2 2 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • J u N E 2 0 1 8
2 0 1 8 P R E V I E W
R
afael Grossmann, MD, FACS, the first
doctor ever to use Google Glass to
perform surgery — he wore his device
while inserting a feeding tube into a patient in
the OR and streamed the video live — says vir-
tual reality will soon become an accepted real-
ity in the OR.
A wonderful and engaging speaker, Dr.
Grossmann will bring the future of medicine to
life at OR Excellence. He says telemedicine, m-
health technology and healthcare social media
will soon redefine the way in which you deliv-
er health care.
"Mixed reality is a little bit of an abstract concept. You have digital
renderings that are not real. You get to see them in the computer
and smart-glass screen. Then with augmented reality, you have a
visual rendering superimposed into reality through a camera or
Mixed Reality in Surgery:
Dare to Creatively Disrupt
Rafael Grossmann,
MD, FACS
Surgeon, Educator,
Healthcare Futurist
Bangor, Maine
• On June 20, 2013,
performed the first
surgery ever docu-
mented with Google
Glass.
• Full-time practicing
surgeon and health-
care futurist who
blogs at rafaelgross-
mann.health and is
active on Twitter at
@ZGJR.
• Throughout his
career, he has focused
on tapping the para-
doxical power of tech-
nology to coexist with
better, more humane
medical care.
Speaker
Profile
