Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge has installed the Intuitive da Vinci 5® advanced robotic system that helps surgeons perform minimally invasive procedures.

The da Vinci system transfers the surgeon’s hand movements to a set of robotic arms fitted with instruments that hold and manipulate the parts of patients’ bodies being operated on at a high level of precision. The da Vinci 5’s biggest innovation is enabling the surgeon’s hands to feel the same amount of pressure used by the robotic instruments.  

The 25th annual New Cardiovascular Horizons (NCVH) conference brought 1,395 attendees from across the globe to New Orleans to collaborate and share education on the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease, particularly peripheral vascular disease. The conference was held May 28-31 at The Roosevelt Hotel with the goal of improving cardiovascular care and treatment across the country.