Pascack Valley Medical Center Achieves SRCs Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery Accreditation
What You Need To Know
- Pascack Valley Medical Center recently achieved accreditation from Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery for meeting nationally and internationally recognized standards.
- SRC also awarded the Surgeon of Excellence in Robotic Surgery accreditation to Pascack Valley Medical Center’s physician program director of robotic surgery, Yitzhack Asulin, M.D., MS, FACOG, OBGYN, and orthopedic surgeon, Robert Kayal, M.D., FAAOS, FAAHKS.
Rigorous Inspection Process
SRC is a nonprofit, patient safety organization that develops and administers best-in-class accreditation programs for medical professionals, surgeons, hospitals and freestanding outpatient facilities worldwide. Healthcare facilities and surgeons seeking an SRC accreditation undergo an extensive assessment and inspection process to ensure the applicant meets SRC’s proven standards and requirements. Pascack Valley Medical Center met requirements for:
- Surgical volumes
- Facility equipment
- Clinical pathways
- Standardized operating procedures
- Patient education
- Continuous quality assessment
- Education training
- Employing a certified surgery physician assistant dedicated to robotic surgery.
Pascack Valley Medical Center offers patients access to four robotic surgery systems for a variety of minimally invasive surgical needs, including the ExcelsiusGPS™, Mako SmartRobotics™, Senhance® Surgical System and the da Vinci® Xi™. The hospital performs high complexity cases using the robotic technology, including gynecological conditions such as endometriosis.
