• Press Release

Dr. Ash Tewari - "Mount Sinai Establishes Robotics Institute to Accelerate Robotic Surgery"

  • HIT Consultant
  • New York, NY
  • (November 17, 2016)

“The purpose of MSRI is to achieve the best results for patients through optimization of robotic technology and multidisciplinary care,” says Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, Chair of the Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology at Mount Sinai, and Co-chair of the Institute. Read more


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