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
Top Papers
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- 2A consensus document on robotic surgery406 citations · 2007
- 3Oncologic Outcomes After Transoral Robotic Surgery304 citations · 2015
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- 6Robotic Rehabilitation and Spinal Cord Injury: a Narrative Review213 citations · 2018
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- 10Transoral robotic resection and reconstruction for head and neck cancer163 citations · 2011
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