National Leaders in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Compassionate, Driven, Professionals

Selected Presentations and Courses:  Dr. Lazzaro

1. Thoracic Debate II: UNIPORT LOBECTOMY takes on the ROBOT!.  ISMICS Thoracic Masters Class.  ISMICS 19th Annual Scientific Meeting.  May 30, 2019.  New York, NY.

2. Instructor, Wet Lab. Right Chest: Lobe, Thymectomy, Esophageal Anastomosis, Sleeve, etc.   Society of Thoracic Surgeons.  Workshop on Robotic Thoracic Surgery.  May 18, 2019.  Atlanta, GA.

3. Bilobectomy and Pneumonectomy.  Robotic Anatomic Lung Resection II:  Technical Approaches to Lobectomy.  Society of Thoracic Surgeons.  Workshop on Robotic Thoracic Surgery.  May 16, 2019.  Atlanta, GA.

4. Robotic Tracheobronchoplasty.  Session V.  Chest Wall, Trachea, Diaphragm and Thoracic Outlet.  Society of Thoracic Surgeons.  Workshop on Robotic Thoracic Surgery.  May 16, 2019.  Atlanta, GA.

5. Moderator, Session VI.  Mediastinum.  Society of Thoracic Surgeons.  Workshop on Robotic Thoracic Surgery.  May 16, 2019.  Atlanta, GA.

6. Invited Video: Robotic Triple Play: MLND, Small Nodules, Arterial Repair.  May 4, 2019.  AATS 99th Annual Meeting. Toronto, ON.

7. How I Do It: Robotic Tracheobronchoplasty for Tracheobronchomalacia.  April 4, 2019. UPMC Lung and Mediastinal Oncology Course. Pittsburgh, PA.

8. Robotic Lobectomy Is Expanding the Presence of VATS. April 3, 2019.  UPMC Lung and Mediastinal Oncology Course. Pittsburgh, PA.

9. How I Do It: Robotic Upper Lobectomies. April 3, 2019.  UPMC Lung and Mediastinal Oncology Course. Pittsburgh, PA.

10. Thoracic Surgery and the Learning Curve. UPMC Grand Rounds. April 3, 2019. UPMC. Pittsburgh, PA.

11. Surgical Management of Achalasia. 1st Annual Thought Leaders in GI Motility Symposium. May 23, 2018. Stony Brook University School of Medicine. East Setauket, New York.

12. Robotic Right Upper Lobectomy and Middle Lobectomy. STS Symposium on Robotic Thoracic Surgery. May 18, 2018. Chicago, Illinois.

13. Tracheobronchoplasty.  STS Symposium on Robotic Thoracic Surgery. May 18, 2018. Chicago, Illinois.

14. Surgical Advances in Thoracic Diseases. Controversies in Internal Medicine. Boston University. May 8, 2018. Hilton Head, South Carolina.

15. Advances in the Surgical Management of Lung Cancer. Controversies in Internal Medicine. Boston University. May 8, 2018. Hilton Head, South Carolina.

16. Tracheobronchoplasty for Adult Tracheomalacia. May 5, 2018. Westchester Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium. Westchester, New York

17. Maintaining a 3 Star STS GTSD Lobectomy Program. May 3, 2018, New York General Thoracic Surgical Club. New York, New York.

18. First Series of Minimally Invasive, Robot-Assisted Tracheobronchoplasty with Mesh for Severe Tracheobronchomalacia . American Association of Thoracic Surgery 98th Annual Meeting. April 30, 2018. San Diego, California.

Past Presentations / Invited Speaker:  Dr. Lazzaro

1.Surgical Management of Achalasia. 1st Annual Thought Leaders in GI Motility Symposium. May 23, 2018. Stony Brook University School of Medicine. East Setauket, New York.

2.Robotic Right Upper Lobectomy and Middle Lobectomy. STS Symposium on Robotic Thoracic Surgery. May 18, 2018. Chicago, Illinois.

3.Tracheobronchoplasty.  STS Symposium on Robotic Thoracic Surgery. May 18, 2018. Chicago, Illinois.

4.Surgical Advances in Thoracic Diseases. Controversies in Internal Medicine. Boston University. May 8, 2018. Hilton Head, South Carolina.

