The procedure is led by transplant surgeon, Seung Lee, M.D., Ph.D., who performs both living donor nephrectomies and recipient transplantations using this advanced minimally invasive approach
Roughly 92,000 Americans are waiting for a kidney transplant according to the American Kidney Fund. This underscores the urgent need for advances that make transplantation safer and more accessible.
VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center is leading the Southeast by performing living donor kidney transplants using the da Vinci SP® (single‑port) robotic system, which allows surgeons to operate through a single incision of approximately five centimeters…