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Published on: 1/7/2004
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Rob Sanchez
Rob founded Surgical Training Aids in 1986 in response to the growing need for expertise in surgical skills by non-surgical health care professionals.
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Sanchez received his own surgical training from the U.S. Navy and the many surgeons with whom he worked.After his discharge, he planted roots in Denver and quickly developed a reputation as an excellent surgical assistant.
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Inspired by the challenge, Sanchez evaluated what he would need to provide such training.Pigs feet were the standard suturing and tying medium for practicing students.But procedurally, they didn't offer the opportunity to emulate the tissue layers and inherent circulatory concerns associated with various common procedures.Sanchez chose to create his own surgical models.He used materials that were not only accurately represented the characterics of the organic and tissue layers, but appropriately responded to a surgeons tools to mirror the actual steps in a procedure.The training results were so remarkable that Sanchez was invited to hold workshops not only in Colorado but throughout the United States.
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During the earliest days of surgical-model making, Sanchez enlisted his young son Rob to assist him in manufacturing and assembling the models.The interest stuck.Rob Sanchez became a licensed CSA/FA himself and continued to assist his father in building models and in teaching workshops.Together they have criss-crossed the country providing workshop participants with the skills and expertise appreciated by surgeons.
Today, Rob Sanchez runs the daily operations of Surgical Training Aids and trains participants alongside his dad.