Dr. Sucandy Speaks at The First Robotic Surgery Symposium Hosted by Siloam Hospital in Jakarta with Robotic Live Surgery Demonstration and Proctorships
In the summer of 2026, Prof Dr Sucandy was invited by the leadership of Siloam Hospitals in Jakarta to be the International Guest Surgeon at the First Robotic Surgery Symposium. The symposium was held at Ritz Carlton Hotel Kuningan in Jakarta with more than 500 participants from various cities and hospitals throughout Indonesia and South Asia. High enthusiasm and clinical curiosity to explore this new technology are visible among the attendance. Other specialties and international speakers from urology, orthopedic surgery, gynecology, and digestive surgery were present in this first robotic surgery symposium, sharing their experience in robotic surgery. The owner and CEO of Siloam International Group Ms. Caroline Riady gave the opening speech and remarks after the Indonesian National Anthem.
In this symposium, Prof. Dr Sucandy gave the overview of robotic surgery applications in gastrointestinal and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery, sharing his experience in the past 10 years from AdventHealth Tampa Florida. Scientific literatures were also reviewed from major academic centers using robotic surgery in liver and pancreatic cancer treatments. Similarly, Dr. Marto Sugiono, the lead urologist at Siloam hospital also shared his initial outcomes of robotic kidney and prostate resection using Da Vinci robotic system in Jakarta. Dr. Sugiono is a United-Kingdom trained urologist who now practices in Siloam Hospitals in Jakarta and works as the chief of urology oncology.
This Robotic Surgery Symposium was proceeded by a workshop and live case demonstration/proctorship of Robotic Biliary Resection and Robotic Liver Resection organized by Dr. Wifanto Jeo at Siloam Hospital Kebun Jeruk. Surgeons from multiple cities and major academic centers outside Jakarta came to participate in the operating room as observers of Prof. Dr. Sucandy and team. The operation entailed extrahepatic biliary resection, bile duct exploration and Roux-en-Y Hepaticojejunostomy for biliary duct/hilar stricture and intrahepatic lithiasis. Recurrent fever and cholangitis following a laparoscopic cholecystectomy prompted this diagnosis and current intervention after multiple medical consultations with senior consultant surgeons in Malaysia and Singapore. The second live demonstration/proctorship was a robotic left hepatectomy for a 6cm hepatic tumor in a young woman suspected to having hepatic adenoma. As clinically indicated, hepatic adenoma larger than 4cm requires an excision to prevent malignant transformation. Both operations were completed uneventfully without perioperative complications and both patients were discharged home after 3-4 days of hospital care.
The participants during the robotic symposium were also later organized into six groups to have an opportunity to perform dry lab and biotissue drills using Da Vinci surgical system and EGDE robotic surgical system led by Prof Sucandy and Dr Wifanto Jeo. IDSMED and Device Technology Asia Ltd supported this event by providing robotic instrumentations. This dry lab activities included general introduction to the robotic system, camera targeting, basic suturing skills, and biotissue manipulations. This first robotic symposium brought together surgeons from all over Indonesia and Southeast Asia to explore the new minimally invasive technique which will be applicable to their practice in near future. Anticipating major clinical needs and volume increase for robotic digestive surgery in the region, Siloam Hospital International corporation considered this success as a crucial milestone in Modern robotic surgery in Indonesia.
