Courtney Green
University of California, San Francisco, United Nations, Prisma Health, Mayo Clinic
Papers
12
Total Citations
240
H-Index
9
About
Courtney Green is a prominent surgical educator and researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotic surgery, surgical training, and medical education. With a body of scholarship spanning nearly a decade, Green has established herself as a leading voice in defining how robotic technology should be integrated into resident training programs. Her landmark 2019 study—drawing on interviews with 24 robotic surgeons at a national meeting—generated widely adopted recommendations for improving apprentice-based education in robotic environments, accumulating 47 citations. Complementing this, her 2017 investigation into cognitive and psychomotor gaps in existing robotic curricula (41 citations) and her 2021 systematic curriculum design framework (39 citations) form a cohesive trilogy that has meaningfully shaped residency program development across institutions. Beyond curriculum design, Green has explored the nuanced perceptual demands of robotic surgery—examining how surgeons process visual information without haptic feedback—through her ExPeRtS study series and microanalysis of operative video. Her contributions extend to credentialing standards and, most recently, to defining the emerging field of digital surgery through a SAGES white paper. Collectively, her work provides both the theoretical foundations and practical tools essential for the next generation of robotic surgeons.
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Top Papers
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- 3Transforming Surgical Education through a Resident Robotic Curriculum39 citations · 2021
- 4The current state of surgeon credentialing in the robotic era25 citations · 2020
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- 6Defining digital surgery: a SAGES white paper12 citations · 2024
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- 8Common Components of General Surgery Robotic Educational Programs11 citations · 2023
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