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Aditya Bagrodia

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
792 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

So it sounds like maybe around case 1820, you were starting to kind of understand and appreciate that you touched upon something potentially disruptive. And on the one hand, the rest is history. On the other hand, it's been nearly a quarter of a century since then. And maybe I'll ask you to reflect a little bit on the changes.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

So it sounds like maybe around case 1820, you were starting to kind of understand and appreciate that you touched upon something potentially disruptive. And on the one hand, the rest is history. On the other hand, it's been nearly a quarter of a century since then. And maybe I'll ask you to reflect a little bit on the changes.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

So it sounds like maybe around case 1820, you were starting to kind of understand and appreciate that you touched upon something potentially disruptive. And on the one hand, the rest is history. On the other hand, it's been nearly a quarter of a century since then. And maybe I'll ask you to reflect a little bit on the changes.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

I mean, clearly the market share of robotic prostatectomy is an obvious one, but the changes kind of in terms of the operation and how it's been refined, is that meaningful? Is it incremental? And perhaps ask the same question about the technology. and how it's advanced. Is that meaningful? Is it incremental? First, let me talk about the technology.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

I mean, clearly the market share of robotic prostatectomy is an obvious one, but the changes kind of in terms of the operation and how it's been refined, is that meaningful? Is it incremental? And perhaps ask the same question about the technology. and how it's advanced. Is that meaningful? Is it incremental? First, let me talk about the technology.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

I mean, clearly the market share of robotic prostatectomy is an obvious one, but the changes kind of in terms of the operation and how it's been refined, is that meaningful? Is it incremental? And perhaps ask the same question about the technology. and how it's advanced. Is that meaningful? Is it incremental? First, let me talk about the technology.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

That's a perfect analogy. We were just in Tucson for the Arizona Electric Society and I rented a car. It was a Corolla, a 2024 Corolla compared to my 2008 CR-V. I felt like I was in a luxury car that was incredible with all types of bells and whistles and safety features. So the technology's advanced and as somebody who's been in urology for, gosh, almost 15 years, I certainly see it advance.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

That's a perfect analogy. We were just in Tucson for the Arizona Electric Society and I rented a car. It was a Corolla, a 2024 Corolla compared to my 2008 CR-V. I felt like I was in a luxury car that was incredible with all types of bells and whistles and safety features. So the technology's advanced and as somebody who's been in urology for, gosh, almost 15 years, I certainly see it advance.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

That's a perfect analogy. We were just in Tucson for the Arizona Electric Society and I rented a car. It was a Corolla, a 2024 Corolla compared to my 2008 CR-V. I felt like I was in a luxury car that was incredible with all types of bells and whistles and safety features. So the technology's advanced and as somebody who's been in urology for, gosh, almost 15 years, I certainly see it advance.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

And sometimes I say this is a big change and sometimes it seems a bit more incremental. Maybe just to put something kind of concrete out there, The new DaVinci platform, is it exciting to you? And the, I would say, renewed interest in other robotic platforms, is it exciting to you?

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

And sometimes I say this is a big change and sometimes it seems a bit more incremental. Maybe just to put something kind of concrete out there, The new DaVinci platform, is it exciting to you? And the, I would say, renewed interest in other robotic platforms, is it exciting to you?

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

And sometimes I say this is a big change and sometimes it seems a bit more incremental. Maybe just to put something kind of concrete out there, The new DaVinci platform, is it exciting to you? And the, I would say, renewed interest in other robotic platforms, is it exciting to you?

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

It's a timeless question, even for anybody just starting out their career and they're asked that inevitable question of how many of these have you done? Yes. I mean, first off, I think you got to be honest, starting out with training. Here's where the kind of numbers come from. In this particular instance, I would tell them that my experience with

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

It's a timeless question, even for anybody just starting out their career and they're asked that inevitable question of how many of these have you done? Yes. I mean, first off, I think you got to be honest, starting out with training. Here's where the kind of numbers come from. In this particular instance, I would tell them that my experience with

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

It's a timeless question, even for anybody just starting out their career and they're asked that inevitable question of how many of these have you done? Yes. I mean, first off, I think you got to be honest, starting out with training. Here's where the kind of numbers come from. In this particular instance, I would tell them that my experience with

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

open surgery, and an effort to improve patient outcomes. We're exploring things that are novel, disruptive. But with that, there come some unknowns, some risks, explicitly risks specific to laparoscopy, to not having your hands in there, being able to feel to do something a I would try to quantify that. I think my general style is to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

open surgery, and an effort to improve patient outcomes. We're exploring things that are novel, disruptive. But with that, there come some unknowns, some risks, explicitly risks specific to laparoscopy, to not having your hands in there, being able to feel to do something a I would try to quantify that. I think my general style is to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

open surgery, and an effort to improve patient outcomes. We're exploring things that are novel, disruptive. But with that, there come some unknowns, some risks, explicitly risks specific to laparoscopy, to not having your hands in there, being able to feel to do something a I would try to quantify that. I think my general style is to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

And I think that's precisely what I do for the patient. And then ultimately say, kind of got our workhorse, which I'm familiar with, and we've got something new that I'm exploring and can look you in the eyes and say, I think I can help you and likely not hurt you through this novel approach. What appeals to you? And we go with that.

BackTable Urology
Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

And I think that's precisely what I do for the patient. And then ultimately say, kind of got our workhorse, which I'm familiar with, and we've got something new that I'm exploring and can look you in the eyes and say, I think I can help you and likely not hurt you through this novel approach. What appeals to you? And we go with that.