Air Force's first robotic surgery training course established at Keesler

FALLS CHURCH, Va.— Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi surgeons are forging a new path in military medicine by being the first in the Air Force to use one of the most advanced robotic surgery systems available today.

The Keesler Medical Center has acquired two of the newest robotic surgical systems available, the da Vinci Xi, one for surgeries and the other for surgical training. Also, Keesler’s Clinical Research Laboratory has set up a training facility called the Institute for Defense Robotic Surgical Education, for surgeons to get their official robotic surgery credentials.