Atlanta Has Become A Hub For Fixing Broken Hearts – With The Help Of A Surgical Robot

Emory Saint Joseph’s is one of the few centers in the country to offer minimally invasive robotic heart surgery, mainly valve repairs. The Da Vinci system is the only surgical robot currently approved by the FDA.

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It’s a big day for Scott Nelson. At 7 a.m., he’s in pre-op at Emory Saint Joseph’s hospital. He’s getting heart surgery.

That’s normally a nerve wrecking thought, the idea of surgeons opening the chest, dividing the breastbone, maybe cracking a few ribs on the way – and cutting into the engine of life.

But Scott Nelson isn’t nervous.