Michael Mendelsohn

1 week ago | abc7.com | Youri Benadjaoud |Osej Serratos |Michael Mendelsohn |Milan Miller

Fernando da Silva, who lives in the southern African nation of Angola, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March. Three months later, he underwent a procedure to cut out the cancer from a surgeon who has done tens of thousands of similar procedures. But the doctor performing the surgery was 7,000 miles away -- in Orlando, Florida. Da Silva was the first patient of a groundbreaking human clinical trial approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to test transcontinental robotic telesurgery.

1 week ago | abcnews.go.com | Youri Benadjaoud |Osej Serratos |Michael Mendelsohn |Milan Miller

The doctor calls it a "huge leap for health care."ByYouri Benadjaoud, Osej Serratos, Michael Mendelsohn, and Milan MillerDr. Vipul Patel, medical director of the Global Robotic Institute at Advent Health in Orlando, Florida, who performed the robotic telesurgery. Society of Robotic SurguryFernando da Silva, who lives in the southern African nation of Angola, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March.

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Youri Benadjaoud |Osej Serratos |Michael Mendelsohn |Milan Miller

Groundbreaking remote robotic surgery: Patient was in Africa; doctor was in FloridaFernando da Silva, who lives in the southern African nation of Angola, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March. Three months later, he underwent a procedure to cut out the cancer from a surgeon who has done tens of thousands of similar procedures. But the doctor performing the surgery was 7,000 miles away -- in Orlando, Florida.

1 week ago | aol.com | Youri Benadjaoud |Osej Serratos |Michael Mendelsohn |Milan Miller

Fernando da Silva, who lives in the southern African nation of Angola, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March. Three months later, he underwent a procedure to cut out the cancer from a surgeon who has done tens of thousands of similar procedures. But the doctor performing the surgery was 7,000 miles away -- in Orlando, Florida.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Youri Benadjaoud |Osej Serratos |Michael Mendelsohn |Milan Miller

Fernando da Silva, who lives in the southern African nation of Angola, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March. Three months later, he underwent a procedure to cut out the cancer from a surgeon who has done tens of thousands of similar procedures. But the doctor performing the surgery was 7,000 miles away -- in Orlando, Florida.