Papers
22
Total Citations
713
H-Index
14
About
Garth R. Jacobsen is a pioneering surgeon whose career sits at the intersection of robotic technology and minimally invasive surgery, with particular expertise in esophageal cancer treatment and bariatric procedures. Working at the forefront of surgical innovation, Jacobsen has been instrumental in establishing robotic-assisted techniques as viable — and often superior — alternatives to conventional laparoscopic approaches across multiple complex procedures. His most influential contributions include groundbreaking work on robotically assisted transhiatal esophagectomy (115 citations), demonstrating its safety even in patients following neoadjuvant chemoradiation, and an influential collaborative review on robotic technology in morbid obesity treatment (110 citations) that helped shape early adoption of the da Vinci surgical system among bariatric surgeons. His research on donor nephrectomy (79 citations) revealed how robotic assistance meaningfully shortens the learning curve for surgeons mastering difficult laparoscopic techniques — a finding with broad implications for surgical training. Spanning from pediatric Heller's myotomy to large-scale bariatric outcomes analysis involving over 40,000 cases, Jacobsen's body of work consistently demonstrates that robotic approaches reduce morbidity in complex and revisional surgeries. With hundreds of citations accumulated across two decades, his scholarship continues to inform both clinical practice and the evolving role of robotics in modern surgery.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Robotically assisted laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy115 citations · 2007
- 2The Role of Robotic Surgery in Morbid Obesity110 citations · 2003
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- 4Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic resection of esophageal leiomyoma71 citations · 2004
- 5Minimally Invasive Treatment of Esophageal Cancer51 citations · 2005
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- 7Robotic surgery update33 citations · 2004
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