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SPOTLIGHT: ST. CATHERINE HOSPITAL BY DEBRA GRUSZECKI
Gilberto Lopez consults
with oncologist
Amer Sidani, MD, on
the progress of his
chemotherapy at
St. Catherine Hospital.

MAKING COMPLICATED

SURGERIES SIMPLE
Minimally invasive techniques heal a wide range of conditions

When Dennis Mikulaj
was rushed to
St. Catherine Hospital
with severe abdominal distress, he was
placed in the skilled hands of Emergency
Department physician Reena Patel, MD.
She quickly assessed his symptoms and
made him feel comfortable until surgeon
Teoman Demir, MD, arrived on the scene.
After a battery of tests and talking
to Mikulaj, Demir determined that he
needed exploratory laparoscopic surgery

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to understand the cause of his distress.
"(I had) two ulcers, an infection
and 3 feet of swollen small intestine
(removed)," Mikulaj says. "I awoke after
surgery with absolutely no pain, and six
days later I was safely at home."
A specialist in laparoscopic and
robotic surgery, as well as colon, gastrointestinal, thyroid and parathyroid
surgery, Demir is one of several highly
experienced general surgeons on staff
at St. Catherine Hospital. He takes pride

in the expertise of the operating room
team and surgical suite technologies.
"It's one of my favorite places to do surgery," Demir says. "The operating room
team is top-notch, and their level of care
for the patients, the team spirit and way
we all work together is truly remarkable."

A Minimally
Invasive Approach

With the daVinci® Surgical System robot,
complex surgeries using a minimally



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