5.Advances in the Surgical Management of Lung Cancer. Controversies in Internal Medicine. Boston University. May 8, 2018. Hilton Head, South Carolina.

6.Tracheobronchoplasty for Adult Tracheomalacia. May 5, 2018. Westchester Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium. Westchester, New York

7.Maintaining a 3 Star STS GTSD Lobectomy Program. May 3, 2018, New York General Thoracic Surgical Club. New York, New York.

8.First Series of Minimally Invasive, Robot-Assisted Tracheobronchoplasty with Mesh for Severe Tracheobronchomalacia . American Association of Thoracic Surgery 98th Annual Meeting. April 30, 2018. San Diego, California.

9.Surgery and Innovation. Union College. April 23, 2018. Schenectady, NY

10.Biomedical Engineering and Robotic Surgery. Union College. April 23, 2018. Schenectady, NY

11.Tracheobronchomalacia.  Pulmonary Grand Rounds. Northwell Health. February 9, 2018, Manhasset, New York.

12.Tracheobronchomalacia.  Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds. Northwell Health. January 8, 2018, Manhasset, New York.

13.Tracheobronchomalacia.  Cardiothoracic Surgery Visiting Professor Lecture Presentation.  Northwell Health. June 6, 2017. Manhasset, New York.

14.Surgery, Technology and Its Impact on Medicine - Where the Future is Headed. Union College. May 20, 2017. Schenectady, NY

15.Society of Robotic Surgery, 2017 World Robotic Symposium. Adapting Advanced Imaging to Robotic Procedures. Where the Future is Going. Feb 24-26, 2017. Miami, Florida

16.Lahey Clinic, David Preston Boyd Lectureship in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.  Current Practice and Advances in Robotic Thoracic Surgery. December 7, 2016.  Burlington, Massachusetts
 
17.New York General Thoracic Surgical Club Fall Meeting. SBRT vs Anatomic Resection, Case Presentation, November 17, 2016. New York City

18.The Third Annual Chest Medicine Spiritus Summit.  Course Director. November 11 – 13, 2016. New York City

19.The Third Annual Chest Medicine Spiritus Summit.  Moderator, Surgical Session I. November 11, 2016. New York City

20.The Third Annual Chest Medicine Spiritus Summit.  Management of Complex Surgical Complications.  November 11, 2016. New York City

21.The Third Annual Chest Medicine Spiritus Summit.  Moderator, Current Approaches for the Treatment of GGO.  November 11, 2016. New York City

22.The Third Annual Chest Medicine Spiritus Summit.  Moderator, Comprehensive Evaluation – Incidental Pulmonary Nodule.  November 11, 2016. New York City

23.The Third Annual Chest Medicine Spiritus Summit.  Minimally Invasive Tracheoplasty.  November 12, 2016. New York City

24.The Third Annual Chest Medicine Spiritus Summit.  Moderator, General Session, Pleural Disorders.  November 12, 2016. New York City

25.The Third Annual Chest Medicine Spiritus Summit.  Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology as a Joint Successful Practice: Why? How? When?  November 12, 2016. New York City

26.The Third Annual Chest Medicine Spiritus Summit.  Case Review Panel Lung Cancer Screening.  November 13, 2016. New York City

27.The Third Annual Chest Medicine Spiritus Summit.  Surgical Hands-on Robotic Training and Simulation Workshop, Director.  November 13, 2016. New York City

28.EASTERN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGICAL SOCIETY 54TH ANNUAL MEETING. Robotic Segmentectomy Made Simple.  St. Pete Beach, Florida. October 20, 2016

29.ISMICS (International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery) Robotic-Assisted Right Upper Lobectomy with En-Bloc Chest Wall Resection for a T3 Adenocarcinoma.  Nguyen M. Le, MD, Laurence N. Spier, MD, Richard S. Lazzaro, MD. Montreal. June 18, 2016

30.ISMICS (International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery) Robotic-Assisted Right Upper Lobectomy for an 11-cm Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Nguyen M. Le, MD, Laurence N. Spier, MD, Richard S. Lazzaro, MD. Montreal. June 18, 2016

