• Funding Atlantic Canada’s first surgical robotics technology at the QEII. Robot-assisted surgery is a treatment option that’s never been available, here, in Atlantic Canada…until now.

    Surgical Robotics

    Funding Atlantic Canada’s first surgical robotics technology at the QEII.

Robot-assisted surgery is a cancer treatment option that’s never been available, here, in Atlantic Canada…until now.

HUMAN CONTROLLED. ROBOT ASSISTED. ENTIRELY DONOR FUNDED.
Robot-assisted surgery at the QEII.

With the support of many generous donors – 2,300 to be exact – the QEII Foundation has completed funding for Atlantic Canada’s first surgical robotics technology. The $8.1-million initiative is entirely funded by QEII Foundation donors, including a $3-million donation from the Sobey family.

Thanks to this robotics technology and our generous donors, cancer care teams are providing minimally-invasive, life-changing care – even in a pandemic. Healing is faster. Hospital stays are shorter. Normal life resumes sooner.

Watch our original fundraising video below to discover the benefits of surgical robotics:

Take a Surgical Robotics virtual tour:

 

Meet the team behind robot-assisted surgery

 

 

Dr. Karla Willows, Gynecologic Oncologist and Cancer Surgeon, QEII Health Sciences Centre

Dr. Karla Willows, Gynecological Oncologist and Cancer Surgeon

 

 

Dr Greg Bailly, Chief of Urology, QEII Health Sciences Centre

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Dr Katharina Kieser, Chief of Gynaecology-Oncology, QEII Health Sciences Centre

Dr Katharina Kieser, Chief of Gynaecology-Oncology

 

 

Dr. David Watton, Anesthesiologist, QEII Health Sciences Centre

Dr. David Watton, Anesthesiologist, QEII

 

 

Dr. Ricardo Rendon, Urologist and Cancer Surgeon, QEII Health Sciences Centre

Dr. Ricardo Rendon, Urologist and Cancer Surgeon

 

 

Dr. Ross Mason, Urologist and Cancer Surgeon, QEII Health Sciences Centre

Dr. Ross Mason, Urologist and Cancer Surgeon

 

 

Dr. Stephanie Scott, Gynecologic Oncologist and Cancer Surgeon, QEII Health Sciences Centre

Dr. Stephanie Scott, Gynecological Oncologist and Cancer Surgeon

 

 

Janet Bate, Charge Nurse, QEII Health Sciences Centre

Janet Bate, Charge Nurse, QEII

 

 

Tony Blinkhorn, Surgical Robotics Coordinator, QEII Health Sciences Centre

Tony Blinkhorn, Surgical Robotics Coordinator, QEII
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WHAT’S NEXT

The QEII’s surgical robotics program currently treats certain patients living with kidney, prostate, gynecologic and ear, nose and throat (ENT) cancers. 

Plans are underway to expand the program for even more QEII patients who could benefit from this innovative surgical approach, including the addition of another surgical robot – the second only in Canada – dedicated to orthopaedic surgeries.
 

Learn more about the QEII Foundation’s $8.1 million campaign for surgical robotics:

Elderly couple surrounded by five young grandkids, all smiling and hugging
Robotics patient embracing every moment with his grandkids
Robert Parker is a politician, entrepreneur and prostate cancer survivor
Celebrating doctor donors
Celebrating doctor donors
Meet the healthcare teams who’ve donated to the QEII Foundation’s $8.1 million surgical robotics campaign
warren
‘I’m just so lucky’
First Atlantic Canadian to undergo two robotic surgeries now advocating for the QEII’s life-saving technology
Surgical robotics transform care
Surgical robotics transform care
Donor-funded technology brings better outcomes, top healthcare talent to Atlantic Canadians
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‘We’re all in this together’
Community members rallied to raise $8.1M to support cancer care
Endometrial cancer and surgical robotics patient, Margaret Aucoin.
A clearer cancer picture
Minimally-invasive procedures reach all endometrial cancer patients
Human controlled. Robot assisted. Entirely donor funded.
The QEII Foundation celebrates $8.1 million raised for Atlantic Canada’s first surgical robotics program
Human controlled. Robot assisted. Entirely donor funded.
Robot-assisted surgery now treating patients with gynecologic cancers, here at home
“The way of the future”
Robot-assisted surgery now treating patients with gynecologic cancers, here at home.
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$1 million donation pushes QEII Foundation’s surgical robotics campaign closer to fundraising goal
The Joyce Family Foundation has touched the lives of many QEII cancer patients
$1M donation boosts Halifax surgical robot program
$1M donation boosts Halifax surgical robot program
QEII Hospital in Halifax is using the only surgical robot in Atlantic Canada
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Life after two robotic cancer surgeries: Donor-funded technology improving care during COVID-19 and beyond
Amazed by her “quick and exceptional” recovery – and the QEII’s surgical team who saved her life
Donor-funded surgical robotics technology enabled teams to continue operating.
Surgical robotics during COVID-19: Donor-funded technology continues to transform cancer care
Donor-funded surgical robotics technology enabled teams to continue operating.
Warren credits his surgeon, Dr. Ricardo Rendon, and the QEII team for saving his kidneys…and his life.
From robotics expert to robotics patient: Meet the first Atlantic Canadian to undergo two robotic cancer surgeries
Warren credits his surgeon, Dr. Ricardo Rendon, and the QEII team for saving his kidneys…and his life.
Atlantic Canada’s first surgical robotics technology
QEII Health Sciences Centre home to Atlantic Canada’s first surgical robotics technology
Entire project to be funded by QEII Foundation donors with $2.8 million left to raise.
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Donnie’s reason for investing in robot-assisted surgery
Meet a business leader who is impacting the lives of other families facing a cancer diagnosis.
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A cancer patient’s perspective
Meet the second individual to receive life-changing robot-assisted surgery at the QEII Health Sciences Center.
Family physician, Dr. Howard Conter
QEII Foundation donors rise to the Conter family's challenge
The community's $100,000 is having a $200,000 impact.
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Recruiting top talent
It was the most exciting day of Dr. Mason’s career when the QEII’s first surgical robot arrived.