The Robotic Surgery Revolution at St. Joe's
Eleven years ago, with the support of our generous community of donors, the Boris Family Centre for Robotic Surgery at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton embarked on a journey to explore the power and the promise of robotic surgery. Today, St. Joe’s is an international leader in this innovative field. We’re one of only a few Hospitals in the country with multiple robotic surgery platforms and our program is the first of its kind in Canada, where the surgical specialties of Urology, Thoracic (Chest and Lungs), Head and Neck, and Orthopaedics work together to advance the science of robotics.
To stay on the forefront of this rapidly evolving field, we must continue to bring the very best technology to our Hospital; to push the boundaries of care by discovering and testing new procedures; and to invest in maintaining our leadership so that we can offer our patients the most advanced surgical care. Help us fund the future of care with a gift to support robotic surgery at St. Joe’s.
Our Robotic Surgery Milestones
To date, more than 4,400 patients have received robotic surgery at our Hospital, and the data from those procedures is informing 11 research studies looking at topics like
- Cost-effectiveness of robotic surgery over traditional open or laparoscopic surgery
- Fewer days spent in Hospital for patients who have had robotic surgery
- Less blood loss and fewer post-operative complications following a robotic procedure
- Improvements in patient satisfaction scores and recovery timelines
The growing demand for robotic assisted surgeries, paired with our national reputation for excellence, has created a need for us to fund a robotic surgery revolution at St. Joe’s.
Help St. Joe's Help More Patients
What does your donation help fund?
- It will help to bring an additional surgical robot to our fleet at St. Joe’s so we can double the amount of robotic procedures we perform from 370 to 740 per year. This will help to reduce wait times and improve outcomes for the patients we serve.
- While OHIP has funded some robotic procedures for kidney, prostate and uterine cancers, 7 of the 10 robotic surgeries performed at our Hospital remain unfunded. But cancer and arthritis don’t discriminate. So we need your help to continue to offer robotic surgery to patients living with cancers of the mouth, head, neck, chest, lung, and bladder, and to patients requiring hip and knee replacements.
- Donations will also help our surgeons and researchers to discover new procedures, pursue novel research, and train the robotic surgeons, nurses and technicians of tomorrow, today.
Hear from our Robotic Surgery Team & Patients
Our Robotic surgery team and patients know the benefits of robotic surgery better than anyone. Watch their stories now to learn more about the incredible impact Robotic Surgery at St. Joe’s has had on our patients’ lives.