Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

🇺🇸 US

Papers

376

Total Citations

11,156

H-Index

53

Researchers

596

About

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai stands as a premier academic medical institution with a robust and clinically grounded research program at the intersection of surgical robotics, artificial intelligence, and translational medicine. The institution has built a distinguished reputation for advancing minimally invasive surgical technologies and their real-world application across multiple specialties, from urology and head and neck oncology to orthopedics, pulmonology, and spinal surgery. Mount Sinai's contributions to robotic surgery are both foundational and far-reaching. Researchers here were among the earliest to rigorously evaluate transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for head and neck cancers, generating landmark multi-institutional studies that validated its oncologic efficacy and shaped clinical guidelines worldwide. Their work on robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and partial nephrectomy has similarly defined best practices, with pioneering research on 3D virtual reality surgical planning models demonstrating measurable improvements in patient outcomes. These studies have collectively garnered thousands of citations, underscoring their formative influence on the global surgical community. Beyond the operating room, Mount Sinai investigators have made significant strides in rehabilitation robotics—particularly powered exoskeletons for spinal cord injury—and in integrating AI and machine learning into surgical decision-making. The institution's affiliation with the Library of Integrated Network-Based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) NIH program further reflects its commitment to large-scale, systems-level biomedical discovery. For prospective students and collaborators, Mount Sinai offers an intellectually dynamic environment where clinical innovation and computational rigor converge. Its multidisciplinary research ecosystem, spanning surgical simulation, predictive nomograms, and robotic bronchoscopy, makes it an ideal partner for those seeking to shape the next generation of intelligent, precision-guided medicine.

Research Focus

Key Achievements

53
H-Index
376
Papers
11,156
Total Citations
596
Faculty & Researchers
🏆 Most Cited Paper
The Library of Integrated Network-Based Cellular Signatures NIH Program: System-Level Cataloging of Human Cells Response to Perturbations
447 citations · 2017
📊 Avg Citations/Paper: 30
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2023 (47)
🔬 Research Focus: Medicine, Surgery, Internal medicine, Cancer, General surgery, Urology

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