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| Dr. John Hunter, left, and Dr. William Richards will present October's Med School Café lecture. |
Their lecture, titled “Robotic Hernia Repair,” will be held on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at the Strada Patient Care Center Conference Room on the first floor. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., and the presentation will begin at noon.
In their talk, Drs. Richards and Hunter will discuss abdominal wall and inguinal hernias – how they occur, what can be done to fix them, and what to expect after a repair. They will also discuss new robotic surgery techniques at USA as they apply to hernia repair and how they improve the patient experience and outcomes.
Dr. Richards, whose specialty is minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery, received his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore and completed his residency training at University of Maryland Hospital. He completed fellowships at Emory University in Atlanta and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. He is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery.
Dr. Hunter received his medical degree from University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he also completed his residency training in general surgery. He then completed a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at UAB and a fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at the University of Texas Houston Colon and Rectal Clinic. He is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery.
The Med School Café lecture and lunch are provided free of charge, but reservations are required. For more information or to make reservations, contact Kim Partridge at (251) 460-7770 or kepartridge@health.southalabama.edu.
Med School Café is a free community lecture series sponsored by the USA Health Physicians Group. Each month, faculty from the USA College of Medicine share their expertise on a specific medical condition, providing insight on the latest treatment available.
The Strada Patient Care Center is located at 1601 Center St. in Mobile.
