The two-day Conference had the theme ‘Gynaecological Robotic Surgery – Innovations & Surgical Revolution.’
A conference on gynaecological robotic surgeries was recently organised by Association of Gynaecological Robotic Surgeons (AGRS) in Hyderabad. RoboGynIndia 2022 was inaugurated by Chief Guest Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan, Governor of Telangana. Guest of Honour Dr K Hari Prasad, President, Apollo Group – Hospitals; Special Invitee Prof Mahendra Bhandari, CEO, Vattikuti Foundation; Dr Rooma Sinha, Organizing Chairperson, Founder President, AGRS & Chief Gynecologist & Minimal Access Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad and Dr Anshumala Shukla Kulkarni, Organising Secretary, Founder Secretary, AGRS graced the occasion. Over 150 delegates from all over India, South Asia and abroad are attending the conference.
The two-day Conference had the theme ‘Gynaecological Robotic Surgery – Innovations & Surgical Revolution.’
The faculty for the RoboGynIndia comprises of four internationally renowned robotic surgeons, like Prof Walter H Gotlieb, Professor of Ob-Gyn & Oncology, McGill University – Montreal, Canada; Dr Krishnanshu S Tewari, Associate Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology at University of California, Irvine, USA; Dr Gabi Moawad, Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, USA and Prof Arnold Advincula, Medical Director, Columbia University, New York. The experienced robotic surgeons from India forming the faculty are Dr Rooma Sinha, Dr Anshumala Shukla Kulkarni, Dr Rama Joshi, Dr Anupama Bahadur, Dr Yogesh Kulkarni, Dr S. Chinnababu and Dr Mala Srivastava among others.
A wide spectrum of topics related to gynaecological robotic surgeries was deliberated at the conference. Some of the thought-provoking topics include the future of robotics in gynaecological surgeries; Artificial Intelligence and its application in gynaecological surgeries; starting a successful gynaecological robotic surgery programme; strategies to overcome barriers and how to make robotic surgeries economically feasible; the advantage of robotics in treating obese patients; ‘MANTRA’ the India robot; robotic-assisted surgeries of complex hysterectomies, myomectomies, endometriosis, malignant robotic hysterectomy and other complex surgeries.
