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February 5, 2026 | 8 min read

New surgical robot at QEII enables Nova Scotia firsts and expands access to advanced care: QEII…

Pictured: Members of the QEII surgical team who were part of the first patient procedures with the new da Vinci Xi robot; a hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) robot-assisted surgery that was a first in Nova Scotia and performed by Dr. Boris Gala-Lopez and Dr. Stephanie Hiebert.

May 30, 2024 | 2 min read

Five years of surgical robotics

Visual showing how surgical robotics have expanded over time.

March 8, 2023 | 4 min read

QEII Health Sciences Centre home to first female surgical robotics team in Atlantic Canada

Dr. Karla Willows and Dr. Stephanie Scott, gynecologic oncologists and cancer surgeons, treat patients living with endometrial (uterine) cancer with a surgical robot. Also pictured is Dr. Katharina Kieser. (QEII Foundation)

November 18, 2021 | 8 min read

QEII Health Sciences Centre second hospital in Canada to receive orthopedic surgical robot

Mako SmartRobotics system

July 13, 2020 | 5 min read

NSHA neurosurgery is the first in Canada to use new robot for brain surgery

Dr Clarke putting robot into position

November 13, 2019 | 7 min read

QEII Health Sciences Centre home to Atlantic Canada’s first surgical robotics technology