THOMAS E AHLERING

The Department of Urology at the UC Irvine Medical Center was one of the first institutions to offer robotic prostatectomy using the da Vinci Robotic Slave Interface. This groundbreaking technology, listed as number one in Forbes Magazine's "Five Robots That Will Change Your Life," provides unprecedented 3-D vision and precise robotic instrument manipulation... The UC Irvine Robotics program performed the first Robotic Prostatectomy in Southern California in June 2002. Dr. Ahlering has performed more than 1200 cases. In addition to being one of the oldest programs in the world, Dr. Ahlering has the second largest series of publications relating to robotic prostatectomy in the literature. Since the robotic program inception in 2002, Dr. Ahlering has written 50+ scientific publications and book chapters, specifically on robotic prostatectomy, of which seven papers bring forth new advancements in techniques... Dr. Ahlering of UCI in Orange County, CA specializes in Urologic Cancers. For..

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