Chief Surgeon Performs Jefferson NJ's 3,000th Robotic Surgery

Jefferson Health New Jersey Chief of Surgery Dr. Roy Sandau performed the 3,000th robotic surgical procedure at the hospital on July 3 using the da Vinci Surgical System, the health system announced.

On his own, Sandau has performed well over 800 cases using the da Vinci robot at the hospital, which first began offering robotic surgery in 2008.

In 2016, Sandau was awarded the Distinguished Surgeon Award by Intuitive Surgical, Inc., creator of the da Vinci system. He performed New Jersey’s the first EndoWrist Stapler technology on the da Vinci system, as well as South Jersey's first robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Single Incision (SILS) colon surgery.

Robotic surgeries offer patients quicker and less painful recoveries, according to Jefferson Health For more information about the da Vinci Surgical System at Jefferson in New Jersey, visit https://newjersey.jeffersonhealth.org/mydoc/general-surgery.