RESEARCH // STUDENTS, PAPERS, ADVISORS
Robotic, laparoscopic, open.
The question RSIG studies most: how robotic surgery compares with laparoscopic and open surgery. This page shows how students join that work, the papers by RSIG members, and what our advisors at KFSHRC have published on the liver and the heart.
FIG. 01 // RESEARCH AT RSIG
How students get involved in research.
Three programs run by the Research and Innovation department. Open one to read who it is for and when it runs.
Research is one of RSIG’s three pillars, with hands-on training and early professional exposure. The Research and Innovation department is building the pipeline in robotic and minimally invasive surgery: each student matched to a project and a mentor, with authorship agreed before the work starts.
Supervision is planned through our faculty at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC). The department will track abstracts sent to regional and international conferences, keep the project tracker and report on it every term. The first intake is posted here.
FIG. 02 // LATEST PUBLICATION
The newest paper by RSIG members.
Written with their advisors, checked against the published record.
FIG. 03 // TWO CENTRES, TWO PLATES
What our advisors have published.
Our advisors publish from two centres of excellence at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre: the Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence and the Heart Centre of Excellence. One plate for each.
Choose a part of the organ to see only the papers about it.
PLATE I // THE ORGAN TRANSPLANT CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
Dr. Dimitri A. Raptis and Prof. Dieter C. Broering on living donor liver transplantation by robot: the first fully robotic operations, how they compare with open and laparoscopic surgery, and the technique behind them.
PLATE II // THE HEART CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
Prof. Feras H. Khaliel on robotic and minimally invasive heart surgery: the first totally robotic heart transplant, robotic aortic valve replacement, and the hybrid coronary bypass that joins a robotic graft with a stent.
FIG. 04 // PUBLICATION ARCHIVE
Verified RSIG publications.
Only records with confirmed citation information are displayed.
FIG. 04 // NEXT
Research applications: coming soon.Research applications are open.
The Research and Innovation department posts the application here when it opens. Membership and research applications are for Alfaisal medical students.
Apply with the Research and Innovation department's form, which opens here on this page. Research applications are for Alfaisal medical students.
