Worldwide Training and Education Surgical stapling, laparoscopy and new surgical approaches require highly specialized training to familiarize practitioners with new technology and to ensure patient safety. Harvard Medical School houses one of USSC's Centers of Excellence for training and research in minimally invasive surgery. USSC collaborates with some of the most prestigious academic institutions in the world to establish Centers of Excellence for training in many diverse disciplines. These centers are devoted to teaching residents and surgeons the use of new instrumentation, developing new technologies, conducting preclinical trials and other research projects. These multi-center studies also bring into sharper focus the cost benefits of a wide range of USSC’s products. The company’s technical sales force is a critical factor in its success. Their intensive training program is centered on developing technical proficiency with USSC’s products, combined with the basics of hospital economics, marketing and reimbursement. Part technician, part teacher and part business consultant, USSC’s representatives are playing a growing role in helping hospitals achieve better patient outcomes while reducing costs. USSC's representatives are playing a growing role in helping hospitals achieve better patient outcomes while reducing costs. As we enter the highly complex areas of cardiac surgery, interventional cardiology and spine surgery, USSC’s worldwide training capability enhances our competitive position. The company’s wholly-owned educational facilities include state-of-the-art centers in Elancourt, France and Fujinomiya, Japan, as well as at corporate headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut. USSC's web site and video teleconferencing, which links surgical suites worldwide, allow the transmission of knowledge about surgery to reach across the globe with unprecedented speed and ease. Korean sales trainees practice using laparoscopic instruments.

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