Camran Nezhat

Camran Nezhat, MD, FACOG, FACS is a world-renowned minimally invasive and robotic surgeon specializing in endometriosis. Widely recognized as the father of modern-day surgery, he invented and pioneered video-assisted endoscopy, which has revolutionized surgery by replacing many open procedures with safer, less invasive techniques that continue to benefit millions worldwide. In 2020, Dr. Nezhat received the American Medical Association’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, for his trailblazing contributions to the science and art of medicine. AMA President Susan R. Bailey, MD, praised him as an innovator whose work “has fundamentally changed contemporary surgery and opened a path for surgeons around the world to help their patients.” Dr. Nezhat was the first to perform many of the most advanced laparoscopic and robotic-assisted procedures, proving that most surgeries once requiring large incisions could be performed via video-laparoscopy. In the 1970s and 1980s, he began exp