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{{Infobox person
| name = Mani Menon
| image = File:Mani Menon VGR.JPG
| caption = Dr. Mani Menon at VGR 2012
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1948|07|09}} in [[Trichur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| occupation = Director of the [[Vattikuti Urology Institute]], [[Detroit, MI]]
| spouse = Dr. Shameem Menon
| children = 2
| nationality = American
| website = [https://www.henryford.com/physician-directory/m/menon-mani www.henryford.com/physician-directory/m/menon-mani]
}}

'''Mani Menon''', born 9 July 1948 in [[Trichur]], [[India]], is an [[United States|American]] [[surgeon]] whose pioneering work has helped to lay the foundation for modern robotic cancer surgery. He is the founding director and the [[Raj Vattikuti|Raj]] and Padma Vattikuti Distinguished Chair of the [[Vattikuti Urology Institute]] at the [[Henry Ford Hospital]] in [[Detroit, MI]], where he established the first cancer-oriented robotics program in the world. Menon is widely regarded for his role in the development of [[robotic surgery]] techniques for the treatment of patients with [[prostate cancer|prostate, kidney, and bladder cancers]],<ref name=crain>[http://www.crainsdetroit.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070325/SUB/70323027 "American Dreamers" - Crain's Detroit Business]</ref><ref name=wjr>[http://www.wjr.com/Article.asp?id=95799 "Robots in the OR" - WJR Radio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011193906/http://www.wjr.com/Article.asp?id=95799 |date=2007-10-11 }}</ref><ref name=newsweek>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2005/12/11/cutting-edge.html |title=Newsweek |access-date=12 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014075424/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2005/12/11/cutting-edge.html |archive-date=14 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as for the development of robotic kidney transplantation.<br>Menon is the recipient of the Gold Cystoscope award (American Urological Association, 2001), Hugh Hampton Young award (American Urological Association, 2011), the Keyes Medal (American Association of Genitourinary surgeons, 2016), the prestigious [[B.C. Roy]] award (Awarded by the [[President of India]], for his achievements in the fields of [[urology]] and robotics).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/B.C.-Roy-awards-for-55-doctors/article15252984.ece | title=B.C. Roy awards for 55 doctors | date=2 July 2008 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=12 October 2018 }}</ref>

Pioneering RoboUro surgeries and mentoring others in such highly technical delicate work truly makes him FATHER OF ROBOURO especially ROBO-TAP (TransAbdominalProstatectomy)

== Early years and urological career ==
Menon developed a novel technique to measure [[androgen receptors]] in the human prostate.<ref name=hfhs>[http://www.henryfordhealth.org/body.cfm?id=47772 Bio - Henry Ford Health System]</ref> At the age of 34, Menon became the chairman of the Urology department at the [[University of Massachusetts Medical Center]] in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]].<ref name=hfhs/> During early career, his major contributions were in the field of kidney stone disease where he helped develop the use of intra-operative ultrasonography as an aid to renal stone management <ref>{{cite journal|pmid=6795364|year=1981|last1=Marshall|first1=F. F.|title=A comparison of ultrasonography and radiography in the localization of renal calculi: Experimental and operative experience|journal=The Journal of Urology|volume=126|issue=5|pages=576–80|last2=Smith|first2=N. A.|last3=Murphy|first3=J. B.|last4=Menon|first4=M|last5=Sanders|first5=R. C.|doi=10.1016/s0022-5347(17)54634-0}}</ref> and also devised methods to quantify citrate and oxalate levels in urine using ion chromatography.<ref>{{cite journal|pmid=6854790|year=1983|last1=Menon|first1=M|title=Urinary citrate excretion in patients with renal calculi|journal=The Journal of Urology|volume=129|issue=6|pages=1158–60|last2=Mahle|first2=C. J.|doi=10.1016/s0022-5347(17)52618-x}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|pmid=7057492|year=1982|last1=Mahle|first1=C. J.|title=Determination of urinary oxalate by ion chromatography: Preliminary observation|journal=The Journal of Urology|volume=127|issue=1|pages=159–62|last2=Menon|first2=M|doi=10.1016/s0022-5347(17)53652-6}}</ref>

