# Maestro at Jacksonville: deployment

Canonical ID: `8fee4ed7-95d2-4366-8529-3b20ea935a36`

Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Florida became the first US site to use the Moon Surgical Maestro system clinically, in September 2023. Three surgeons from North Florida Surgeons performed sleeve gastrectomy procedures over a week using the Maestro two-arm robotic assistant for stable camera holding and organ retraction. The US deployment followed a period of European pilot experience spanning more than 200 patients at two European sites.

## Footage

- **video** (deployment): [Maestro Overview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuplMN-VpCU). _Courtesy of Moon Surgical_. Moon Surgical's overview of its Maestro surgical-assistance system. Maestro is operated by the surgical team; its ScoPilot feature automates scope and camera movement, not the surgery.

## Key facts

- **Operator:** Baptist Health, Jacksonville FL
- **Procedures:** Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (bariatric)
- **First US cases:** September 2023
- **Surgeons:** North Florida Surgeons (Hodgett, Morgenthal, Rose)

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-12_

- **Slug:** moon-maestro-jacksonville
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Maestro](/models/moon-maestro.md) (id: `d1fd6d55-bf1a-45e2-9612-d40019d2d867`)
- **Company:** [Moon Surgical](/companies/moon-surgical.md) (id: `392e4009-60dd-429d-b989-033a7d4de53d`)
- **Location:** [Jacksonville](/locations/jacksonville.md) (id: `9312faf6-9b80-4f69-943c-3c8537a22d18`)
- **First seen:** 2023-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **Moon Surgical Announces First Clinical Cases in the U.S. Using Maestro System** · https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230926938682/en/Moon-Surgical-Announces-First-Clinical-Cases-in-the-U.S.-Using-Maestro-System · 2023-09-26
2. **First U.S. clinical cases performed with Moon Surgical's Maestro surgical robot** · https://www.massdevice.com/first-cases-moon-surgical-maestro-surgical-robot/ · 2023-09-26

## Common questions

### What is the Maestro deployment at Jacksonville?

Maestro, built by Moon Surgical, is recorded as a deployment at Jacksonville on the DEPLOY registry. Moon Surgical operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Maestro at Jacksonville?

Moon Surgical, the manufacturer of Maestro, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Maestro deployment at Jacksonville go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting September 26, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Maestro deployment at Jacksonville?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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