The Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery program is an ARIS initiative aimed at patient safety and quality improvement available to all robotic surgeons and facilities across the globe. The COE program reflects the specific needs of surgical patients and the unique roles and responsibilities of robotic surgery providers.

Safe patient care is the result of both the individual surgeon and the facility where the surgery is performed. The COE certification is therefore awarded to a facility and its associated surgeons who have successfully completed the designation process, which enables patients to distinguish providers who have met the state-of-the-art requirements with regards to volume, manpower and facility for delivering high-quality perioperative and long-term follow-up care.