NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 6, 2007 -- The
future is now at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, where
the College of Computing Sciences (CCS) Capstone Open University
at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) summer school
students will have the chance to see a live robotic surgery
up close and personal.
On August 8, students from local middle
and high schools, colleges and universities across New
Jersey will watch a live simulcast of a surgical robotic
myomectomy being performed across town at Newark Beth Israel
Medical Center by Michael Pitter, M.D., chief of Gynecological
Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery. Using videoconferencing
technology, they will be able to communicate with Dr. Pitter
during the procedure in the operating room, and ask questions
about the surgery in this ever expanding area that merges
technology and healthcare.
Started in 2002, NJIT Capstone Open University
program provides young people with unique real world project-based
learning experiences with an emphasis on leadership, interdisciplinary
skills and strategic problem solving methods.
"The best way to predict the future is
to invent it. When young students are presented with opportunities
and support genuinely aligned to their interests, and career
potential, the students become empowered to experience
a deep level of learning, innovation and impact -- to create
wonders and make history," says Osama Eljabiri, Senior
University Lecturer and Director of Capstone Courses at
NJIT. "In the capstone program, we help our students re-define
themselves, and understand their value. We are about a
dramatic 'culture change' in high school and university
education, a change exemplified by this exciting hands-on
program held in cooperation with Newark Beth Israel Medical
Center."
On display at NJIT will be the da
Vinci® S Surgical System, which is used to perform
surgeries in cardiac, adult and pediatric urology, gynecology,
gynecologic surgery and general surgery. Physicians at
Newark Beth Israel currently have currently performed
over 1500 robotic surgery since 2003 and perform in more
specialties than any facility in the nation. Students
will have the unique opportunity to demo the robot themselves
and learn how this remarkable piece of technology is
enabling patients to return to their normal daily activities
more quickly and without the bleeding, scarring and painful
recuperation periods associated with traditional open
surgeries.
Students will be attending from the following
middle and high schools: Mount Olive High School, Bio Tech
High School, Teaneck High School, Manalapan High School,
Sayreville War Memorial High School, Ridgefield Park Junior
and Senior High School, Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High
School, John P Stevens High School, South Brunswick High
School, Bayonne High School and Princeton High School.
Students are also expected to attend
from the following colleges and universities: New Jersey
Institute of Technology, Rutgers University, University
of Medicine and Dentistry for New Jersey, Stevens Institute
of Technology, Columbia University, The College of New
Jersey, Union County College, Polytechnic of Brooklyn,
The City University of New York, LASM- University of New
Mexico's Health Sciences and State University of New York
College at Brockport.
"We are thrilled to show students at
NJIT how technology is literally saving people’s
lives," says Darrell Terry, Vice President of Newark Beth
Israel Medical Center. "The Beth wants to encourage their
passion for science, technology and robots by demonstrating
the wide range of opportunities out there in the field
of health care technology."
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, an
affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, is
New Jersey’s largest non-university-based teaching
hospital. The Medical Center provides comprehensive health
care services to its local communities and is a major referral
and treatment center for patients throughout the northern
New Jersey metropolitan area. The Beth is also home to
Children’s Hospital of New Jersey, providing state-of-the-art
care in nearly 30 pediatric subspecialties.
Newark Beth Israel has the largest Robotic
Training program in the Northeast, where surgeons from
around the world are undergoing training in advanced robotic-assisted
surgical techniques. The Saint Barnabas Health Care System
has more robots than any other system in the nation with
the capability to perform more robotic-assisted surgeries
For more information about robotic surgery performed at
Newark Beth Israel, please visit www.thebethrobot.com.
New Jersey Institute of Technology, New
Jersey's science and technology university, enrolls more
than 8,000 students in bachelor's, master's and doctoral
degrees in nearly 100 degree programs offered by six colleges:
Newark College of Engineering, New Jersey School of Architecture,
College of Science and Liberal Arts, School of Management,
Albert Dorman Honors College, and College of Computing
Sciences. NJIT is renowned for expertise in architecture,
applied mathematics, wireless communications and networking,
solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials,
nanotechnology, neural engineering, and eLearning. NJIT:
The Edge in Knowledge.
The capstone program is a learning organization
driven by added-value education. The program provides high
schools and universities state-wide experience that offers
unique real world project based learning for students with
emphasis on leadership, interdisciplinary skills, and strategic
problem solving methods using Six Sigma.
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