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t m c ยป p u l s e | n o v e m b e r 2 0 1 5 15 !e art of surgery: Minimally invasive procedures guided by the same surgeons who are teaching others their art. At the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB Health), minimally invasive procedures are performed by the most talented and experienced surgeons using the most advanced laparoscopic and robotic technologies. These internationally recognized surgeons are the very people who you want taking care of you and your family. In fact, they are the doctors who are teaching others how to do what they do. The technology is breakthrough. The surgeons are the best. The bene!ts are numerous. Minimally invasive procedures are safe, and result in faster and easier recovery. So if you are scheduling surgery for yourself or a loved one, be sure to ask if it can be done using a minimally invasive procedure at UTMB Health. The skills, the knowledge, the leadership and the con!dence make the difference. It's all here in the Houston/Galveston Bay Area. This is what happens when the most talented surgeons use the most advanced surgical applications. Take charge of your health. Call us at 800-917-8906 or go to utmbhealth.com. Left: Guillermo Gomez, MD Director of the Center for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Center Left: Joseph Sonstein, MD Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery Center Right: Kimberly Brown, MD, FACS Minimally Invasive Liver and Pancreatic Surgery Right: Sami Gokhan Kilic, MD, FACOG, FACS Chief of Minimally Invasive Gynecology & Research The four surgeons featured here are representative of the more than thirty UTMB surgeons using state of the art minimally invasive surgical techniques across a wide variety of medical specialties. !e University of Texas Medical Branch Member, Texas Medical Center