Robotic Surgery Academy

The GRASP Robotic Surgical Academy faculty comprises world-renowned experts across different surgical disciplines.

HOSPITALS: Choose which speciality your hospital would like us to run training courses

SURGEONS:

Robotic Surgical Specialties (A-Z)

Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Anti-Reflux & Foregut
Cardiac
Colorectal
Endocrine
General
Gynecology
Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic
Metabolic & Bariatric
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery & Spine
Ophthalmic
Oral and Maxillofacial
Orthopaedics & Spine
Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck, Skull Base
Pediatric
Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgical Oncology
Thoracic (Non-Cardiac)
Transplant
Urology
Vascular

FACULTY IN PROGRESS ( A-Z by First name)

Professor Adolfo Perez Bonet, MD.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia.
Specialty: General surgery.

Professor Alejandro Rossano García, MD, FACS.
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán.
Mexico City, Mexico.
Specialty: General surgery.

Professor Alexander Ayzengart, MD, FACS, FASMBS.
University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA.
Affiliated with the University of Nevada.
Specialty: General and Bariatric surgery.

Professor Andrés Ayala, MD.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Hospital Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador.
Specialty: Surgical Research.

Professor Antonio Albuquerque, MD.
Hospital Cruz Vermelh.
Lisbon, Portugal.
Specialty: General surgery.

Dr. Ashwin Narasimha Sridhar, MBBS, MRCS, MSC, DIC, FRCS (Urol), PGDME.
Senior Consultant.
UCLH.
Speciality: Urology.

Professor Bhavneetsingh Bhalla, MBBS; M.S; FMBS, FICRS, FALS, DMAS, FAIS, FIAGES, FMAS.
Senior Consultant in Laparoscopic, Robotic and Bariatric Surgeon.
World Laparoscopy Hospital, Delhi, India.
Specialty: Bariatric surgery.

Dr. Beniamino Pascotto, MD.
Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg.
Speciality: Upper GI and Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Dr. Parmar MBBS, MS, DNB, PGDHHM, PGDMLS, NDDY, FRCS, FIFSO.
Head of the department of surgery at Whittington Health NHS Trust, London, UK
Speciality: Upper GI, Bariatric & metabolic surgery

Professor Christian Omar Ramírez Serrano, MD, FACS .
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Specialty: General surgery.

Professor Edmundo Inga-Zapata, MD, FACS.
Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima, Peru.
Specialty: General surgery.

Dr. Elena Ruiz Úcar, MD, FACS, FIFSO, FEAES, FAEC, FSECO, FESPEN
Fuenlabrada University Hospital.
Rey Juan Carlos University.
Madrid, Spain.
Specialty: Bariatric-Metabolic, Endocrine and General Surgeon

Professor Enrique Fernando Elli, MD, FACS, FASMBS.
Chair of Advanced GI and Bariatric Surgery at Mayo Clinic Florida.
Director General of the Surgery Residency Program at Mayo Clinic Florida.
Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Specialty: Advanced GI and Bariatric Surgery.

Dr. Guglielmo Niccolò Piozzi, MD.
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Portsmouth, England, UK
Specialty: Colorectal

Professor Jordi Tarascó Palomares, MD, PhD.
Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol .
Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Jorge Bravo López, MD .
Universidad de Chile, Clínica Santa María.
Santiago, Chile.
Specialty: General surgery.

Professor Juan Santiago Azagra Soria, MD.
Head of Department of General, Mini-Invasive (Laparoscopy & Robotic) and Oncologic Surgery.
Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg.
Speciality: General surgery and Oncology.

Dr. Kalpana Nagpal, MBBS, MS (ENT), DNB (ENT).
Senior Consultant Apollo, India.
Specialty: Head & neck and skull base.

Dr. Luca Gordini, MD, FACS.
GVM Care & Research.
Università degli Studi di Cagliari.
Rome, Italy.
Specialty: General.

