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Surgical Simulation and Training

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Ahmed Kerwan
Jahangirnagar University
2
Catrin Sohrabi
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
3
Gaurang Bansal
National University of Singapore
4
Kavyanjali Reddy
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
5
Vuthea Chheang
San Jose State University
6
Carlo Andrea Bravi
Northampton General Hospital
7
Dani Kiyasseh
University of Oxford
8
Sanat Ramesh
University of Verona
9
Nicolas Wenk
University of Rostock
10
Danilo Gasques
Sanford Broadway Medical Center

Rising Stars Papers

1
Revised Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guideline: An Update for the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Premier journal of science.|2025
614 cit.
2
Transforming Conversations with AI—A Comprehensive Study of ChatGPT
Cognitive Computation|2024
140 cit.
3
Towards Anatomy Education with Generative AI-based Virtual Assistants in Immersive Virtual Reality Environments
Unknown Journal|2024
102 cit.
4
Revolutionizing Visuals: The Role of Generative AI in Modern Image Generation
ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications|2024
71 cit.
5
Advanced liver surgery training in collaborative VR environments
Computers & Graphics|2024
28 cit.
6
A framework for evaluating clinical artificial intelligence systems without ground-truth annotations
Nature Communications|2024
20 cit.
7
Enabling additive manufacturing part inspection of digital twins via collaborative virtual reality
Scientific Reports|2024
15 cit.
8
Achieving Secure and Reliable UAV Authentication: A Shamir's Secret Sharing Based Approach
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering|2024
14 cit.
9
A Virtual Environment for Collaborative Inspection in Additive Manufacturing
Unknown Journal|2024
11 cit.
10
Patterns of adoption of different robotic systems at tertiary care institutions in the early dissemination phase: a junior ERUS/YAU working group in robotic surgery study
Journal of Robotic Surgery|2024
8 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Rebeka Silva
University of California, San Francisco
2
Raj Satkunasivam
Methodist Hospital
3
Samuel P. Mandell
Parkland Memorial Hospital
4
Danya Stone
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
5
Angela María Rivera
Virginia Mason Medical Center
6
Haitao Niu
Qingdao University
7
Mathias Unberath
Johns Hopkins University
8
Julián Varas
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
9
Daniel A. Hashimoto
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
10
Anthony Ellertson
Boise State University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Surgeon Sex and Long-Term Postoperative Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Common Surgeries
JAMA Surgery|2023
249 cit.
2
Application of Improved Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Telesurgery with 5G Technology in Urology
European Urology|2022
120 cit.
3
Synthetic data accelerates the development of generalizable learning-based algorithms for X-ray image analysis
Nature Machine Intelligence|2023
110 cit.
4
Twin-S: a digital twin for skull base surgery
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery|2023
74 cit.
5
SAGE: SLAM with Appearance and Geometry Prior for Endoscopy
2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)|2022
44 cit.
6
Development of a CAFs-related gene signature to predict survival and drug response in bladder cancer
Human Cell|2022
42 cit.
7
Artificial intelligence in laparoscopic simulation: a promising future for large-scale automated evaluations
Surgical Endoscopy|2022
40 cit.
8
Remote and asynchronous training network: from a SAGES grant to an eight-country remote laparoscopic simulation training program
Surgical Endoscopy|2022
37 cit.
9
Application of 5G technology to conduct tele‐surgical robot‐assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy
International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery|2022
35 cit.
10
A Fully Differentiable Framework for 2D/3D Registration and the Projective Spatial Transformers
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging|2023
33 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Ara Darzi
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
2
Richard M. Satava
University of Washington
3
Gerald M. Fried
McGill-Queen's University Press
4
Guang‐Zhong Yang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
5
Teodor Grantcharov
Raytheon Technologies (Finland)
6
Nassir Navab
Technical University of Munich
7
Sanziana A. Roman
Centro de Implantología Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial
8
Daniel J. Scott
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
9
Michael O’Brien
University of Ottawa
10
Vipin Bansal
Chandigarh University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Virtual Reality Training Improves Operating Room Performance
Annals of Surgery|2002
2.8k cit.
2
Randomized clinical trial of virtual reality simulation for laparoscopic skills training
British journal of surgery|2004
1.2k cit.
3
Virtual Reality Simulation for the Operating Room
Annals of Surgery|2005
1.1k cit.
4
A global assessment tool for evaluation of intraoperative laparoscopic skills
The American Journal of Surgery|2005
906 cit.
5
Structure-Preserving Color Normalization and Sparse Stain Separation for Histological Images
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging|2016
814 cit.
6
Proving the Value of Simulation in Laparoscopic Surgery
Annals of Surgery|2004
813 cit.
7
Laparoscopic training on bench models: better and more cost effective than operating room experience?1
Journal of the American College of Surgeons|2000
735 cit.
8
Medical robotics—Regulatory, ethical, and legal considerations for increasing levels of autonomy
Science Robotics|2017
689 cit.
9
Preparing for Precision Medicine
New England Journal of Medicine|2012
677 cit.
10
AggNet: Deep Learning From Crowds for Mitosis Detection in Breast Cancer Histology Images
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging|2016
625 cit.

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