31.ISMICS (International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery) Robotic-Assisted Radical Thymectomy with En-Bloc Resection of Right Upper and Middle Lobe Wedges and Pericardium.  Nguyen M. Le, MD, Laurence N. Spier, MD, Richard S. Lazzaro, MD. Montreal.  June 18, 2016

32.ISMICS (International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery)  Standardized Approach for Port Placement for Robotic-Assisted Lobectomies with the Robotic Stapler.  Nguyen M. Le, MD, Richard S. Lazzaro, MD, Laurence N. Spier, MD. Montreal.  June 18, 2016

33.2016 ISMICS (International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery) Annual Scientific Meeting, Course Director. Thoracic Session.  Montreal.  June 15 - 18, 2016

34.Second Annual Advanced Multispecialty Robotic Surgery Course- Robotic Thoracic Surgery: A Team Approach.  NYU Langone Medical Center.  Robotics and 3D Imaging.  New York City.  June 10, 2016

35.Robotic sublobar resection: indications and outcomes for NSCLC2015 CRSA Clinical Congress in Chicago. October 2, 2015

36.The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS).  MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY WEEK. State of the Art in Robotic Mediastinal Surgery.  New York City.  September 2, 2015

37.The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS).  MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY WEEK. Moderator, STATE OF THE ART LECTURES.  New York City.  September 2, 2015

38.EASTERN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGICAL SOCIETY 53RD ANNUAL MEETING. Industry’s Involvement in Surgical Education.  October 17, 2015. Palm Beach, Florida

39.2015 ISMICS (International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery) Annual Scientific Meeting, Course Director. Thoracic Session.   June 3 - 6, 2015.  Berlin

40.1st Asian Robotic Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgical (ARTOS) Symposium and Workshop.  Moderator. Robotic Thymectomy.  Singapore.  May 10, 2015.

41.1st Asian Robotic Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgical (ARTOS) Symposium and Workshop.  Interactive Session with Audience/Faculty – Upper GI & Thoracic for Oesophagectomy.  Singapore.  May 10, 2015.

42.1st Asian Robotic Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgical (ARTOS) Symposium and Workshop.  Interactive Session with Audience/Faculty – Management of Chest Drain - Lobectomy.  Singapore.  May 10, 2015.

43.1st Asian Robotic Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgical (ARTOS) Symposium and Workshop.  Interactive Session with Audience/Faculty – Management of Chest Drain - Oesophagectomy.  Singapore.  May 10, 2015.

44.1st Asian Robotic Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgical (ARTOS) Symposium and Workshop.  Interactive Session with Audience/Faculty – Perioperative Invasive Monitoring.  Singapore.  May 10, 2015.

45.1st Asian Robotic Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgical (ARTOS) Symposium and Workshop.  Moderator. Robotic Lobectomy.  Singapore.  May 9, 2015.

46.1st Asian Robotic Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgical (ARTOS) Symposium and Workshop.  Robotic Esophagectomy - Live.  Singapore.  May 9, 2015.

47.1st Asian Robotic Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgical (ARTOS) Symposium and Workshop.  Robotic Esophagectomy.  Singapore.  May 8, 2015.

48.1st Asian Robotic Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgical (ARTOS) Symposium and Workshop.  Left Sided Lobectomy.  Singapore.  May 8, 2015.

49.1st Asian Robotic Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgical (ARTOS) Symposium and Workshop.  Robotic Segmentectomy.  Singapore.  May 8, 2015.

50.1st Asian Robotic Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgical (ARTOS) Symposium and Workshop.  Robotic Esophagectomy.  Singapore.  May 8, 2015.

51.1st Asian Robotic Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgical (ARTOS) Symposium and Workshop.  Should Esophagectomy be Performed Solely by a Thoracic Surgeon?.  Singapore.  May 8, 2015.

