Was Your Recent Surgery Performed Via Robot? Modern Medicine and Technology

By Joseph Cooper,

Published October 12, 2015 at 1:00 PM EDT

10/12/15 - Have you noticed the laptop is the most utilized instrument in your GP’s examining room? And was a recent surgery performed via robot?

Monday’s Topical Currents looks at the latest in medicine with journalist and editor, Mark Bloom. He’s been on the medical beat for 40 years. We’ll also highlight a promising local medical start-up, Modernizing Medicine. Guests include: Dr. Michael Sherling, Dan Cane, co-founders of Modernizing Medicine; and Dr. Brian Slomovitz Director for the Division of Gynecologic Oncology Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UM Miller School of Medicine. That’sTopical Currents . . . Monday at one o’clock.

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