SPOTLIGHT: ST. CATHERINE HOSPITAL St. Catherine Hospital surgical staff pose with the da Vinci robot. Counting on ADVANCED CARE The addition of new robotic surgery equipment is the latest in a long line of advances in care at St. Catherine Hospital BY DEBRA GRUSZECKI 52 FAL L 2 0 1 8 When Maria Rivera was in labor with her babies, she counted on her doctor and the staff at St. Catherine Hospital to deliver a safe and superior quality care experience. That was some 20 years ago. Now 45, the St. John resident was counting once again on St. Catherine Hospital, this time to remove a grapefruitsized tumor. The benign fibroid was lodged in a hard-to-reach area of the uterus, says Kimberly Arthur, MD, the gynecologist who performed Rivera's procedure using advanced robotic technology. "I had never had surgery before and I was petrified," says Rivera. "But I've always had a good relationship with