UB Rise

UB RISE is a cutting-edge facility located on the sixth and seventh floors of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building. It is one of the largest full-service, non-commercial medical simulation centers with this breadth of training opportunities in the country.

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Resources & Equipment

  • laparoscopic trainer carts
  • Stryker laparoscopic surgical tower with monitor, processor, light source, insufflator
  • Megadyne tissue cutters
  • Argon beamer
  • “inanimates”
  • GoPros
  • VirtaMed simulator
  • Touch of Life Technologies stand with computer and Rexroth hookup
  • Arthrex arthroscopy towers
  • Elmd-500 CGF Health System
  • Mariner Endosurgery machine
  • Cameras in surgical lights
  • 72-inch touchscreen monitors linked together and connected to internet
  • 21 stations available with ceiling surgical lights, power and gas supply lines for oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and vacuum — setup can be changed for different training requirements to allow groups to be working separately or at the same time
  • Access to the Gross Anatomy Flex Labs that can accommodate 34 surgical tables per training session