52.2nd Annual Chest Medicine Conference—State of the Art Therapies in Thoracic Oncology. A Collaborative Approach featuring Hands on Training and Simulation.  Course Director, March 20 - 22, 2015

53.2nd Annual Chest Medicine Conference—State of the Art Therapies in Thoracic Oncology. A Collaborative Approach featuring Hands on Training and Simulation.  Surgical Hands-on Robotic Training and Simulation Workshop, Director.  March 22, 2015. New York City

54.2nd Annual Chest Medicine Conference—State of the Art Therapies in Thoracic Oncology. A Collaborative Approach featuring Hands on Training and Simulation.  Robotic Sublobar Resection: State of the Art Pulmonary Resection: Tips, Tricks and Pearls.  March 21, 2015. New York City

55.2nd Annual Chest Medicine Conference—State of the Art Therapies in Thoracic Oncology. A Collaborative Approach featuring Hands on Training and Simulation.  Moderator, State of the Art Pulmonary Resection: VATS, Robotic and Lymph Node Dissection.  March 20, 2015. New York City

56.2nd Annual Chest Medicine Conference—State of the Art Therapies in Thoracic Oncology. A Collaborative Approach featuring Hands on Training and Simulation.  Intra-operative Utilization of Navigational Bronchoscopy, Auto-fluorescence Imaging and 4D CT Reconstruction to Augment Surgical Outcomes.  March 20, 2015. New York City

57.Society of Robotic Surgery, 2015 World Robotic Symposium: Robotic Esophagectomy: The New York Experience, February 19 - 21, 2015 Orlando, FL

58.Society of Robotic Surgery, 2015 World Robotic Symposium:  Robotic Lung Surgery:  Moderator:  Richard Lazzaro, M.D., February 19 - 21, 2015 Orlando, FL

59.North Shore-LIJ Health System Inaugural Multidisciplinary Robotic Symposium.  Robotic Treatment of Mediastinal Disorders:  Benign and Malignant.    November 1, 2014.  Uniondale, Long Island

60.North Shore-LIJ Health System Inaugural Multidisciplinary Robotic Symposium.  Moderator, Robotic Thoracic Surgery Session.  November 1, 2014.  Uniondale, Long Island

61.American College of Surgeons’ 100th Annual Clinical Congress – Video Based Education Session.  Robotic Resection of a Giant Bronchogenic Cyst. San Francisco, California.  October 27th, 2014

62.Clinical Robotic Surgery Association. 6th World Congress. San Francisco, CA.  Robotic approach in the treatment of mediastinal lesions. October 25, 2014.

63.EASTERN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGICAL SOCIETY 52ND ANNUAL MEETING.  Palm Beach, FL.  Standardizing Robotically Assisted VATS Lobectomy: Assessing Feasibility and Safety in 128 Consecutive Patients by Multiple Surgeons Across a Single Healthcare System. October 9, 2014.

64.EASTERN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGICAL SOCIETY 52ND ANNUAL MEETING. Palm Beach, FL. Moderator, Movie Session: Richard Lazzaro, MD, Lenox Hill Thoracic Surgery, New York, NY. October 9, 2014.

65.EASTERN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGICAL SOCIETY 52ND ANNUAL MEETING.  Palm Beach, FL.  Complex Robotic Lung Resection. October 9, 2014 .

66.MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY WEEK 2014SLS ANNUAL MEETING & ENDO EXPO.  Robotics Day – State of the Art Lectures.  State of the Art in Benign Esophageal Surgery.  September 10, 2014

67.ISMICS (International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery).  Robotically Assisted Bilateral Bronchoplasty for Tracheobronchomalacia.  May 31, 2014.

68.ISMICS (International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery).  Robotic Segmentectomy.  May 29, 2014.

69.American Association for Thoracic Surgery.  94th Annual Meeting.  Toronto, Ontario.  General Thoracic Skills and Decision Making.  Mastering Techniques and Decision Making.  Robotic-assisted Anatomical Lung Resection.  April 26,2014

70.Third Biennial Miami Robotics Symposium, April 25, 2014.  Principles of Robotic Lung Resection.

