IRCAD is proud to announce the inauguration of its brand-new training platform for minimally invasive and robotic surgery, developed in collaboration Medtronic, a long-standing partner of the Institute. This center of excellence will provide healthcare professionals with cutting-edge tools to enhance their training and refine their skills in robotic surgery -a significant leap forward for […]
The ESPES annual conference took place last week at IRCAD, gathering nearly 350 participants and 70 esteemed faculty members – an incredible success! This event also provided us with a special moment to express our gratitude to Prof. François Becmeur, who has been the director of our pediatric courses since the beginning. As he retires, […]
We were thrilled to participate in the first pilot course organized at IRCAD China, and what a success it was! We witnessed the professionalism of their teams, led by Sanghoo Kim, and offered our support during this initial phase. Thanks to the leadership of South Korea’s SK Group, this course was completely free of charge […]
As part of their roles within the French Ministry of Health and Prevention, Mr. Vincent Vercamer (Project Director – Digital Health Delegation) and Ms. Louisa Stüwe (Project Director – Digital Health Delegation) visited IRCAD. Led by Alexandre Hostettler, our Director of R&D, this visit showcased our various training platforms and ongoing research projects.
We were honored to welcome the top management from Siemens Healthineers’ Ultrasound Unit. As a key partner of IRCAD North America, which will open in Charlotte in 2025, their visit to Strasbourg was of great significance. – Ajay GANNERKOTE, President and Head of Ultrasound – Jim GILMORE, Senior Vice President, Head of Innovations & Technology […]
Tribute from Prof. Jacques Marescaux and the IRCAD teams: It is a delicate task to pay tribute to Raymond Waydelich, a man whose life and work were nothing short of extraordinary. As an artist, visual storyteller, and poet, Raymond possessed a rare gift: the ability to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, weaving together humor […]
Editorial Last month, IRCAD was in Maastricht, Netherlands, for the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) congress. Endoscopic surgery involves performing procedures via natural routes using a flexible endoscope. Initially practiced in gynecology, it later expanded into gastroenterology, attracting significant interest. From the 2000s onward, research around the concept of NOTES (Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic […]
Professor Marescaux and the R&D department had the pleasure of welcoming to IRCAD : – Prof. Bin Liu, CEO at Endoangel – Mr. Giuseppe Waldner, CEO of the Italian company Waldner, accompanied by Mr. Giuseppe Conti, Chief Innovation Officer, Mr. Francesco Faggin, Chief Sales Officer, and Mr. Alessandro Waldner, Import/Export Manager – Prof. Guido Costamagna […]
We were delighted to welcome a delegation from Fujifilm Healthcare at IRCAD, to discuss a potential partnership, particularly in the field of ultrasound image-guided surgery. Thank you for your visit : – Ludovic Sangourard, Manager Commercial Pneumologie & Planification chirurgicale, Fujifilm Healthcare France – Frederic Philippe, Ultrasound Clinical and Product Manager, Fujifilm Healthcare France – […]
Editorial Thirty years ago, we founded IRCAD, convinced that robotic surgery, telesurgery, artificial intelligence, and new technologies in general would revolutionize surgery and bring significant benefits to patients. At that time, robotics was considered a gimmick, a curiosity to attract journalists, and we were sometimes seen as eccentrics. Thirty years later, history has proven us […]
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