PATHWAY FORMAT: LIVE WEBINAR - Personalizing surgery with an image-agnostic platform and intra-op robotic efficiency, 17 October 2024

Dr David Rovinsky
United States of America

Dr. David Rovinsky is an orthopedist in Lihue, Hawaii and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Wilcox Medical Center. Prior to attending medical school, Dr. Rovinsky worked in the computer software industry and he has devoted his career to the integration of technology to orthopaedic surgery.

Dr. Rovinsky helped develop the NAVIO Robotic System for Partial and Total Knee Replacement and was the first in Hawaii to do a robotic assisted total knee replacement. He also has been integral to the development and design of total knee replacement implants with a focus on enabling athletes to return to high levels of function such as surfing

Current projects in development include the use of augmented reality tools for orthopaedic surgeons to improve accuracy and precision in joint reconstruction and the use of virtual reality for training orthopaedic surgeons in novel procedures.

Dr Steven Nishiyama
United States of America

Dr. Steven Nishiyama is an orthopaedic surgeon at Desert Orthopaedic Center in Las Vegas. He’s a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in hip and knee replacements as well as revision surgery.

Dr. Nishiyama brings extensive experience in minimally invasive techniques, including partial and total knee replacement, Robotic-assisted total joint replacement and outpatient joint replacement.

Dr. Nishiyama is also well-versed in using patient-specific instrumentation (PSI) and computer- and robotic-assisted joint replacement surgeries, including CORI◊ robotics-assisted joint replacement.