Professor Luigi Marano, MD, PhD.
Professor of Surgery, Prorector for the Development of International Cooperation in Medical Sciences.
Supervisor of Advanced Lap and Robotic Surgical Oncology Program.
Dnipro Medical State University, Dnipro, Poland.
Speciality: General and Oncologic surgery.

Professor Luis Osvaldo Suárez Carreón, MD, FACS.
Universidad de Guadalajara Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara.
Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara.
Specialty: General and Bariatric surgery.

Professor Marco Raffaelli, MD, FEBS-DES.
Professore Ordinario di Chirurgia Generale – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
Direttore U.O.C. Chirurgia Endocrina e Metabolica.
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS.
Prof. Antonio Albuquerque, MD.
Hospital Cruz Vermelha.
Lisbon, Portugal.
Specialty: General surgery.

Mary Akangbe, FAPH.
Director of Nursing at GRASP.
Trainer, clinical educator and a qualified Nurse Surgeon Assistant.
Speciality: Nursing & first assistant in robotic surgery.

Dr. Med Miljana Vladimirov, MD, MHBA.
Chief of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Klinikum Lippe – Universitat Bielefeld, Germany.
Speciality: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Dr. Nick Carleton-Bland B.Sc (Hons), PGCert (Med Ed), M.Sc, MBBS(Lond), MRCS(Eng), FRCS(Neuro.Surg), DIP (Interprof spine care).
NHS England – Training Programme Director in Neurosurgery.
National Director: Online Training Program: Neurosurgery.
Expert Adviser Medical Technologies Advisory Committee.
NICE – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Robotic-Assisted Surgery Advisor.
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust and Charity – Deputy Director of Medical Education.

Dr. Omar Gaytán Fuentes, MD, FACS.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Speciality: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Dr Omar Andres Rivera Moreno
Experto en Cirugia Bariatrica Metabolica
Cirugia laparoscopica avanzada,
Cirugia Robotica, Cirugia EsofagoGastrica.

Professor Pierre Blanc, MD.
Clinique Mutualiste Saint Etienne.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne, France.
Practices at Clinique Mutualiste Saint-Étienne and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne.
Specialty: General surgery, with a focus on Bariatric, Endocrine, and Parietal surgery.

Dr. Panagiotis Lainas, MD, PhD
Head of the Department and Deputy Director of Minimally Invasive Digestive Surgery.
Metropolitan Hospital, Athens, Greece
Speciality: Metabolic & Bariatric

Professor Ramón Vilallonga Puy, FACS, FASMBS.
Head of Endocrine-Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Division.
Hospital Vall Hebron, Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Head of the Endocrine-Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Division at Hospital Vall d’Hebron and Associate Professor of Surgery at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Speciality: Endocrine, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Rana C Pullatt MD FACS FASMBS DABOM
Director of Bariatric & Robotic Surgery.
Division Chief Foregut & Metabolic Surgery.
Professor of Surgery.
Medical University of South Carolina.

Professor Dr.Safwan A Taha, MD, FACS, CABS, FRCSGlasg, MSMBS, SOEMBS.
Governor of the UAE Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.
Governor at large and member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons.
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE.
Specialty: Bariatric surgery

Professor Seiichi Kitahama, MD.
Director of Bariatric Surgery.
Chibune General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Director of Bariatric Surgery at Chibune General Hospital.
Speciality: Bariatric Surgery.

Dr. Sjaak Pouwels, MD, PhD.
Marien Hospital Herne – Universitatsklinikum der Ruhr – Universitat Bochum.
Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Specialty: General surgery.

Dr. Vikas Jain, MBBS, DNB, MRCS, FMAS.
Sr. Consultant Surgical Oncology & Robotics
HCG Manavata Cancer Hospital, Maharashtra, India.
Senior Consultant in Surgical Oncology & Robotics at HCG Manavata Cancer Hospital
Speciality: Surgical Oncology

Dr. Wah Yang, MD, PhD
The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University.
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Specialty: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.