speaker: Li-Ming Su, M.D.
Title: Biomedical Engineering Applications to Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery
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Abstract
Exploring biomedical engineering applications to minimally invasive urologic surgery focusing on technology to improve cancer margins in robotic prostatectomy for prostate cancer and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for kidney cancer.
Bio
Dr. Li-Ming Su is the Director of Laparoscopic and Robotic Urologic Surgery and Associate Professor of Urology at the Brady Urological Institute of Johns Hopkins. He joined the urology staff at Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute after completing his urology residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell University Medical College followed by fellowship training in endourology (specializing in laparoscopy, robotics and stone disease) at Johns Hopkins.
His main clinical interests include minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of kidney cancer and prostate cancer. His areas of surgical specialty include:
- Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy
- Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy
- Nerve-Sparing Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.
Dr. Su also performs laparoscopic pyeloplasty (for kidney obstruction), retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (for testicular cancer), and donor nephrectomy (for kidney donation).
His research interests involve the investigation of methods and techniques to improve cavernous nerve preservation during laparoscopic prostatectomy in efforts to improve the return of sexual function following surgery. He has written and published several research articles, book chapters and videos on nerve-sparing robotic and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.