Collaborative Community
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International Multispecialty Consensus: Best Practices in Telesurgery
Robotics, AI, Telepresence & Telesurgery: The Future of Urology
End-to-End AI System for Surgical Gesture Sequence Recognition
DaVinci 5 vs DaVinci Xi in Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy
Triple-Console Robotic Telesurgery: First Impressions & Future Impact
Humanitarian Benefits of Telesurgery While Navigating Challenges
Computer Vision for NVB Retraction in Nerve-Sparing Prostatectomy
Robotic-Assisted Surgery in the Arab World: Are We There Yet?
Connect with surgeons, engineers, policymakers, and industry leaders shaping the next era of global surgical care.
The Robotics, Telesurgery and Surgical AI Collaborative Community — shaping the future of global surgical care.
Dr. Vipul Patel, Executive Director of the Society of Robotic Surgery (SRS) and Director of the Global Robotics Institute, along with many esteemed stakeholders, have come together to form a collaborative community.
Enabled by advanced robotic systems and high-speed communication technologies, telesurgery involves remote-controlled surgical instruments guided by a surgeon from a control station. The first successful telesurgery — 'Operation Lindbergh' — was performed transatlantically by Jacques Marescaux in 2001.
The deficit in skilled surgeons in rural or impoverished areas is significant — more than 15 million additional healthcare professionals are needed to achieve universal healthcare by 2030.
"Through technology and education, we, as experts, possess the capability to rebalance the scales." — Dr. Vipul Patel
The Collaborative Community aims to recommend best practices and robust strategies for addressing challenges in establishing remote surgery programs for equitable access to healthcare.
One of the core foundations is generating and evaluating evidence that supports innovative approaches to remote surgical solutions while advocating patient rights and navigating the ethical, legal, and regulatory conundrums that could arise.
Another core commitment is establishing regulations and recommendations for the entry of robotic platforms into the commercial market — formulating and modifying guidelines, adapting to patient needs, and ensuring safe and effective robotic surgery practice.
Artificial intelligence is exponentially growing as a tool in healthcare. The community plays the role of mediator between the AI community and healthcare, fostering 'Trustworthy AI' — helping the public understand the potential of AI in improving patient outcomes.
Within the telesurgery and robotic realm, identify key issues to be addressed.
Build evidence-based solutions and outline effective strategy for practice.
Act upon recommendations, standards, and implementation guidelines.
Learn from experience to continuously improve the framework.
Working at the intersection of robotics, telecommunications, artificial intelligence, and surgical expertise.
Advocating best practices and validating emerging systems against global standards for safe deployment.
Bridging geographical gaps so expert surgeons can deliver critical care to underserved populations worldwide.
Mediating between the AI community and healthcare to ensure AI tools are transparent, safe, and equitable.
Establishing consensus frameworks protecting patients while enabling responsible surgical innovation.
Convening world-leading experts across medicine, surgery, telecommunications, government, and industry to shape the future of telesurgery.
February 21–22, 2026
Details, key outcomes, and published findings from the 2nd Global Telesurgery Consensus Meeting will be available here shortly. Check back for updates.
February 2024 — Orlando, Florida. Bringing together experts from medicine, surgery, telecommunications, government, and industry.
The reason to perform telesurgery is not because the technology allows it — the humanitarian, social, and medical benefits are potentially enormous. The deficit in skilled surgeons in rural or impoverished areas is significant. The Society of Robotic Surgery gathered experts across disciplines to gain insight on the roadmap required to progress with implementing telesurgery.
General themes that need to be addressed to create a framework for safe, efficient telesurgical procedures include: technical, ethical, cybersecurity, regulatory, and financial considerations. Addressing these through expert recommendations and interdisciplinary discussions is vital in laying the groundwork for global adoption.
Equipping hospitals globally with 5G connectivity — low latency, large bandwidth, increased reliability — before starting any telesurgical program.
Forming a collaborative community from various industries, professions, surgical societies, and patient advocates to remove obstacles.
Providing standardized, multidimensional training for physicians focused on outcomes rather than quantitative methods.
Creating guidelines and framework for the FDA and government to assess and approve telesurgery programs and novel robotic platforms.
Using urgent end-use cases as the starting point for telesurgery implementation in the US healthcare system.
Standardized reimbursement coding for hospitals and surgeons, addressing jurisdictional, legal, and regulatory issues at a federal level.
A Delphi Consensus was finalized following the meeting. View published results →
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The authoritative gateway to the newest and most impactful work in robotics, telesurgery, and surgical AI.
The definitive expert consensus from the inaugural Global Telesurgery Congress — shaping frameworks for safe, effective remote surgery worldwide.
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