UCSF Health Reaches 15,000 Robotic Surgeries

Gastrointestinal cancer surgeons at the UC San Francisco have performed the health system’s 15,000th robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery, making it the first University of California health center to reach this milestone. UCSF Health has the busiest robotic surgery program in the UC health system and is the leading academic medical institution for robotic surgeries in the western U.S.

Robotic surgery expertise increases odds for those who battle stomach cancer like Toby Keith

Toby Keith, John Wayne and Fred Rogers are among many famous figures who passed from stomach cancer, a particularly deadly form of  cancer. Now, robotic surgery is improving the odds for cancer patients. Matthew Porembka, M.D. is part of a…