The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago
Silvio Marchetti
is pleased to invite you to the all-day presentation

The Robotic Challenge: a Dream for Better Medicine. A Contribution from the Italian and American Culture

on Friday, June 14th from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Italian Cultural Institute
500 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450
Chicago, IL 60611

Within the frame of 2013 The Year of Italian Culture in the United States, the Division of General Surgery, together with the Cancer Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago are pleased to invite you to an all-day, free presentation on the use and benefits of minimally invasive techniques.

Guests are cordially invited to embark on a futuristic journey about patient care and what physicians are doing to ensure that they are offering the best possible options here at UIC. Guests will learn about state of the art technologies being used in some of the major surgical specializations to minimally invasive approaches for cancer treatment. A new architectural vision of the operating room of the future will also be presented, engaging listeners as the most brilliant minds from the American and Italian scientific communities come together. This event aims to raise awareness among patients and physicians regarding the benefits of minimally invasive techniques as well as the range of innovative technology available to medical professionals.

Please click here for a detailed program of presentations that will take place.

Please click here for details about the entire range of activities that will take place on June 14th, including a fundraising concert at Harris Theater that begins at 8pm.

Light refreshments will be offered. Reservations kindly suggested.

Please click here to see all of the Institute's upcoming events.