TransEnterix appoints Dr. Theodore Pappas as senior surgical officer: 5 highlights

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Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based medical device company TransEnterix named Theodore Pappas, MD, as its senior surgical officer.

Here are five highlights:

 

1. TransEnterix develops robotics intended to enhance minimally invasive surgery.

 

2. Dr. Pappas will help the company develop clinical and regulatory strategies and advise on how to improve surgical value.

 

3. Author of more than 300 papers and book chapters, Dr. Pappas has also mentored more than 225 general surgery, laparoscopic and oncologic surgical residents and fellows.

 

4. Dr. Pappas serves as Durham, N.C.-based Duke University School of Medicine's Distinguished Professor of Surgical Innovation. He also is a surgeon with Duke University Health System.

 

5. The lead editor of Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery, Dr. Pappas is an American Board of Surgery senior director.

 

"The company and I share the vision that innovative technologies can provide surgeons with solutions to meaningful challenges in different types of surgery," said Dr. Pappas.

 

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