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In recent years, advanced robotic technology has enabled surgeons to provide a growing number of patients with complex medical conditions, minimally-invasive surgical treatment, rather than traditional open surgery. This is true at Hackensack Meridian Health Thoracic and Esophageal Oncology Program in Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
The practice is home to board certified thoracic and cardiac surgeons Thomas L. Bauer, M.D. and Ziad Hanhan, M.D., who perform robotic thoracic surgery at Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC), Riverview Medical Center (RMC) and Ocean Medical Center (OMC). They began providing the procedure five years ago and recently completed their 500th case. This milestone reflects not only the increasing frequency of this leading-edge surgery but also the expertise of Dr. Bauer, chief of thoracic surgery at JSUMC and Dr. Hanhan, medical director of thoracic surgery at RMC.
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