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Rohan R. Walvekar is a head and neck surgeon whose research has significantly advanced minimally invasive and robotic surgical techniques for diseases of the salivary glands, thyroid, and upper aerodigestive tract. With a career spanning foundational reviews and pioneering procedural innovations, Walvekar has helped reshape how surgeons approach traditionally open operations. His 2009 review of surgical approaches to the submandibular gland (95 citations) remains a widely referenced resource, systematically evaluating both conventional and emerging techniques for managing neoplasms, sialadenitis, and sialolithiasis. He has been a consistent advocate for robotic-assisted surgery, contributing influential work on robotic thyroidectomy—including a 2015 meta-analysis (84 citations) demonstrating comparable safety and oncological outcomes to conventional approaches—as well as developing the novel Robotic Transoral Periosteal Thyroidectomy (TOPOT) technique. His case reports on robotic removal of submandibular megalith and bilateral floor-of-mouth ranulas highlight his commitment to translating robotic technology into practical clinical applications. Collectively, Walvekar's body of work, accumulating over 340 citations, reflects his role as a leading innovator in minimally invasive head and neck surgery, offering patients reduced morbidity without compromising surgical outcomes.