71.Third Biennial Miami Robotics Symposium, April 25, 2014.  Robotic Esophageal Surgery:  Surgical Management of Duplication cysts, Leiomyoma, Hiatal Hernia, Achalasia

72.Chest Medicine—The Art of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonary Medicine:  A Collaborative Approach. March 21-22, 2014. New York, New York.  Course  Director

73.Chest Medicine—The Art of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonary Medicine:  A Collaborative Approach.  Robotic Assisted Pulmonary Resection.  March 21-22, 2014. New York, New York

74.Chest Medicine—The Art of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonary Medicine:  A Collaborative Approach. March 21-22, 2014. New York, New York.  Moderator

75.Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Orlando, FL, January 29, 2014.  Co-Course Director STS University Course:  Robotic Simulation

76.Brooklyn/Long Island American College of Surgeons Annual Clinic Day – Podium Presentation. Redo Median Arcuate Ligament Release with Robotic Assistance.   Uniondale, NY.  December 4, 2013

77.Society of Robotic Surgery, 2013 World Robotic Symposium. Lake Buena Vista, FL, November 9, 2013. Moderator

78.Society of Robotic Surgery, 2013 World Robotic Symposium. Lake Buena Vista, FL, November 9, 2013. Robotic Mediastinal Surgery

79.Society of Robotic Surgery, 2013 World Robotic Symposium. Lake Buena Vista, FL, November 9, 2013. Robotic Lobectomy:  Lenox Hill Experience

80.Society of Robotic Surgery, 2013 World Robotic Symposium. Lake Buena Vista, FL, November 9, 2013. Robotic Assisted Left Thoracoscopic Belsey Fundoplication, Video Presentation.

81.Clinical Robotic Surgery Association: 5th Worldwide Congress. Washington, D.C., October 3- 5, 2013.  Robotic Mediastinal Surgery

82.Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons: Minimally Invasive Surgery Week 2013. Reston, VA, August 28, 2013. State of the Art Lectures in Robotic Surgery: State of the Art in Robotic Esophagectomy

83.International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, ISMICS 2013. Prague, Czech Republic, June 12 – 15, 2013. Video presentation:  Robotic Thoracoscopic Resection of Intralobar Sequestration in an Adult

84.Grand Rounds, Staten Island University Hospital. Staten Island, NY, May 31, 2013, Lobectomy.

85.North Shore University Hospital, Arthur R. Beil Lecture. Manhasset, NY, June 4, 2013.  Robotic Pulmonary Resection

86.New York General Thoracic Surgical Club. New York, NY, April 11, 2013, Presentation, Robotic Right Upper Lobectomy, T3N1

87.Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Los Angeles, CA, January 26 - 30, 2013, Robotic Lobectomy

88.American College of Surgeons. Uniondale, NY, December 5, 2012: Robotic Lobectomy

89.American Association for Thoracic Surgery Focus on Thoracic Surgery: Lung Cancer. Boston, MA, November 16-17, 2012.  Robotic Lobectomy

90.New York General Thoracic Surgical Club, New York, NY, November 15, 2012:  Invited Discussant, Robotic Thoracic Surgery

91.Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society, Naples, FL, October 5, 2012:  Robotic Lung Surgery: Complex Cases

92.Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society, Naples, FL, October 4, 2012:  Robotic Lung Surgery: Startup to Standardization

93.American College of Surgeons 2012 Clinical Congress, Chicago, IL, October 1, 2012. Robotic Lobectomy with Bronchoplastic Closure of the Airway Presentation

94.Clinical Robotic Surgery Association 4th Worldwide Congress, Chicago, IL, September 29, 2012.  Robotic Repair of Intrathoracic Stomach and Complex Benign Disorders of the Esophagus

95.Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Minimally Invasive Surgery Week 2012, Boston, MA, September 5, 2012. State of the Art Lectures in Robotic Surgery:  State of the Art in Robotic Mediastinal Surgery

96.International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, ISMICS 2012 Los Angeles, CA, May 30-June 2, 2012. ISMICS Masters Class: Thoracic Robotic Surgery faculty

97.New York Downstate Association for Respiratory Therapists, Uniondale, NY, November 18, 2011. The History and Role of Robotic Pulmonary Surgery

98.New York Society for Thoracic Surgery, New York, NY, February 3, 2011.  Robotic resection of esophageal leiomyoma

99.Brooklyn/Long Island American College of Surgeons Annual Clinic Day 2010:  Uniondale, NY, December 8, 2010.  Robotics:  Applications in General Surgery