Pioneering the Hybrid OR in Mexico
The hybrid operating room (OR) in the Puerta de Hierro Hospital in Guadalajara, Mexico, enables minimally invasive interventions in a variety of specialties. Meet Dr. Benigno Ferreira Piña, cardiothoracic surgeon and the driving force behind this groundbreaking project. When he returned to his native Mexico after a period at the Heart Center of the University of Leipzig in Germany, Dr. Ferreira had a desire to create a place where various specialties could come together, using cutting-edge technologies to perform a wide range of minimally invasive procedures. He wanted to