01 — LEARN
Exchange experience
Focused discussions on training pathways, evidence and the practical questions facing surgical teams.
A multidisciplinary initiative in formation
Advancing surgery.
Connecting people.
World Society of Robotic Surgeons is being developed as a space for surgeons to exchange knowledge, build research partnerships and support thoughtful progress in robotic surgery.
Education · Research · Collaboration
CONNECTED DISCIPLINESSHARED PURPOSE
UROLOGYGENERAL & COLORECTAL SURGERYGYNAECOLOGYTHORACIC SURGERYORTHOPAEDIC SURGERYNEUROSURGERY & SPINE
01 / Our purpose
A community built
around shared learning.
Our proposed mission is to connect clinicians across specialties and countries through accessible scientific exchange and collaborative research.
The initiative is in its founding phase. We are developing its governance, initial faculty and programme before launching formal membership. Participation will not itself certify surgical competence or confer professional accreditation.
02 — INVESTIGATE
Build research together
Connect colleagues around feasible research questions, transparent methods and responsible collaboration.
03 — CONNECT
Bridge specialties
Create opportunities for established surgeons and colleagues entering robotics to learn from one another.
02 / First scientific conversation
Proposed programme · Not yet scheduledBuilding a pathway
into robotic surgery.
An initial online discussion with a urology focus, designed to start a wider conversation across surgical disciplines.
Date, speakers and registration will be announced only after confirmation. No CME accreditation is currently claimed.
- 01From conventional surgery to a structured robotic training pathway
- 02Simulation, mentorship and supervised clinical experience
- 03Research questions that an emerging community can address
- 04Open discussion: shaping the first year of the initiative
03 / Founding leadership
Clinical experience.
A collaborative ambition.
Dr Hamidreza Shemshaki
Founder & President, WSRS · Urologist
A urologist with clinical, research and scientific meeting experience, developing this initiative to bring colleagues together around robotic surgery education and research.
Founding governance and the scientific advisory group are being developed. Additional names and institutional affiliations will appear only with permission. Institutional endorsement is not implied.
04 / Shape what comes next
Bring your perspective
to the conversation.
Potential contributions include scientific discussions, research collaboration and support for the founding programme.
To express interest in joining the founding community, email your name, specialty, country and the contribution you would like to explore. We review enquiries personally; sending an enquiry does not automatically confer membership.
Please do not include patient information or confidential clinical material.
Contact WSRS
Start a conversation.
Membership enquiries, scientific contributions and research collaboration:
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We use the information you email us to respond to your enquiry and discuss participation. Please send only professional contact details; do not include patient data. You may email us to request deletion of your correspondence, subject to any applicable retention requirements.
Across surgical disciplines
Different specialties.
A shared field of progress.
Surgical robotics extends beyond a single platform or specialty. Our intended scope includes both soft-tissue surgery and robotic applications in bone and spine surgery.
We will develop specialty activities as contributors join, beginning with a focused urology programme. These areas describe our scope, not established departments or confirmed faculty.
SOFT-TISSUE SURGERY
Urology, general surgery & gynaecology
Scientific exchange spanning urologic, colorectal, general surgical and gynaecologic applications.
BONE & SPINE
Orthopaedics & neurosurgery
Robotic applications in knee and hip arthroplasty, spine instrumentation and selected neurosurgical procedures.
SPECIALISED APPLICATIONS
Thoracic, cardiac & head and neck surgery
A place for colleagues working with robotic approaches in these specialised fields.
Background: Surgical robotics across specialties — npj Digital Medicine, 2024 · Da Vinci procedure specialties. References describe the field and do not imply endorsement.