Guide to Complex Interventional Endoscopic Procedures

Kelly Esponda is a Certified Senior Endoscopy Technician with over 15 years of OR and Endoscopy experience. A graduate of NYU Associates Surgical Technologist program, she worked in the operating room at Memorial Sloan Ketterings SDH center until she saw the light of the Endoscope. Truly fascinated by an ever-growing specialty she was fortunate enough to find herself working along side Dr. Michel Kahahel at Weill Cornell NY Presbyterian Hospital’s Endoscopy Suite where she quickly became part of his team and essentially his “right” hand. She has worked with Dr. Kahahel for the past 10 years, following him to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. Kelly was a professor in third space and POEM courses held in Posadas, Argentina, where she taught and trained endoscopy staff. She was named Director of the Nurses and Technician course held in Reynosa Mexico leading to her getting invited to La Paz, Bolivia where she helped to build their endoscopic myotemy program. In addition, she trained the staff on Pancreatic and Biliary Ablation in Seoul, Korea. Kelly works tirelessly to train and orient new staff all over the world on these cutting edge procedures. 

Stephanie Shea is a Registered Nurse with over 18 years of experience.Stephanie is the Director of Operations over the bustling state-of-the-art Endoscopy suite at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. In her current position she is responsible for leading multiple health care disciplines including nurses, physicians, APNs, PAs, Radiology Technicians and nursing assistants. She works with other hospital leadership to develop strategic plans to operate and grow the Endoscopy suite and it’s services. She collaborates with physicians on a daily basis to provide support and resources to care for populations and at a higher level to foster the units’ growth and development by bringing in new medical devices and using evidence based practice to further create a climate of change to successfully implement change in a rapidly growing unit.