In this episode of the GRASP podcast, Professor Hitendra Patel talks to Dr Mark Soliman who discusses advanced robotic colorectal surgery and the importance of post-op performance reflection.

Dr. Soliman is board-certified by both the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. He attended the University of Florida and was a part of the Junior Honors Medical Program, graduating with his Bachelors and Medical Degrees by the age of 23 as magna cum laude. He did his surgical residency at Baptist Health in Birmingham, Alabama and completed his fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Colon and Rectal Clinic of Orlando. In August 2020, Dr. Soliman became the Colorectal Surgery Program Medical Director for AdventHealth‘s Digestive Health and Surgery Institute. In this role, he oversees the clinical, business, educational, and research development across AdventHealth’s 17 Central Florida hospitals. Additionally, he is the Department Chairman of Colorectal Surgery at AdventHealth Central Florida. On a national level, Dr. Soliman helped develop the standardized training curriculum used by the Association of Program Directors of Colon and Rectal Surgery (APDCRS) and is lead faculty in training courses for robotic certification of colorectal surgical residents. Dr. Soliman specializes in advanced robotic colorectal surgery for benign and malignant disease, and evolving techniques in transanal minimally invasive surgery for sphincter preservation.”

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