2025 Surgery Grand Rounds | The Intelligent Surgeon's Toolbox: Merging Image-Guided Precision, Robotics and AI for Patient-Centered Care

Duarte, CA US
November 13, 2025

A lecture on merging image guidance, robotics and AI for patient-centered care is necessary to address the lack of standardized guidelines in the evolving field of surgical innovation. The gap exists due to insufficient clinical trials in the early phases of adoption, variable awareness among providers, and the historical approaches in absence of such technological capacities to support surgical decision-making peri- and intraoperatively. By educating clinicians on emerging technological tools and multidisciplinary approaches to best train and use AI for surgical guidance, this lecture can promote more consistent and effective integration of surgical innovation into clinical practice and foster dedicated research and evaluation protocols.

Robotic surgery is widespread but the integration of AI as well as image guided surgery for oncology is lacking. Currently, cancer surgery is done either by a surgeon's vision alone and in conjuntion with preoperative imaging. Dynamic, intraoperative image guidance or fluorescent guided surgery will facilitate more precise oncologic resection. AI has not been fully developed for routine use in clinical practice on a daily basis, nor for surgical procedures.
 

Target Audience

Surgeons, APPs in the context of how to utilize AI, image guidance and robotics.

Learning Objectives

  • Evaluate the current state of image-guided surgery, AI, and robotics.
  • Discuss the application of imaging to guide surgical resections.
  • Incorporate strategies on how to utilize current AI technology to improve patient care.
  • Identify future opportunities for AI integration into surgical care.
Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    City of Hope is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
    City of Hope designates this 2025 Surgery Grand Rounds | The Intelligent Surgeon's Toolbox: Merging Image-Guided Precision, Robotics and AI for Patient-Centered Care for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ requirements. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Attendance
Activity opens: 
11/13/2025
Activity expires: 
11/14/2025
Event starts: 
11/13/2025 - 7:00am PST
Event ends: 
11/13/2025 - 8:00am PST
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City of Hope
1500 E Duarte Rd
Duarte, CA 91010
United States

Virtual Meeting- Zoom

Barbara Seeliger, MD, PhD Associate Professor, University of Strasbourg; Surgeon Scientist, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Strasbourg - Institute of Image-Guided Surgery and University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery; Researcher, ICube Laboratory UMR 7357, CNRS, INSERM U1328, Team Robotics, Data Science and Healthcare Technologies

Presenter: Dr. Seeliger has indicated the following relevant financial relationships: Consultant for Intuitive Surgical. 

Planner: Yuman Fong, MD has indicated the following relevant financial relationships:Consultant for Eureka, Imugene, Medtronics, Theromics, Vergent Bioscience and XDemics; Stock/Shareholder (publicly owned companies) of Imugene, Iovance, and XDemics; Other financial/material interests (royalties) in Imugene and XDemics.

The educational content has been peer-reviewed, an attestation on file and no conflicts were noted.

CME Committee/Reviewer no relevant financial relationships:  Daneng Li, MD

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT: City of Hope is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CREDIT DESIGNATION: City of Hope designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

The following credit type(s) are being offered for this course:

•  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™  1.0

The following may apply AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for license renewal:

Registered Nurses: Nurses may report up to 1.0 credit hours toward the continuing education requirements for license renewal by their state Board of Registered Nurses (BRN). AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may be noted on the license renewal application in lieu of a BRN provider number.

Physician Assistants: The National Commission on Certification of Physicians Assistants states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ accredited courses are acceptable for CME requirements for recertification.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    City of Hope is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
    City of Hope designates this 2025 Surgery Grand Rounds | The Intelligent Surgeon's Toolbox: Merging Image-Guided Precision, Robotics and AI for Patient-Centered Care for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ requirements. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Attendance
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