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Andrew Rundle is a health disparities researcher whose work focuses on the intersection of surgical innovation and racial equity in cancer care. His primary research areas include the differential adoption of robot-assisted surgery (RAS) and minimally invasive techniques, particularly for pelvic cancers like prostate cancer, and the systemic mechanisms that produce racial and ethnic disparities in surgical treatment and outcomes. Rundle’s major contributions include systematically documenting that Black and Hispanic patients are less likely to receive robot-assisted surgery compared to White patients, even after accounting for clinical factors. He has advanced the field by testing two physician-level hypotheses—Segregated Treatment (whether minority patients are treated by different surgeons) and Differential Treatment (whether the same surgeon treats minority patients differently)—to explain these disparities. His work, including a 2023 systematic review (6 citations) and a 2024 study testing physician-level mechanisms (2 citations), has been cited in discussions of healthcare quality and equity. Rundle’s research is notable for moving beyond documenting disparities to identifying their root causes, offering a framework for interventions to ensure equitable access to surgical innovations.