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Daniela Dias is a urological surgeon and researcher whose work focuses on improving functional outcomes after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. Her primary research areas include surgical technique optimization, urinary continence recovery, and the impact of surgeon experience on patient outcomes. Dias has made significant contributions to the understanding of Retzius-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RS-RARP), demonstrating that this approach can be successfully implemented in medium-volume centers with adequate oncological and functional results. Her landmark study identified membranous urethral length as the single independent predictor of urinary continence recovery at 12 months post-RS-RARP, providing surgeons with a critical anatomical parameter for preoperative counseling and surgical planning. With over 18 citations across her most-cited works, Dias has helped establish evidence-based benchmarks for continence recovery, showing that surgeon experience and center caseload significantly influence outcomes. Her research bridges the gap between high-volume academic centers and community practice, demonstrating that specialized techniques like RS-RARP can be safely adopted in medium-size oncological centers. Dias’s work continues to shape best practices in prostate cancer surgery, ultimately improving quality of life for patients undergoing radical prostatectomy.