Aida Kafai Golahmadi

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Total Citations

140

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About

Aida Kafai Golahmadi is a researcher at the intersection of surgery, robotics, and biomechanics, with a primary focus on understanding and optimizing tool-tissue interactions during surgical procedures. Her most impactful work is a comprehensive systematic review on tool-tissue forces in surgery, which has garnered over 95 citations. This seminal review synthesizes data across multiple surgical specialties to characterize the forces exerted by instruments, addressing a critical gap in knowledge that directly impacts patient safety—where excessive forces can cause tissue damage and insufficient forces can compromise task completion. Building on this foundation, she has also investigated the global adoption of robotic technology in neurosurgery through a worldwide survey of neurosurgeons, a study that has accumulated 38 citations and provides valuable insights into the integration of robotic systems into clinical practice and research. Her work is notable for its translational relevance, bridging engineering principles with surgical outcomes, and for establishing a quantitative framework that can inform the design of safer surgical tools and robotic systems. Through these contributions, Kafai Golahmadi has established herself as a key voice in the effort to make surgery more precise, data-driven, and ultimately safer for patients.