TransEnterix Appoints Theodore Pappas, MD as Senior Surgical Officer
May 26, 2016 at 04:30 pm EDT
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TransEnterix, Inc. announced that it has appointed Theodore N. Pappas, MD as the company’s Senior Surgical Officer. In this role, Dr. Pappas will work closely with management on clinical and regulatory strategy as well as guide continued development efforts to maximize surgical value. Dr. Pappas is the Distinguished Professor of Surgical Innovation in the Duke University School of Medicine and a practicing surgeon in the Duke University Health System. Dr. Pappas will maintain his existing positions at Duke. Dr. Pappas also serves as a member of the editorial board of several medical journals, including lead editor of the Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery.
Asensus Surgical, Inc. is a medical device company digitizing the interface between the surgeon and patient to reimagine surgery through Performance-Guided Surgery to enable surgeons to deliver outcomes to patients and establish a new standard of surgery. It operates in one business segment, which is the research, development and sale of medical device robotics to improve minimally invasive surgery. It is developing the LUNA Surgical System, a robotic and instrument system as a foundation of its Digital Surgery solution. These systems shall be powered by the Intelligent Surgical Unit to enhance surgeon control and reduce surgical variability. With the addition of machine vision, Augmented Intelligence, and deep learning capabilities throughout the surgical experience, it intends to holistically address the clinical, cognitive and economic shortcomings that drive surgical outcomes and value-based healthcare. It is also working to incorporate all of this in the LUNA Surgical System.
ASENSUS SURGICAL, INC. 
