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Paul Szotek Jr., MD, General Surgery, Carmel, IN

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General Surgery Carmel, IN

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Indiana Hernia Center Chairman |Medical Director Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery | Marion University College of Osteopathic Medicine

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  • Office

    13434 Meridian St
    Ste 280
    Carmel, IN 46032
    Phone+1 317-868-1305
    Fax+1 317-645-1477

Summary

  • I am a Board Certified General Surgeon specializing in Acute Care Surgery and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction / Complex Ventral Hernia Repair.

    We did the first case using Google Glass in the OR in the state of Indiana in Feb 2014.

    We also did the first case combining a vetted Facebook page for the International Hernia Collaboration (with Brian Jacob, MD) and Google Glass for intra-operative real time global crowdsourcing and real-time POV mentoring.

    We are currently developing a HIPAA Compliant fully secured platform for combined crowdsourcing and Telementoring. We recently performed the first live stream VR hernia surgery to Australia.

Education & Training

  • Indiana University School of Medicine
    Indiana University School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 2002 - 2010
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, 2004 - 2007
  • Indiana University School of Medicine
    Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 2002
  • Indiana University
    Indiana UniversityB.S., Biology, 1994 - 1998

Certifications & Licensure

  • IN State Medical License
    IN State Medical License 2007 - 2025
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2010 - 2012
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Resident Teaching Award, Department of Surgery Indiana University, 2014
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification MEDENT EMR/EHR, Community Computer Service, Inc., 2011
  • Silver Performance Award for Excellence in Clinical Teamwork Clarian Health, 2009
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Mesh Conundrum: Predicting How Implants Will Behave in Patients  
    Stern, V., Badylak, S., Conze, J., Kling, U., Ramshaw, B., Faylona J., Martindale, R., Szotek, P, General Surgery News, 1/1/2015
  • Google Glass and Health Care: Initial Legal and Ethical Questions  
    Nicholas P. Terry, Chad S. Priest, and Paul P. Szotek, J Health & Life Sci, 1/1/2015
  • Ventral Hernia Repair: State of the Art, Current Challenges, and Future Directions  
    Belyansky I., Bhanot P., Chen D.C., DeNoto III , G., Ferzoco, S.J., Janis J.E, Liang M.K., Martindale R.G., Nahabedian M., Novitsky Y.W., Richmond B.K., and Szotek, P.P., General News: Special Report, 1/1/2013
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Intra-OPerateive Flourescence Angiography using Indocyanaine Green May predict and prevent wound complications in complex AWR
    Megha, R., Szotek, PP, World Hernia Conference, Milan, Italy, 1/28/2015
  • Intra-OPerateive Flourescence Angiography using Indocyanaine Green May predict and prevent wound complications in complex
    Megha, R., Szotek, PP, AWR World Hernia Conference, Milan, Italy, 1/28/2015
  • Reducing Surgical Site Infection Following Primary Laparotomy Wound Closure in Emergencey & Elective General Surgery
    Gayed, B., Szotek PP, SAGES, Nashville, TN, 1/15/2015
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Lectures

  • Wearable Tech, Telementoring, & Crowdsourcing: A Paradigm Shift in Medical Training? 
    Amsterdam, Netherlands - 1/29/2015
  • Wearable Tech in the OR: What every surgeon must have right now: Telementoring + Crowdsourcing = Success? 
    Milan, Italy - 1/28/2015
  • Wearable Tech in Medicine: Track to Bedside 
    Toronto, Canada - 1/28/2015
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Other

  • Google Glass in Surgery: Surgery goes sci-fi as IU Health trauma surgeon and Google Glass Explorer Dr. Paul Szotek takes this technology into surgery. 
    Szotek, P
    www.youtube.com
    1/29/2014
  • IU Health first in Indiana to Google Glass in surgery. 
    Szotek, P, IU Health Pulse Page Newsletter
    1/23/2014
  • 5 Hospitals Using, Piloting Google Glass. Google Glass to live-stream hernia repair and abdominal wall March 13, 2014 Reconstruction surgery , Las Vegas - Americas Her... 
    Szotek, P
    Internetmedicine.com
    1/2/2014

Authored Content

  • Swiss Army Scalpel: Telehealth and the Surgical Practice of the FutureJune 2017
  • Swiss Army Scalpel: Telehealth and the Surgical Practice of the FutureJune 2017
  • Swiss Army Scalpel: Telehealth and the Surgical Practice of the FutureJune 2017

Press Mentions

  • TELA Bio® Announces New Data on Use of OviTex in a Range of Hernia Repair Applications, Including Novel ReBAR (Reinforced Biologic Augmented Repair) Technique
    TELA Bio® Announces New Data on Use of OviTex in a Range of Hernia Repair Applications, Including Novel ReBAR (Reinforced Biologic Augmented Repair) TechniqueSeptember 13th, 2021
  • TELA Bio, Inc. Announces Poster Presentations at the 2020 Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium (MISS)
    TELA Bio, Inc. Announces Poster Presentations at the 2020 Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium (MISS)June 15th, 2020
  • Google Glass Is Back, but for These People the AR Wearable Never Went Away
    Google Glass Is Back, but for These People the AR Wearable Never Went AwayAugust 12th, 2017
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Professional Memberships

Industry Relationships

  • Chief Medical Advisor, Hodei TechnologyAdvising on the development of a wearable tech (Google Glass, Atheer, ODG, etc ) platform for Telementoring and crowdsourcing consultations.Disclosure: I do not currently receive any payment and all advisory work is pro-Bono.2014 - 2015
  • Consultant, NovadaqSpy Fluorescence Imaging SpeakerDisclosure: consulting fees2013 - 2015