Cornell Vet Minimally Invasive & Interventional Surgery Lab

01/23/2024

Second annual IR course for Cornell Vet students!!! Amazing group of veterinary students interested in learning about all kinds of minimally invasive techniques including urinary (see the models of kidneys they get to practice with), respiratory (amazing tracheotomies model by Dr. Ian Porter!!!) and more (liver, cardiovascular, etc). So proud to be teaching these students!

11/20/2023

First robotic Gastropexy all done. Finley was picked up by his wonderful fosters and looked great! I’ll upload some videos later tonight! Pexy took 26min. Amazing 🤩

11/20/2023

Getting started! The amazing Dr. Chik and Tara Stanley. Dr. Albano keeping Finley safe under anesthesia. The robot is draped and the camera port going in.

11/20/2023

Big day today!! First robotic Gastropexy on a dog in the US!

07/06/2023

At the combined IPEG and VES minimally invasive meeting in Sorrento and saw some names I recognize in a vet talk on SSI. Shout out to Weill Cornell surgeons Omar Bellorin and Greg Dakin!!

05/17/2023

Meet Chelsea! He got a laparoscopic assisted nephrectomy today at Cornell. As far as we know this has never been attempted before! We removed a renal carcinoma. More pics to come tomorrow!

05/08/2023

Photo dump from an amazing group of students who participated in my MIS course. This was the first year we were able to help shelter animals by performing laparoscopic spays and gastropexies. So rewarding to help animals and train these wonderful students!!

03/31/2023

Featured in an article for AAHA on women to watch in 2023! What an honor. Https://www.aaha.org/publications/newstat/articles/2023-3/womens-history-month-15-to-watch-in-2023/

03/31/2023

Featured in an article for AAHA
https://www.aaha.org/publications/newstat/articles/2023-3/womens-history-month-15-to-watch-in-2023/

Very honored to be among this great group of veterinarians.

In honor of Women’s History Month, here are 15 vet med professionals to watch in 2023, selected by NEWStat and the Women’s Veterinary Leadership...

03/30/2023

Just a few of the awesome student at Cornell participating in the Minimally Invasive Course here. More photos to come but clearly they make due when a box clip wasn’t available. Way to be a team player

03/10/2023

Such a great feeling to be a part of this family's health care team!

When Sarah Kopa, D.V.M. ’23, adopted Kate last year, the dog was eight months old – but lacked the energy of a normal puppy. Not too long before, the black Labrador retriever had been diagnosed with a liver shunt and had to be released from her guide dog training program. To Kate’s great fortu...

12/02/2022

Officially passed the veterinary equivalent of a fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery training test! One step closer to offering this test here at Cornell. This skills test assesses proficiency over 5 laparoscopic tasks. All of the MIS fellows have to take it and I’m going to offer it here at Cornell for our residents and fellows and eventually outside clinicians too! Simulation training has been shown to improve patient outcomes and lessen surgery times. This is required training in human surgery and I am proud to offer it soon!

10/13/2022

At Symposium. Looking forward to meeting with Association of Women Veterinary Surgeons!

09/28/2022

Amazing Vascular Interventional Radiology course given at the Weill Cornell SAIL (Simulation Acquisition and Innovation Laboratory) by Drs. Weisse and Berent. Met some wonderful veterinarians and was able to practice endo vascular IR techniques. Planning on bringing these models back to Cornell vet to help train students, interns and residents! We need more minimally invasive courses so that our pets can benefit from these procedures (did you know that liver shunts, liver tumors, prostatic and bladder tumors can all be treated through a vessel!!!) contact Dr. Buote at [email protected] to learn more about the MISL lab or to donate to help students and pets!!

07/13/2022

What do pilots and the surgeons of tomorrow have in common? Simulators and complex tools!!

07/13/2022

About to get started today…3D printed simulator with a robot. Fun!

07/11/2022

First day of training. Simulators, microsurgery, robots, oh my!

07/11/2022

Amazing day to learn about robots in Nancy!

07/09/2022

https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/meurthe-et-moselle/nancy/unique-au-monde-pour-operer-nos-animaux-de-compagnie-une-formation-en-chirurgie-robotique-veterinaire-2578608.html
Second time going to Nancy for robots! This course is a beginners introduction to surgical robots. I’m finishing up my project on robotic cholecystectomy in dogs and looking forward to seeing my friends again!

07/09/2022

Cornell School if Veterinary Medicine has been approved by for a MIS fellowship! First step to offering this to our clients, patients and training surgeons!!

06/17/2022

Amazing patient owned by a colleague here at Cornell. So happy to be a part of Quinoa's care.
https://www.vet.cornell.edu/news/20220610/minimally-invasive-surgery-helps-cat-early-pancreatic-cancer

With four cats and three dogs, the Collins household is a boisterous place. When one member of the family, a 16-year-old feline named Quinoa, became lethargic and dull, his owner Dr. Brian Collins immediately knew something was amiss with the domestic longhaired cat. “Something didn’t seem right...

06/17/2022

Just found out this week I was awarded a grant by the Cornell Feline Health Center to investigate the effects of laparoscopic surgery on diabetes in cats! Amazing opportunity to reverse a devastating disease for our feline friends.

06/17/2022

Amazing patient and owner! Cats deserve MIS procedures too.

06/08/2022

Amazing group of student that took my MIS course n March. Budding surgeons

06/02/2022

Dr. Colin Chik did an amazing job today at the 2022 VES meeting presenting our preliminary results. Outstanding job!!

06/02/2022

So proud of Meghan!! Only student presenting at this years MIS meeting! She made Cornell proud :)

06/02/2022

06/01/2022

Dr.Alexandra Kuvaldina, amazing surgery resident from Cornell presenting at the Minimally invasive conference. So proud!

06/01/2022

So proud of Cornell surgical resident Dr. Alexandra Kuvaldina presenting at the VES minimally invasive meeting

05/27/2022