Robotic Research and Training Center

Boston Children's Hospital has unrivaled expertise in the specialty of robotic surgery. Our surgeons perform complex reconstructive procedures utilizing minimally invasive techniques, which allows for very small openings, resulting in:

• less pain
• faster recovery
• shorter hospital stays
• smaller scars
• happier patients and families 

In the Spotlight

Personal robots become part of outpatient care Dec. 12, 2011

A new robot at Boston Children's Hospital is making headlines. Vgo, which was featured in the Boston Globe yesterday, goes home with patients, lets them talk with doctors and acts as a home-based companion after treatment. Dr. Hiep Nguyen has been working on the project and has received positive feedback from his patients thus far. Read more...

Video: About robotic surgery

Hiep Nguyen, MD, director of the Robotic Research and Training Center, talks about robot technology and the benefits of robotic surgery. You can also read more about Dr. Nguyen's work in his post: Why I Play with Robots.

View this video to learn how the da Vinci Surgical System works

They said it
"Not only was Boston Children's Hospital the first pediatric hospital to get this technology but today, it does more surgeries of this kind than any other children's hospital in the world." - CBS-TV