The Advanced Medical Technology Institute (AMTI) is housed at the Milton and Carroll Petrie Division of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, NY.

AMTI is dedicated to the assimilation of technological advances into medical training and treatment - "REACHING EXCELLENCE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY."

AMTI is an innovative center for education and research that is bringing state-of-the-art medical technology to surgical procedures worldwide, while maintaining it's commitment to serve patients and improve health care delivery.

The goal of the AMTI is to define new boundaries of technology and health care delivery intersection, academically validate new applications and deploy state-of-the-art clinical services. The vision of AMTI is one of global health care delivery.

Dr. James "Butch" Rosser, Jr. is the Director of AMTI, the Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center, and Professor of Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. For more information on Dr. Rosser and his staff, please click here.

AMTI is comprised of 4 key pillars:

Cyber-Based Education
AMTI conducts ongoing training and education programs utilizing the most state-of-the-art technology and techniques. AMTI offers cutting-edge skill training for surgeons to enhance the safest use of minimally invasive or laparoscopic procedures. Courses include the infamous Top Gun Laparoscopic Skills and Suturing Program and the Telemedicine Empowerment Course.

Telemedicine
Dr. James C. Rosser has extensive experience in telemedical applications and techniques. He is currently teamed up with Stryker Communications teaching Telemedicine Empowerment Courses.

Research and Development
The R&D currently underway at AMTI is focused on cyber-based education strategies and techniques that have the potential to decreases medical errors and deaths through skill acquisition. Innovative projects include the use of a video game warm-up to enhance surgical skill acquisition.

Minimally Invasive Surgery (Laparoscopy)
Dr. James C. Rosser not only teaches advanced laparosopic procedures, but he utilizes them in his practice as well. For a complete list of procedures performed by Dr. Rosser, please click here. (Please note that you will be leaving this site: www.rosseramti.com.)