Swedish/Edmonds to Host Open House for New da Vinci Surgical Robot System

WHAT:          

Swedish/Edmonds is holding a two-day open house to provide local student groups and the general public with the unique opportunity to operate the region’s newest da Vinci robot-assisted surgical system. Visitors will have the chance to sit at the operating console, steer the robotic arms and fully experience what it feels like to perform robotic surgery. Swedish surgeons and medical staff will be on-hand to give demonstrations and provide information about the real world application of robotics in the field of medicine. Student groups from Mountlake Terrace High School, King’s Elementary and King’s High School will also be in attendance to experience the real life application of robotics in medicine.

In addition, the two-day open house will serve as a collection point of submission forms for a contest to name the new robot. Submissions for the naming contest are also being accepted online through Swedish’s Facebook page until Monday, Dec. 19. The winner of the naming contest will receive a $200 Visa gift card.

WHO:             

Local students from Mountlake Terrace High School, King’s Elementary, Kings High School, the general public, Swedish/Edmonds patients, staff and physicians.

WHEN:          

Open House: Friday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Mountlake Terrace H.S. Students: Friday, Dec. 16 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• King’s Elementary School Students: Friday, Dec. 16 from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
• King’s H.S. Students: Friday, Dec. 16 from 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

WHY:             

To demonstrate to the community how the da Vinci robotic-assisted surgical system at Swedish/Edmonds gives surgeons greater surgical precision and dexterity and provides patients with faster recovery times, shortened hospital stays, less pain and scarring, and the potential for better clinical outcomes than traditional open surgery.