Nicholas Kavoussi
Vanderbilt Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University
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Total Citations
125
H-Index
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About
Nicholas Kavoussi is a researcher at the intersection of surgical robotics, image-guided surgery, and minimally invasive urology, whose work is advancing the boundaries of precision and automation in robotic procedures. His most significant contributions span two interconnected domains: improving the accuracy of robotic surgical platforms and developing novel approaches to reduce surgical invasiveness. Kavoussi has investigated the absolute positional accuracy of da Vinci robotic systems—critical for emerging image guidance and automation applications—and pioneered touch-based intraoperative registration techniques for robotic partial nephrectomy, enabling real-time localization of subsurface structures during tumor resection. Perhaps his most ambitious work involves concentric tube robots designed to perform radical prostatectomy entirely transurethrally, potentially eliminating the tissue disruption responsible for postoperative erectile dysfunction and incontinence. His research also addresses surgical training, including a validated low-cost robotic pyeloplasty simulation model and skill transfer studies between multiport and single-port robotic platforms. With cumulative citations surpassing 115 across his most impactful papers, Kavoussi's work is shaping the future of image-guided, automated, and ultra-minimally invasive robotic surgery.
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- 10A comparison of onboard and offboard user interfaces for handheld robots3 citations · 2024