Ben Samstein

Double kidney and liver transplant recipient Nercy Sullivan spoke with the @weillcornell community today about the importance of organ donation in honor of #NationalDonateLife Blue & Green Day 💙💚 @AlchemySpace @DBrandmanMD @WCMDeptofMed

One year ago, our first fully robotic liver transplant marked an important milestone. Since then: • 15 fully 🤖 LTs (12 LDLTs) • 6 hybrid 🤖 LDLTs • 44 🤖 donor hepatectomies • 400+ 🤖 liver cases From scattered robotic practice to a programmatic approach since 2022. Now consistently performing fully robotic LDLT with simultaneous donor + recipient teams. A program built step by step, and a team that makes it work. #LiverTransplantation #RoboticSurgery #iLDLT

@shimulshah73 @MGHSurgery @ASTSChimera Amazing work, Shimal and team!

Honored to be part of this team and a great 2025…200 lives saved so far with liver transplants. ⁦@MGHSurgery⁩ ⁦@ASTSChimera⁩

When Vicky needed a liver transplant, her friend Zoë donated part of hers. 💚 Thanks to expert care at @nyphospital, @weillcornell & Drs. @juampirocca and @BenSamstein, their journey became a success. Now they’re raising awareness. You can help: 🔗engdr.co/6-302904

This week at NYP/Weill Cornell we completed our 3rd robotic liver transplant, this time using a right lobe living donor graft. Amazing team effort running 2 simultaneous robotic rooms for donor and recipient.

This Mother’s Day, celebrate chosen family and second chances! Watch Chrissy and Page's story: youtube.com/watch?v=X5jdRr… @BenSamstein @WEILLCORNELL @NYPHospital Learn about Living Donor Liver Transplantation: bit.ly/38K31C0

🚨Register and log in for this important conversation led by @Julius__Wilder and #LornaDove. Moderated by @AnugwomChimaobi. Tuesday at noon eastern. aasld.org/webinar-celebr…

🆕🗞️Just out 🪺#NEST-1 trial results👇🏾 Are we on the verge of a new drug combo for colon or rectal cancer? Substantial & brisk responses to just☝🏾dose of BOT🟢➕BAL🔹🔹 immunotherapy.🙌🏾 Pattern & kill is unprecedented🌊. @ASCO #GI24 @OncoAlert Abstract 117📍Poster Board H2

Embracing a "robotic-preferred approach" in 2022 significantly changed our division's practice of liver surgery and transplantation during 2023, expanding MIS benefits to complex hepatectomies, donor hepatectomies, and hepatectomy during transplantation.

Robotic Right Donor Hepatectomy for LDLTL 12min @JHawksworthMD @juampirocca @rrosenblattmd @IswantoSucandy youtu.be/kxnRzSKdgyg?si… via @YouTube

@HoggNDMD Tremendous work!

Prince and princesses: The current status of robotic surgery in surgical oncology - Hays - Journal of Surgical Oncology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/js…

Our Surgery Pipeline Program is accepting applications! This virtual program exposes students to life as a surgeon and tips for applying to medical school. Link to apply: bit.ly/3NeVBrF @LANewmanMD @minervies @DrBeaMD @WCMDiversityCtr @SNMA_MAPS @AmCollSurgeons

@shimulshah73 @dibmartin @TrasplanteUC @AHPBA @ASTSChimera @AST_info @sapisochin @HPB_Txp_Surg Yes. When doing MIS donor hepatectomy, several centers doing ICG have reported substitution of ICG cholangiography for contrast cholangiography. We have switched at NYP. Beautiful work, Martin!

@dibmartin @TrasplanteUC @AHPBA @ASTSChimera @AST_info @sapisochin @BenSamstein @HPB_Txp_Surg Does this replace cholangiogram? Excellent views…

Laparoscopic right donor hepatectomy for LDLT - Right hepatic duct division using real-time ICG fluorescent cholangiography @TrasplanteUC @AHPBA @ASTSChimera @AST_info @shimulshah73 @sapisochin @BenSamstein @HPB_Txp_Surg

@forrestreda great race. Congratulations!

@Kniery_Bird @scottcarlinpt @nycmarathon Congratulations! Hard to hold back with the energy from runners and crowd. Great race

@scottcarlinpt @nycmarathon So humbling, congrats!

A beautiful and humbling race. 3:37:53 Thank you @nycmarathon

@MarcMelcherMD @StanfordSurgery @StanfordAbdTxp Great talk. Exciting times.

@StanfordSurgery @StanfordAbdTxp Fantastic talk reviewing two decades of progressive, collaborative success.

Transplants without drugs? @Stanfordabdtxp's Dr. Stephan Busque thinks it's possible. Hear about his progress: youtu.be/xFBWuHCz5cI

Are u a GI fellow who is #hepcurious? Planning on applying to tx hep fellowship next year? Do u just want to chat with some cool hepatologists? Join the NYP Tx Hep team for coffee at #TLM on Sat @ 3pm or Sun @ 10am at Blue Bottle Coffee! #livertwitter #GITwitter @LiverFellow

Up to 70% of people with type 2 diabetes have #NAFLD. On #NYPAdvances, @DBrandmanMD discusses how screening through primary care providers can help detect patients at high risk for fatty liver disease. nyphosp.co/3S4v9Eg @ColumbiaMed, @WeillCornell #ThinkLiverThinkLife

Listening to Francis Mbappe @wmc awesome music and energy ⁦@LiveOnNewYork⁩

I Would Have Died Without A Transplant. Here’s My Story Documenting The Journey. | HuffPost Exposure huffpost.com/entry/heart-tr…