Marsha Morien
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center
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About
Marsha Morien is a health services researcher whose work sits at the intersection of surgical innovation, health equity, and healthcare economics. Her research primarily focuses on disparities in access to advanced surgical technologies, the feasibility of telesurgery in expeditionary environments, and the comparative effectiveness of surgical techniques. One of her most cited studies, published in *BMJ Open* (2015, 31 citations), revealed significant between-hospital and within-hospital disparities in the receipt of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy, highlighting how patient demographics and hospital characteristics shape access to cutting-edge care. Morien also led pioneering work on telesurgery using miniature robots for military deployment (2017, 22 citations), demonstrating that remote surgical expertise could be delivered via radio transmission in austere environments—a critical advancement for distributed expeditionary medicine. Her analysis of laparoscopic versus open inguinal hernia repair (2019, 17 citations) further showcased her ability to connect clinical outcomes with real-world economic impacts, including healthcare spending and employee absenteeism. Through these contributions, Morien has established herself as a researcher who not only evaluates surgical technologies but also interrogates the systemic barriers that determine who benefits from them.
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