19/11/2025
A major milestone in robotic brain surgery happened right here in Buffalo. 🧠
Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD, recently performed the world’s first microsurgical intracranial brain surgeries using a proprietary robotics system, all at our Buffalo General Medical Center/ Gates Vascular Institute campus.
We're proud to see innovation and patient care intersect in such a powerful way.
Read more: http://ms.spr.ly/6182tR4un
Check it out: Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD, recently used a proprietary robotics system to perform the world’s first microsurgical intracranial brain surgeries!
Siddiqui — UB Distinguished Professor and vice chair of neurosurgery at the Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences - University at Buffalo, who is chief executive officer and chief medical officer of the Jacobs Institute — performed indirect bypass, encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis (EDAS) surgery to restore adequate blood supply to the brain in three adults suffering from moyamoya disease, a rare condition that restricts blood flow through the carotid artery in the skull.
The surgeries took place at Buffalo General Medical Center / Gates Vascular Institute, Kaleida Health’s largest facility and hub for heart, vein and brain care. He sees patients through UB Neurosurgery, part of UBMD Physicians' Group.
The surgeries marked the first cases in a neurosurgical clinical trial sponsored by the Jacobs Institute for the Symani Surgical System developed by the robotics company MMI - Medical Microinstruments.
✅ Read on to see why Siddiqui says this study represents so much more than foundational work for robotic brain surgery: http://ms.spr.ly/6182tR4un
