Milestones
RoMIUS Institute surgeons are the first in Northwest Ohio to perform the following minimally-invasive procedures:

Robotic Nephrectomy* (Kidney Cancer)
Robotic Partial Nephrectomy* (Kidney Cancer)
Robotic Adrenalectomy* (Adrenal Cancer)
Robotic Urinary Diversion*
Robotic Ureteral Reconstruction*
Robotic Nephroureterectomy* (Urinary Tract Cancer)

Robotic Cystectomy (Bladder Cancer)
Pediatric Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
Pediatric Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty
Pediatric Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy* (Kidney stones)
Pediatric Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy*

*These procedures have only been performed in Northwest Ohio by RoMIUS surgeons

Research Awards
2007 Distinguished Medical Researcher Award of St Vincent Mercy Medical Center
2007 First Prize Overall, Ohio Urological Society Annual Research Forum
2007 First Prize Overall, Toledo Surgical Society Annual Research Forum
2006 First Prize Overall, Ohio Urological Society Annual Research Forum
2006 First Prize Overall, Toledo Surgical Society Annual Research Forum
2006 Distinguished Medical Researcher Award of St Vincent Mercy Medical Center
2006 First Prize for Oral Presentations, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center Research Symposium
2006 First Prize for Poster Presentations, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center Research Symposium
2005 First Prize Overall, Ohio Urological Society Annual Research Forum
2005 First Prize Overall, Toledo Surgical Society Annual Research Forum
2004 First Prize Overall, Ohio Urological Society Annual Research Forum
2004 First Prize Overall, Toledo Surgical Society Annual Research Forum
2003 First Prize (Clinical Category), Ohio Urological Society Annual Research Forum
2003 First Prize (Clinical Category), Toledo Surgical Society Annual Research Forum

Honors
2007 Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Award
2005 Traveling Scholar Award of the American Urological Association North Central Section
2005 American Urological Association Praecis Gerald P. Murphy Scholar Award
2005 Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Award

Professional Membership
American Urological Association
North Central Section, American Urological Association
Ohio Urological Association
American Medical Association
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Endourological Society
Northwest Ohio Urological Society
Toledo Surgical Society