Ronald Bress became the first person in the world to undergo robot-assisted triple bypass using an advanced, minimally invasive heart-lung machine on March 31, 2009. Bress, from Cheektowaga, New York, near Buffalo left the hospital four days later and was able to fly home just nine days later. He learned about this innovative surgical option from the UMMC Web site, as he was searching for an alternative to open heart surgery, which his doctors were recommending. Hear what Ronald has to say about the UMMC Web site and his surgeon, Johannes Bonatti, M.D., a cardiac surgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center and professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who performed the pioneering surgery.
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