Angela Neville

About

Angela Neville is a surgical education researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotic surgery and residency training reform. Her scholarship has consistently focused on a pressing question facing modern surgical education: how should robotic surgery be integrated into general surgery training programs, and should it become a standardized requirement? Neville's most influential contribution, a 2018 survey examining robotic surgery training curricula across general surgery residency programs, has accumulated 73 citations and remains a foundational reference in the field, exposing the significant gaps and inconsistencies that existed in how programs approached this emerging technology. Building on this work, she has engaged multiple stakeholder perspectives — surveying both program directors in general surgery and fellowship program directors — to build a comprehensive, evidence-based case for curriculum standardization. Her 2022 study, already garnering 28 citations, reflects the field's growing urgency around this issue as robotic platforms become increasingly central to surgical practice. Through her sustained research agenda, Neville has helped shape the national conversation around surgical workforce preparation, providing critical data that training programs, professional societies, and accrediting bodies need to make informed decisions about the future of residency education.

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1. 1
   A survey of robotic surgery training curricula in general surgery residency programs: How close are we to a standardized curriculum?

   73 citations · 2018
2. 2
   Should Robotic Surgery Training Become a General Surgery Residency Requirement? A National Survey of Program Directors in Surgery

   28 citations · 2022
3. 3
   Should Robotic Surgery Training Be Prioritized in General Surgery Residency? A Survey of Fellowship Program Director Perspectives

   9 citations · 2020

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