T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA

@sloaneguy

Robotic heart surgeon 🤖🫀. Mitral valve repair & more. Patient & Team Advocate. Iraq & Afghanistan Veteran 🪖. Pilot ✈️. @GaHeart_NGHS @myNGHS

Gainesville, GA

Joined March 2011

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Feb 13, 2020

Our team currently performs the world’s smallest incisions for mitral valve repair surgery using an endoscopic robotic approach with all percutaneous cannulation. Largest incision in the entire body is the 8mm working port (approx. the diameter of a pen) roboticheartsurgeon.com

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jul 25

Amazing! “Robotic neck surgery replaces heart valve without chest incision” interestingengineering.com/health/robotic…

sloaneguy's tweet card. In a surgical first, doctors replaced a heart valve through a neck incision using robotics, avoiding chest cuts and speeding recovery.

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jul 24

Will your next surgeon be a robot? Autonomy and AI in robotic surgery | Science Robotics science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jul 24

Mitral annular disjunction and mitral valve prolapse: long-term risk of ventricular arrhythmias after surgery - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40230055/

sloaneguy's tweet card. Mitral annular disjunction in patients with MVP and MR was associated with a three-fold increased long-term risk of VA post-mitral valve surgery, despite anatomical correction of MAD.

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jul 23

SS Innovations completes intercontinental robotic cardiac telesurgery with SSi Mantra - The Robot Report therobotreport.com/ss-innovations…

sloaneguy's tweet card. To date, 35 telesurgeries, including 10 cardiac procedures have been completed utilizing the SSi Mantra surgical robotic system.

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jul 18

Intuitive shows off telesurgery capabilities in transatlantic demonstration fiercebiotech.com/medtech/intuit…

sloaneguy's tweet card. Intuitive Surgical is showing off the remote capability of its robots, with a transatlantic demonstration hosted by the Society of Robotic Surgery conference being held this week in Stras | The...

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jul 18

Surgeons perform world’s first robotic-assisted implant of biventricular assist device cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/clinica…

sloaneguy's tweet card. The patient, 61, had been bedridden for months due to end-stage heart failure and was not eligible for a heart transplant.

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jul 10

Robot performs first realistic surgery without human help | Hub hub.jhu.edu/2025/07/09/rob…

sloaneguy's tweet card. In work led by Johns Hopkins researchers, the robot performed unflappably across trials and with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, even during unexpected scenarios typical in real life...

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jul 7

Amazing! Seoul National University Hospital performed the first robotic lung transplant surgery in Korea, whi.. - MK mk.co.kr/en/it/11361359

sloaneguy's tweet card. Seoul National University Hospital performed the first robotic lung transplant surgery in Korea, which is also rare in the world.The operation is so difficult that it is only possible in a small...

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jul 5

Censorship of physicians is a real thing unfortunately. beckershospitalreview.com/hr/university-…

sloaneguy's tweet card. Cleveland-based University Hospitals fired two pediatricians accused of sending unsolicited text messages to UH physicians, the health system confirmed to Becker’s. In a statement, system spokesper...

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jul 4

Human–robot collaboration in surgery at the nexus of knowledge, agency, and ownership | Scientific Reports nature.com/articles/s4159…

sloaneguy's tweet card. Scientific Reports - Human–robot collaboration in surgery at the nexus of knowledge, agency, and ownership

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jul 1

This is a big deal - guidelines for remote robotic telesurgery with authors from multiple robotic companies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/FHAJ8NHC…

sloaneguy's tweet image. This is a big deal - guidelines for remote robotic telesurgery with authors from multiple robotic companies

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jun 29

Incredible to read about my grandfather the Reverend T. Sloane Guy, Jr. I miss him greatly images.app.goo.gl/KKceNDssUnKE7H…

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jun 27

Distalmotion makes its first multirobot sale in the U.S. massdevice.com/distalmotion-m…

sloaneguy's tweet card. Distalmotion has made its first multi-system sale in the U.S., with AdventHealth purchasing several Dexter surgical robotic systems.

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jun 26

This problem is so easily fixed by putting surgeons and other combat critical specialists in reserve positions rather than active duty where they have such little clinical work to maintain competency due to outsourcing under Tricare. l.smartnews.com/p-m5vEyGb/1wVU…

sloaneguy's tweet card. A federal watchdog found that Army and Navy doctors are not maintaining their wartime medical skills, causing some to leave the service.

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jun 26

This is not sustainable-“US to spend $8.6 trillion on healthcare by 2033: CMS” - beckershospitalreview.com/finance/us-to-…

sloaneguy's tweet card. CMS projects national healthcare spending to reach $5.6 trillion this year amid continued strong healthcare utilization growth, and then climb to $8.6 trillion by 2033. The findings are from the...

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jun 23

Sometimes helpful to see what the business sector thinks is going on robotic surgery: “Where To Invest In Fast-Growing Robotic Surgery” forbes.com/sites/lawrence…

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jun 19

Robotic heart surgery represents a key step forward for SS Innovations cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/clinica…

sloaneguy's tweet card. The company's SSi Mantra 3 robotic surgery system has already gained regulatory approvals in several countries. FDA approval is anticipated by late 2025 or early 2026.

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jun 17

Transcontinental robotic surgery no longer the future - it is here now! “Video Doctor uses robot to perform telesurgery on patient thousands of miles away” - ABC News abcnews.go.com/Technology/vid…

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jun 17

Absolutely love to see robotic heart surgery expanding like this. Bravo to the team at Baylor! “Baylor St. Luke’s team performs fully robotic heart transplant, 1st in US” beckershospitalreview.com/cardiology/bay…

sloaneguy's tweet card. A Houston-based Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center team has performed a fully robotic heart transplant. The procedure marks the first fully robotic heart transplant to be performed on an adult patient...

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T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA@sloaneguy · Jun 17

SS Innovations completes first robotic cardiac surgery in Americas massdevice.com/ss-innovations…

sloaneguy's tweet card. SS Innovations announced the first robotic cardiac surgery performed in the Western Hemisphere using its SSi Mantra 3 surgical robot.

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