Chandy Ellimoottil

Lurie Children's Hospital, Loyola University Medical Center

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Chandy Ellimoottil is a leading urologic surgeon and health services researcher whose work bridges surgical innovation and population-level outcomes. His research focuses on robotic surgery, health policy, and the value of urologic care—examining how new technologies and payment models affect patient outcomes and healthcare costs. Ellimoottil’s most cited work, a national comparison of pediatric pyeloplasty techniques (55 citations), demonstrated that robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery offers measurable advantages over open and traditional laparoscopic approaches in children. He has also investigated robotic prostatectomy in obese men, showing that robotic approaches reduce complications and hospital stays even in high-risk populations. Beyond individual procedures, Ellimoottil is known for his influential studies on Medicare policy, including the impact of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) on urologists and the adoption of value-based care. His work has been published in leading journals such as *Urology* and *The Journal of Urology*, and he has been recognized with multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health and the American Urological Association. For students and researchers, Ellimoottil’s career exemplifies how rigorous clinical research can inform surgical practice and shape national healthcare policy.