There’s no doubt there are plenty of quality surgeons in the Houston area. But Dr. Brian Harkins has found plenty of ways to not only stand out as a skilled surgeon but also as someone who remains fully focused on making the medical community and his region a better place. Dr. Harkins is considered one […]
The Lesson From the Robotic Prostate In 2003, prostate surgery was an open procedure. Only 1% was done laparoscopically and 4% was done robotically. The interesting thing about that is that in 2003 we were 15 years into the laparoscopic era while only 3 years into the robotic era. Yet, already four times more procedures […]
Another First for Tomball Regional Medical Center As proven leaders in robotic surgery, Tomball Regional Medical Center and Dr. Brian Harkins has accomplished yet another milestone!!! Single-Site surgery on the Da Vinci Xi robot premiered at TRMC on May 4, 2016. Dr. Harkins accomplished the first Single-Site cholecystectomy on the Xi in Houston… in Texas… […]
M. Brian Harkins, MD, FACS | 31 January 2016 | Issue 2 General Surgery…The Fastest Growing Specialty in Robotic Surgical Procedures! Tomball leads the way in the Greater Houston Area Tomball Regional Medical Center has become the first hospital in the Greater Houston Area to have two of the latest Da Vinci Xi robotic surgical systems […]
Las Vegas Nevada is the site for this year’s Worldwide Sales Meeting for Intuitive Surgical, the maker of the Da Vinci Xi Robotic Surgical System. Dr. Brian Harkins is one of a select group of surgeons who has been invited to be in attendance as a “Surgeon Expert” to help educate and provide the surgeon’s […]
M. Brian Harkins, MD, FACS | 30 August 2015 | Volume 1, Issue 1 Know the Facts! Your Patients Will Be Asking! Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopy… An Evolving Standard in Minimally Invasive Surgery Its too expensive! Its adding technology without adding benefit! It will never last!…Robotic Surgery? No! Those were pushback comments in the early 1990’s about the […]
A new robotic-assisted surgical system is paving the way for improved patient outcome statistics at the Tomball Regional Medical Center. TRMC purchased and implemented the new robotic surgical platform in 2014. Dr. Brian Harkins, a surgeon at Tomball Regional Medical Center, said he has carried out the second highest number of general surgery cases using […]
Susan Caesar is about to perform a minimally invasive procedure using a robot. It’s her first time and she’s not even a doctor. She actually works at Hewlett Packard. “Two small movements and I learned how it reacted to my movements. I was picking up the little circles and putting them on the cones so […]
Dr. Brian M Harkins
455 School St. Bldg. 1, Suite 10
Tomball, Texas 77375
Phone: 281.351.5409
Fax: 281.351.2803
