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Exploring the metaverse and its potential applications in healthcare
With Dr. Todd Ponsky & Dr. Rami Shaben · hosted by Dr. Tom Batch
Educational content from recorded physician discussions — not medical advice. Talk to your (or your child's) care team about your situation.
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Acute Cholecystitis
Todd Ponsky · 32 min · Published Jul 2026
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Update Course Rewind 2025: Updates in NEC Management
11 min · Published Jul 2026
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Pediatric Pre-Operative Bowel Prep
Todd Ponsky · 1 min · Published Jul 2026
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Journal of Pediatric Surgery Article Review: September 2021
Todd Ponsky · 11 min · Published Jul 2026
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22. HerniaTalk LIVE Q&A: Pediatric Hernias
Todd Ponsky · 59 min · Published Jul 2026
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ATLS 2021 Pediatric Surgery Update
Todd Ponsky · 16 min · Published Jul 2026
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Intestinal Atresia Types Explained: Grossfeld Classification for Pediatric Surgery
1 min · Published Sep 2026
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Derivation and validation of the Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia Severity (PedCAPS) score: A prospective cohort study
50 s · Published Sep 2026
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FETO for Late-Diagnosed Severe Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) at Cincinnati Children's with Dr. Beth Rymeski
4 min · Published Sep 2026
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Severe Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) Case: FETO Management & Unexpected Findings with Dr. Beth Rymeski
3 min · Published Sep 2026
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Fetoscopic Endoluminal Tracheal Occlusion (FETO) Procedure: Step-by-Step Guide with Dr. Beth Rymeski
4 min · Published Sep 2026
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Choledochal Cyst Types Explained: Pediatric Surgery Fundamentals
1 min · Published Sep 2026
What the experts said
Cincinnati Children's Hospital lab has been meeting in the surgical metaverse
Meeting in a metaverse workroom feels better than watching each other on a 2D Zoom meeting because you actually feel like you're in the room together
Metaverse is not a specific technology or space but a concept of Internet communication and information delivery
Metaverse is a highly interactive three-dimensional world where you can have different experiences with your own created avatar
Metaverse will give us new abilities that we don't normally have in real life
Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and many others are putting a lot of investment in metaverse technology
Potential healthcare opportunities for metaverse include surgical simulation
Potential healthcare opportunities for metaverse include surgical planning
Creating an environment of an operating room in metaverse could allow users to feel like they're really there
It is uncertain whether metaverse is just a passing trend or a future disruptive technology
Metaverse is a space similar to the Internet where people can engage with different types of media like virtual reality and augmented reality
Internet is something you can browse, but metaverse is somewhere you can live in under special circumstances
In metaverse you can meet with new people around the world, get together with real life friends, meet colleagues, and have meetings
A late 2021 survey of global internet users found that the biggest advantage of metaverse is overcoming the obstacles that prevent us to do something in our real life
The second advantage of metaverse according to the survey is enhancing creativity and imagination