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Tyler R. Grenda is a thoracic surgeon and researcher whose work sits at the intersection of surgical innovation, video-based education, and patient-centered outcomes. His primary research areas include minimally invasive thoracic surgery—particularly video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and robotic-assisted approaches—as well as surgical quality improvement and medical education. Grenda’s most influential work, “Using Surgical Video to Improve Technique and Skill” (71 citations), helped establish video review as a tool for refining intraoperative performance, moving quality improvement beyond perioperative metrics into the operating room itself. He has made significant contributions to comparative effectiveness research, demonstrating that VATS lobectomy yields higher long-term quality of life than robotic-assisted lobectomy (26 citations), and that conventional and robotic transhiatal esophagectomy produce similar quality-of-life outcomes (12 citations). Grenda also investigates safety and feasibility in high-risk settings, including robotic lobectomy after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy and robotic pneumonectomy. His work on wedge resection outcomes and margin positivity after lung surgery further underscores his commitment to optimizing surgical technique. Through studies spanning robotic first rib resection for thoracic outlet syndrome and innovations in the general surgery clerkship, Grenda continues to shape both clinical practice and surgical education.