Robotics

Welcome to AAGL’s specialty page dedicated to minimally invasive surgeons with a focus on robotics.

The 2021 Goals of this SIG are:

• Hold quarterly meetings via teleconference with the AAGL Medical Director.
• SIG Chair to work with the Scientific Program Chair on “topics” for courses.
• SIG to dovetail with the AAGL Research Committee.
• Hold an Annual in-person SIG meeting at the AAGL Global Congress.

1. Increase visibility and utility of the robotic SIG group.
2. Provide useful practice resources for members.
3. Create an improved sense of community and mission.

The SIG Board Members are responsible to produce three (3) Articles each year:

• An Article on Your Most Difficult Case.
• An Article for a Technology Overview related to this SIG.
• Lead-in explaining why two (2) videos were selected from SurgeryU related to this SIG for the AAGL NewsScope.

Would seek to accomplish these goals in the following ways:

1. Create a web content committee that will Revamp the Robotic SIG webpage. The new webpage would potentially include:
   1. Examples from institutions for credentialing protocols
   2. Examples from institutions for Residency training curriculum
   3. Tool kit for cost containment and improving efficiency
   4. Addressing roadblocks in practice:
      1. Robotic Access
      2. Billing/coding
   5. Video share
   6. Community Q&A, ie members have the ability to write in with questions and other members provide their advice
   7. What’s going on around town, ie list of robotic courses, events
   8. Job posting?
2. Send quarterly email to AAGL all members with:
   1. News from the Robotic SIG
   2. Edited Surgical video from member (~6min max)
   3. Member bio
3. Establish quarterly phone meeting with all Robotic SIG members
4. Create a subcommittee to pursue changes in CPT coding. Lead: Laurence Orbuch.
   1. To enhance reimbursement for complex cases.
   2. To argue for unbundling of certain codes

SIG Leadership
 

Richard Farnam Chair