Live From Surgery
Liberty Science Center's Live From Surgery program offers students a unique opportunity to peer into an operating room and interact with medical experts. This powerful learning experience exposes students to careers in biotechnology and medical science. Live From Surgery sessions can be experienced at Liberty Science Center or transmitted into classrooms virtually. See the video conference technical requirements.
During each Live From Surgery session, students will view a procedure, communicate with the doctors, and make close observations of surgical instruments. During Meet the Surgeon sessions, a heart transplant surgeon or pediatric orthopedic surgeon will join live and present students with recorded footage from one of their procedures and discuss their career paths.
Our Live From Plus program takes the experience to the next level by enhancing your surgical session with a 45-60-minute laboratory workshop that brings medical science to life. Choose to add a session on real-life lab skills, healthcare career exploration, or another focus.
Live From Surgery, Meet the Surgeon, and Live From Plus sessions must be booked in advance. Please note that space in individual programs is open to multiple schools/organizations. These programs have the potential to sell out, so secure your spot now! Please also note that live surgeries may be transitioned to a taped surgery due to a cancellation or postponement of the scheduled surgery. Participants will be notified in advance when possible.
Email us at partnerships@lsc.org for more details or fill out our info form to make a reservation. An LSC team member will respond to you soon!
Note: When hospitals are busy, surgeries scheduled for Live From Surgery connections with operating rooms in our partner institutions may be rescheduled with little notice. Please note if the hospital reschedules a procedure, LSC will be ready to present a taped surgery.
Upcoming Dates
Live From Surgery: Robotic Surgery
2.5 hours
The Hackensack University Medical Center collaborates with Liberty Science Center to show students of all ages the innovative use of technology in robotic surgery. Students can see a live robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery performed by Dr. Michael Stifelman and his team. Robotic surgery uses a surgical robot to allow surgeons to offer more patients the benefits of laparoscopic surgery, such as performing complex surgeries with fewer incisions.
LSC'S Live From Surgery enables students to ask our surgical team questions while they view the team performing an operation via video teleconferencing technology.
See the list below for dates:
October 16, 2023
November 20, 2023December 18, 2023 SOLD OUT
January 17, 2024February 21, 2024
March 18, 2024 (note: this program will be held live in Neptune, NJ)April 15, 2024 Onsite Program Sold Out; Virtual Program Still Available!
May 20, 2024 (Virtual Only!)
June 17, 2024
Live From Surgery: Kidney Transplant
2.5 hours
In partnership with the Renal Transplant Division at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center under the RWJBarnabas Health system, Liberty Science Center offers live viewing of adult or pediatric kidney transplants. Students can watch surgeons perform live kidney transplants while surgeons provide educational information about treatment options, understanding transplantation, how to find a donor, and maintaining a healthy organ after transplant.
LSC'S Live From Surgery enables students to ask our surgical team questions while they view the team performing an operation via video teleconferencing technology.
See the list below for dates:
October 10, 2023 SOLD OUTOctober 24, 2023 SOLD OUT
November 14, 2023
November 28, 2023
December 12, 2023 (note: this program will be held live in Neptune, NJ)
January 9, 2024
January 23, 2024February 13, 2024 SOLD OUTFebruary 27, 2024 SOLD OUTMarch 12, 2024 Onsite Program Sold Out; Virtual Program Still Available!March 26, 2024 Onsite Program Sold Out; Virtual Program Still Available!April 9, 2024 SOLD OUTApril 23, 2024 Onsite Program Sold Out; Virtual Program Still Available!
May 7, 2024
May 21, 2024 Available Onsite With Limited Seating
June 11, 2024
Live From Cardiac Surgery
2.5 hours
Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at Morristown Medical Center collaborates with Liberty Science Center to produce Live From Cardiac Classroom, an educational program that allows middle and high school students to watch open-heart bypass surgery as it happens in real-time. Students in the classroom can ask the surgical team questions while they view the team performing an operation.
See the list below for dates:
December 8, 2023January 12, 2024 SOLD OUTFebruary 9, 2024 SOLD OUTMarch 8, 2024 SOLD OUTApril 12, 2024 SOLD OUT
May 10, 2024 On-Site Program Sold Out; Virtual Program Still Available!
June 14, 2024
Live From Neurosurgery
3 hours
Learn about delicate neurosurgery performed to extract tumors from the brain or spinal column or repairing spinal column damage from the surgical team at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, NJ. Hear about surgical procedure, risk factors, and careers in medicine.
See the list below for dates:
November 16, 2023January 18, 2024 Onsite Program Sold Out; Virtual Program Still Available!February 15, 2024 Onsite Program Sold Out; Virtual Program Still Available!March 21, 2024 Onsite Program Sold Out; Virtual Program Still Available!April 18, 2024 Onsite Program Sold Out; Virtual Program Still Available!
May 16, 2024
Meet the Surgeon: Heart Transplant
2.5 hours
Learn about heart transplant surgery from a real surgeon! Interact with heart transplant surgeon, Dr. Margarita Camacho, MD, as she shares real-life experiences from the operating room. Hear about heart transplants, heart failure, organ donors, and mechanical heart surgeries that save thousands of people a year.
Dr. Camacho is the Surgical Director of the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Heart Transplant Program, an RWJBarnabas Health facility.
See the list below for dates:
October 11, 2023
October 25, 2023
November 8, 2023
December 13, 2023
January 10, 2024
January 24, 2024
February 14, 2024
February 28, 2024March 13, 2024 Onsite Program Sold Out; Virtual Program Still Available!
April 10, 2024
April 24, 2024
May 8, 2024
May 22, 2024
June 12, 2024
Meet the Surgeon: Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
2.5 hours
Learn about pediatric orthopedic surgery from a real surgeon! Interact with pediatric orthopedist, Dr. Samara Friedman, MD, as she describes her experiences in the surgical room. Hear about adolescent bone, joint, and muscle conditions and particular surgeries they performed.
Dr. Friedman is also affiliated with Morristown Medical Center, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Overlook Medical Center, and Short Hills Surgery Center.
See the list below for dates:
October 6, 2023
November 3, 2023
December 1, 2023
January 5, 2024February 2, 2024 SOLD OUTMarch 1, 2024 April 5, 2024 SOLD OUT
May 3, 2024
June 7, 2024
Live From Plus: Microbes Rule! A Virtual Exhibition Tour
Enhance your session with this optional add-on!
Take a virtual tour through LSC's Microbes Rule! exhibition. Step inside a giant microscope lens and discover these organisms in a whole new way. Explore how the overwhelming majority of microbes are beneficial to us and essential to our survival through stunning art and groundbreaking technology.
Microbes Rule! A Virtual Exhibition Tour can be added to any Live From Surgery session.
Live From Plus: Bacteria Detective
Enhance your session with this optional add-on!
They’re microscopic, mighty, and play a key role in life all over our planet. Learn to distinguish groups of bacteria using digital materials to simulate gram staining techniques and identify specimens.
Bacteria Detective can be added to any Live From Surgery session.
Live From Plus: Beat the Next Pandemic
Enhance your session with this optional add-on!
A new virus is spreading across the globe. In this program, students act as healthcare providers, diagnosing four patients who have arrived at their clinics complaining of flu-like symptoms using the application of gel electrophoresis.
Beat the Next Pandemic can be added to any Live From Surgery session.
