Erlanger surgeon Dr. DePasquale achieves milestone of 3,000 robotic surgeries

Chattanooga, Tenn. – Erlanger Health System is proud to announce Dr. Stephen DePasquale has reached an incredible milestone of 3,000 robotic surgeries. Dr. DePasquale is a gynecological robotic surgeon with Erlanger Gynecology Oncology. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and currently serves as division chief of Gynecological Oncology, and chief of …

Erlanger East welcomes new addition to surgery program

Chattanooga, Tenn. – Erlanger East Hospital surgical services recently welcomed a new addition – the da Vinci Xi Surgical System. With such technologies, Erlanger is positioned to offer patients additional advanced surgery access points. Erlanger Surgical Services at East expands robotic capabilities for minimally-invasive urologic, gynecologic, colorectal, and general surgery in the East Brainerd area. …

Erlanger Orthopaedics continues to be technology leader with addition of two robotic surgery platforms

Erlanger Orthopaedic Institute has added two state of the art robotic surgery systems to assist with total hip, total and partial knee replacement surgeries. Erlanger is the first health system in the region, and one of only a few in the nation, to have multiple surgeons performing robotic assisted orthopaedic surgeries with access to multiple …

Erlanger celebrates Heart Month with grand opening of new Heart and Lung Institute

Erlanger officials and physicians, along with the City and County Mayors, were on hand yesterday to celebrate the grand opening of the new Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute.  Dr. Larry Shears, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Erlanger, “sheared” the ceremonial red ribbon with one of Erlanger’s daVinci robots, which is used for minimally invasive robotic …