National Jewish Health and Saint Joseph Hospital Launch Robotic Bronchoscopy Program
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
"It's exciting to be able to offer patients with lung nodules an alternative to surgical biopsy," said Ellen Volker, MD, MSPH, Director of Interventional Pulmonology at National Jewish Health and interventional pulmonologist at Saint Joseph Hospital.
Key Points:
- "It's exciting to be able to offer patients with lung nodules an alternative to surgical biopsy," said Ellen Volker, MD, MSPH, Director of Interventional Pulmonology at National Jewish Health and interventional pulmonologist at Saint Joseph Hospital.
- Dr. Volker explained that National Jewish Health and Saint Joseph Hospital are among the first in the U.S. to combine cone-beam CT technology with robotic bronchoscopy technology.
- SCL Saint Joseph Hospital founded in Denver in 1873 by the Sisters of Charity Leavenworth was the first private hospital in Colorado.
- Saint Joseph Hospital is part of SCL Health.