Surgical Pioneer Spotlight – Joseph Lister

๐’๐”๐‘๐†๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐‹ ๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐„๐„๐‘ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“๐‰๐Ž๐’๐„๐๐‡ ๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐“๐„๐‘, ๐…๐€๐“๐‡๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐€๐๐“๐ˆ๐’๐„๐๐“๐ˆ๐‚ ๐’๐”๐‘๐†๐„๐‘๐˜ (1827โ€“1912) ๐Ÿ’ก Joseph Lister, Regius Professor of Surgery in Glasgow, transformed surgery by applying carbolic acid (phenol) […]

The New Era of Surgery

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—”๐—œ ๐Ÿ”ฌ ๐Ÿง‘โ€โš•๏ธ Surgery is entering an increasingly digital era. Robotic platforms, AI, augmented reality, advanced imaging, […]

World Alzheimer’s Day 2026

๐–๐Ž๐‘๐‹๐ƒ ๐€๐‹๐™๐‡๐„๐ˆ๐Œ๐„๐‘โ€™๐’ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ƒ๐จ: ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ Although World Alzheimerโ€™s Day was observed yesterday, awareness should […]

Celebrating The Minds Behind The Creativity

๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† As we celebrate ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ of ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ (๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š-๐—–๐——๐—ง), we celebrate the people whose […]

Beyond Stitching: How Smart Sutures Are Redefining Surgery

๐๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿงต ๐๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ For centuries, surgical sutures have done one job well: holding tissues together while […]

Happy 1st Anniversary TORG-CDT: Creatives in the Operating Room

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š-๐—–๐——๐—ง: ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐ŸŽ‰ When most people think about the operating room, they think of surgery, precision, and saving […]

Digital Twins: When Surgery Meets its Digital Reflection

๐ŸŒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ: ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿง  ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐€ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ฐ๐ข๐ง? A digital twin is a virtual, patient-specific model created from […]

Call for Expressions of Interest (EOI)

Expansion of The Operating Room Global Institutional Review Board (TORG-IRB) The Operating Room Global (TORG) invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) from suitably qualified, experienced, and […]

World Zoonoses Day

๐Ÿพ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ญ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†: ๐—” ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Zoonotic diseases, infections transmitted from animals to humans, account for approximately ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ% of […]

JULY is HERE

๐—๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜!๐‘ฌ๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘บ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’… ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’€๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ท๐’–๐’“๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’† โœจ๐ŸŒ As we begin the second half of the year, we reflect with gratitude […]