Your IMPACT
Thanks to incredible donor support, Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic (FKSMC) has been enhancing its orthopaedic surgical program through TeleSurgery, which has allowed the team to telecast several surgeries from University Hospital to share expertise and knowledge with other researchers and care providers.
Telesurgery uses wireless networking and robotic technology to share live surgeries with collaborators across the world, and even has the capability to allow surgeons to operate remotely on patients.
For example, Drs. Robert Litchfield, Alan Getgood and Kevin Willits used the system to transmit four live surgeries in one day from University Hospital to the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) conference held in Toronto.
The broadcasts helped enhance the profile of FKSMC and its talented group of surgeons. Since they are made available on a pay-per-view basis, the initiative brought in nearly $12,000 to support research at FKSMC.
For those who donated to the TeleSurgery System, the return on investment is multifold – it boosts education and surgical research, attracts new specialists and generates funds to support future cutting-edge research projects right here in London.