Dr. Mani Menon's Lab Coat
notes: label: Description
content: This lab coat belonged to Dr. Mani Menon, an Indian American surgeon trained in India and the United States. His professional career led him to Detroit, Michigan. Together with Raj Vattikuti and Dr. Mahendra Bhandari, they established the Vattikuti Urology Institute to innovate robotic surgery. By implementing robotic surgery, the recovery time and results of many patients have significantly improved. Since his first robotic prostatectomy at the Vattikuti Urology Institute, Dr. Menon has worked to become known worldwide for pioneering robotic surgery for prostate cancer and many of his innovations have made robotic prostatectomy the surgical standard in handling prostate cancer patients.
place: label: Associated Place
content: India
topic: label: Subject
content: Immigrants
label: Subject
content: Medical
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0266.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0266
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0266.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lab coat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton; ; synthetic fibers (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 109 cm x 69 cm; 42 29/32 in x 27 5/32 in