JBEDS
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| Location | Miami, Florida |
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| Introduction | Dr. Raymond Leveillee, chief of the Division of Endourology, Laparoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Department of Urology at the University of Miami, is driven to find new ways to fully optimize patient outcomes. His strive to create innovative minimally invasive procedures paid handsome dividends when he received a $1.5 million dollar donation for a new laboratory to devise medical technology innovations. “It came from a philanthropic family that knew I needed start-up funds so I could set up a lab at UM, instead of working on it during the weekends in my garage,” says Leveillee. The donation led to the development of the Joint Bioengineering and Endourology Developmental Surgical Laboratory. Dr. Leveillee is the lab’s director and Nelson Salas, Ph.D., from UM’s College of Engineering, is the assistant director. “The generous donor has facilitated a combined effort between medicine and engineering that will help refine tools needed by the physician,” Salas says. JBEDS continues to search for new methodologies in diagnosing and treating kidney cancer, prostate cancer and other endourological ailments to afford patients the most efficient treatment possible. |
| Interests | Robotic Surgery, Laproscopic Surgery, RFA MW and IRE Ablation, Minimally Invasive Endourological Procedures |