Girl Scouts from NYC Troop 3302 paid a visit to Mount Sinai.
Physicians and staff from the Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology in January hosted separate visits from two groups of youngsters from Battery Park City—Girl Scout Troop 3302 and fourth graders from P.S. 276—who gathered in the Guggenheim Pavilion to learn about robotic surgery.
The children were able to test some of the equipment used in surgical procedures, and Ketan K. Badani, MD, Vice Chair, Department of Urology and Robotic Operations and Director of Robotics at Mount Sinai West, and Vannita Simma-Chiang, MD, Assistant Professor of Urology, were on hand to answer their questions. The Girl Scouts, an organization committed to preparing girls for leadership, encourages its members to explore different aspects of science, technology, engineering, and math through its “fun with purpose” K-12 curriculum.