New Technology

Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center recently became the first hospital in Maine to acquire a next-generation surgical robot. This technology, the most advanced of its kind in the nation, provides greater range of motion, a clearer, more defined three-dimensional view for the surgeon, and better access to the surgical site.
 
“This new technology is a natural step forward for Eastern Maine Medical Center’s robot-assisted surgery program,” says Michelle Toder, MD, a general and bariatric surgeon and medical director of the hospital’s Surgical Weight Loss program. “As a surgeon who performs hundreds of procedures with the help of the robot each year, it is comforting to know that my patients will continue to benefit from having access to some of the most highly specialized medical care in northern New England.”