== Robotic surgery ==
In 1997, Menon was recruited to become chairman of urology at Henry Ford Hospital in to revive the prostate cancer program. In 2001, Henry Ford Hospital's urology department would receive a $20 million donation from the Vattikuti foundation.<ref name=allbusiness>[http://www.allbusiness.com/specialty-businesses/non-profit-businesses/818682-1.html "Two Michigan Hospitals Get $40 Million For Cancer Research" - All Business]</ref> The donation helped establish the [[Vattikuti Urology Institute]] (VUI) and would allow Menon's team to explore minimally invasive means of treating prostate cancer. <br> Menon and the staff at the VUI developed robotic procedures in general (for example, for bladder and kidney cancer) and the prostatectomy in particular.<ref name=crain2>[http://www.crainsdetroit.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050214/SUB/502140853 "The Lure of Innovation" - Crain's Detroit Business]</ref> The robotic prostatectomy developed by Menon is called the "[[Vattikuti Institute Prostatectomy]]". Specialised laparoscopic instruments are used for the procedure.<ref name=crain2/><ref name=msnbc>[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3403901 Robots invade the operating room - NBC News]</ref> During the operation, images from a 3-D camera are projected to a remote console. The surgeons operates in virtual reality, observing the images on a screen. This technology serves to make the surgery less invasive and more precise. Menon has performed nearly 4,000 robotic prostatectomies<ref name=hfhs2>[http://www.henryford.com/body.cfm?id=41144 The Vattikuti Urology Institute at the Henry Ford Hospital] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922120318/http://henryford.com/body.cfm?id=41144 |date=2010-09-22 }}</ref> and is considered a world authority on the use robotic surgery for prostate cancer.<ref name=crain2/> Under the leadership of Dr. Menon, the VUI established the first ever robotic training program in the world; for prostatectomy in 2000,<ref>{{cite journal|pmid=12187196|year=2002|last1=Menon|first1=M|title=Laparoscopic and robot assisted radical prostatectomy: Establishment of a structured program and preliminary analysis of outcomes|journal=The Journal of Urology|volume=168|issue=3|pages=945–9|last2=Shrivastava|first2=A|last3=Tewari|first3=A|last4=Sarle|first4=R|last5=Hemal|first5=A|last6=Peabody|first6=J. O.|last7=Vallancien|first7=G|doi=10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64548-X}}</ref> for cystectomy in 2003 <ref>{{cite journal|pmid=15474598|year=2004|last1=Hemal|first1=A. K.|title=Robotic radical cystectomy and urinary diversion in the management of bladder cancer|journal=Urologic Clinics of North America|volume=31|issue=4|pages=719–29, viii|last2=Abol-Enein|first2=H|last3=Tewari|first3=A|last4=Shrivastava|first4=A|last5=Shoma|first5=A. M.|last6=Ghoneim|first6=M. A.|last7=Menon|first7=M|doi=10.1016/j.ucl.2004.06.009}}</ref> and for nephrectomy in 2006 <ref>{{cite journal|pmid=19955680|pmc=2808659|year=2009|last1=Patel|first1=M. N.|title=Robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy: Has it come of age?|journal=Indian Journal of Urology|volume=25|issue=4|pages=523–8|last2=Bhandari|first2=M|last3=Menon|first3=M|last4=Rogers|first4=C. G.|doi=10.4103/0970-1591.57929}}</ref> and most recently, in 2013, for kidney transplantation (trial ongoing).

In his years as Director of VUI, Menon has trained and mentored fellow surgeon, [[Ashutosh Tewari]]. To this day, Menon and Tewari collaborate on clinical manuscripts, research [[abstracts]], conference lectures, and other projects. Both surgeons have significantly influenced the field of robotic surgery as it applies to urology, refining patient outcomes as well as boosting the surgical robot industry.<ref>[https://money.cnn.com/2007/03/23/news/companies/intuitive_surgical/index.htm Intuitive Surgical Robot Ramping Up Sales of Robotic Surgical Arms]</ref>

In November 2011, Dr. Mani Menon was the keynote presenter and surgeon at prominent hospitals in six of India's major cities as part of the [[Vattikuti Foundation]] "Road Show". The Road Show was designed as a way to teach and inspire the medical community and public in India about the benefits of robotic surgery. The undertaking began in Gurgaon, and when it was over, two weeks later, 28 robotic procedures would demonstrate procedures in Urology and Gynecology to very interested audiences. Lectures and media interviews helped the public gain an understanding.<ref>[http://vfrsi.vattikutifoundation.com/highly-acclaimed-robotic-surgeon-mani-menon-visits-kolkata]</ref>

== Honors and awards ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Honor / Award
|-
|2016
|''[https://www.aagus.org/awards/keyes-award/ Keyes Medal] (2016)''
Awarded for "outstanding contributions in the advancement of Urology". This award is recognized as the greatest individual citation in the specialty by the [[American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons]]
|-
|2017
|''Menon Gold Medal''
Inaugural award of the [http://www.endourology.org/ Endourological Society] and Society of Urological Robotic Surgery
|-
|2017-2036
|Featured in ''[http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/many-voices-one-nation Many Voices, One Nation]''
A permanent exhibit at the [[National Museum of American History|Smithsonian National Museum of American History]]. This exhibition shows how the many voices of the American people have contributed to and continue to shape the nation.
|}

==See also==
*[[Vattikuti Urology Institute]]
*[[International Robotic Urology Symposium]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://manimenon.com Dr. Mani Menon's website]

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