Handbook of Robotic Surgery

Stênio de Cássio Zequi is chairman of the Urologic Department and the Referral Center for Urological Tumors, and coordinator of theRobotic Surgery Program at Center at A.C.Camargo Cancer Center, in São Paulo, Brazil.He has experience in Urological Surgery and Urology Oncology, Robotics, and HIFU, and is interested in research into prognostic factorsand epidemiological factors in urologic cancer. Dr. Zequi is an editorial board member of leading scientific journals and associations such asthe KCA Journal (Kidney Cancer Journal), and is an Associate Editor of the International Brazilian Journal of Urology. He is a member of theAUA-American Urological Association, SIU- Société Internationale D’ Urologie, and the Brazilian Society of Urology. He is a peer reviewerof international medical journals and a member of the American Urological Association (AUA), Endourological Society, and Director of theBrazilian Society of Urology, as well as an author of scientific publications and book chapters or editions. Zequi is an associate professor ofsurgery-urology at the Medicine School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, and is a tutor at the Graduate Schools ofAntonio Prudente Foundation (A.C.Camargo Cancer Center) and at Escola Paulista de Medicina-Division of Urology, Department of Surgery,Federal University of São Paulo.

Hongliang Ren is an associate professor at the Electronic Engineering Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong and adjunct associate professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore. He served as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Automation Science & Engineering (T-ASE) and Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing (MBEC). He has navigated his academic journey through the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Johns Hopkins University, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Children’s National Medical Center, United States, and the National University of Singapore. He is currently Associate Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering at the National University of Singapore. His areas of interest include biorobotics, intelligent control, medical mechatronics, soft continuum robots, soft sensors, and multisensory learning in medical robotics.