Hospitals
Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare Deploys Robotic Bronchoscopy System for Lung Cancer Detection
Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare, part of the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS), has implemented the Ion robotic navigational bronchoscopy system from Intuitive Surgical. The technology is used for the minimally invasive biopsy of small lun…
By The Desk - Jordan Leahy·June 6, 2026
According to a June 4, 2026, announcement, the system provides patients in the Mohawk Valley region with local access to advanced lung diagnostics, which previously required travel to larger cities. Mark Crye, MD, director of the Thoracic Surgery program at MVHS, was featured in the health system's announcement about the new technology.