Heart surgeons detail world’s first robotic heart procedure of its kind

In October 2024, heart surgeons with the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute in Morgantown, West Virginia, performed the world’s first robotic aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass (RAVCAB) procedure. Now, the team behind that historic surgery has shared its full story for the first time, publishing an in-depth look at the procedure in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, an official journal from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Graphic and images courtesy of Badhwar et al. and the STS.

Graphic and images courtesy of Badhwar et al. and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

The care team behind the very first robotic aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass surgery has written about the experience in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. The group discussed the development of the technique, how the patient was chosen for treatment and other key details.

Hospitals increasingly funding their own radiology residency positions

Match Day diagnostic radiology University of Arkansas

Dhruba Dasgupta , who matched to a diagnostic radiology residency at UAMS in March, stands before maps showing the locations in Arkansas and across the U.S. where students matched. 

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Bryan Clifton

Some have suggested increasing the number of Medicare-funded GME slots to relieve staffing shortages. However, this requires convincing Congress to intervene.