UCSD Medical Center is proud to boast one of the most experienced robotic surgery teams in San Diego. Our team has collectively performed over 300 daVinci robotic surgery procedures.
General Surgery Procedures
Santiago Horgan, M.D. - heller myotomy, radical esophagectomy
Mark Talamini, M.D. - heller myotomy, radical esophagectomy
Sonia Ramamoorthy, M.D. - Robotic assisted abdominal perineal resection and low anterior resection for rectal cancer, rectopexy for rectal prolapse, selected right and left colon resection for colon cancer and other benign conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease and diverticulitis.
Gynecologic Procedures
Mimi Lukacz, M.D. - robotic assisted laparoscopic treatement of pelvic floor disorders including sacrocolpopexy, sacrocolpocervicopexy, supracervical hysterectomy, and oophorectomy
Charlie Nager, M.D. - robotic assisted laparoscopic treatement of pelvic floor disorders including sacrocolpopexy, sacrocolpocervicopexy, supracervical hysterectomy, and oophorectomy
Steven Plaxe, M.D. - robotic-assisted hysterectomy, oophorectomy, resection of pelvic or adnexal masses, surgical treatment and staging of gynecological malignancies such as endometrial cancer, early ovarian cancer
M. Bradley Silverman, M.D. - robotic-assisted hysterectomy, oophorectomy, resection of pelvic or adnexal masses, surgical treatment and staging of gynecological malignancies such as endometrial cancer, early ovarian cancer
Urologic Procedures
Tracy M. Downs, M.D. - prostatectomy
Christopher J. Kane, M.D. - robotic-assisted pyeloplasty, prostatectomy, nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy and radical cystectomy with urinary reconstruction
J. Kellogg Parsons, M.D. - robotic-assisted pyeloplasty, prostatectomy