Julien Dagenais
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About
Julien Dagenais is a urologic surgeon and researcher whose work has profoundly shaped the understanding and practice of partial nephrectomy, particularly in the rapidly evolving landscape of robotic-assisted surgery. His research focuses on minimally invasive urologic oncology, kidney cancer surgery, and surgical education — areas where his contributions have earned substantial recognition within the urology community. Dagenais has made significant strides in demonstrating the safety and efficacy of robotic partial nephrectomy across increasingly challenging clinical scenarios, including highly complex renal masses (95 citations), hilar tumors, multifocal tumors, and cases requiring cold ischemia. His work on excisional precision illuminated how the volume of healthy tissue removed during partial nephrectomy directly influences long-term renal function — a finding with important implications for surgical technique. He has also investigated predictors of positive surgical margins and conversion to radical nephrectomy, helping surgeons better stratify operative risk preoperatively. Beyond clinical outcomes, Dagenais has shown a commitment to surgical training, examining how resident involvement affects minimally invasive procedure outcomes and pioneering cadaver-based robotic training curricula. With long-term institutional data spanning over five years of follow-up, his body of work provides a rigorous, patient-centered foundation for modern nephron-sparing surgery.
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