The final session of the activity provides a detailed examination of advanced considerations for building and maintaining a successful robotic cardiac surgery program, including team training, bedside assistant options, advanced training and fellowship opportunities.

This online activity is supported by an educational grant from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Outline steps and finances for creating a robotics cardiac surgery program within a hospital setting.
• Coordinate surgical plans for robotic cardiac surgery procedural steps from the beginning to the end of the procedure.
• Outline preop evaluation, patient selection, and postoperative care pathways.
• Describe the multidisciplinary components of building a robotic cardiac surgery program from hospital administration to healthcare team personnel.
• Identify the ideal prerequisites for surgeon selection and the hospital/program selection for starting and sustaining a robotic cardiac surgery program.