Our Expertise

Saint Mary’s Health Care takes pride in having 17 physicians who excel in the use of the da Vinci Surgical System, and we are the only center within 200 miles that has two da Vinci Surgical System robots. This enables us to perform more surgeries and advance our robotic proficiency, furthering our leadership in minimally invasive surgery.

Saint Mary’s has done more robotic procedures, and provided robotic surgical care to more patients, than any other hospital in West Michigan — over 100 more surgeries, in fact, than the second most experienced provider.

Saint Mary’s surgical staff brings more experience in robotic surgeries than any other in West Michigan.

Dr. Kevin Brader has performed more robotic gynecologic oncology surgeries than any other surgeon in the state of Michigan.

Saint Mary’s offers the most experienced multi-specialty program of robotic surgery in West Michigan, focusing on thoracic, urologic, gynecologic, gynecologic oncology, urologic gynecology, and kidney cases.

Saint Mary’s is proud to be one of only two hospitals in the state to serve as an Epicenter for Robotics in urologic gynecology and gynecology with Dr. Michael Bennett, Dr. Jason Bennett and Dr. Kevin Brader.

Saint Mary’s surgeons Dr. Paul Rodriguez, Dr. Michael Bennett and Dr. Jason Bennett are so highly qualified in the use of the da Vinci Surgical System that they have been designated as proctors who teach other surgeons in its use.

Saint Mary’s has two da Vinci® Surgical System robots. This enables us to perform more surgeries and advance our robotic proficiency, continuously furthering our leadership in minimally invasive surgery.