In 2006,  the hospital's highly successful robotic surgery program -- directed by Dr. Joseph Wagner --  earned Hartford Hospital the position of number eight in the country. (This despite the fact that the data used in this comparison was collected at a time when Hartford Hospital had only one robot and the other hospitals all had either two or three.)

 

When the data were collected, Hartford Hospital performed the most procedures of any hospital nationwide with just one robot.  Since then, Hartford Hospital has collaborated with Connecticut Children's Medical Center to operate a second robot, and will purchase a third. 

 

In addition to Dr. Wagner, physicians who perform robotic prostatectomies and urologic procedures are Drs. Steven Shichman and Stuart Kesler: physicians who perform robotic cardiac procedures are Drs. David Underhill and Robert Gallagher; and physicians who perform robotic gynecologic procedures are Drs. Chris LaSala, Paul Tulikangas, Amy Brown and Adam Steinberg.