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Fuji Lai’s research sits at the intersection of robotic telepresence, surgical systems, and medical education, with a focus on improving patient safety and clinical collaboration. Her major contributions include pioneering the use of robotic telepresence for stroke care, where her work on “Stroke networks based on robotic telepresence” (23 citations) demonstrated how remote presence systems can provide round-the-clock stroke expertise to rural and community hospitals. She also advanced the understanding of human factors in robotic surgery, as seen in her influential study “Robotic Surgery and the Operating Room Team” (20 citations), which identified critical team dynamics that affect system adoption and safety. Lai’s work on “Robotic Telepresence for Medical Training and Education” (7 citations) challenged traditional “see one, do one, teach one” paradigms by proposing standardized, remote experiential training. Her white paper “Surgical Robotics for Patient Safety in the Perioperative Environment” (3 citations) further outlined a roadmap for error reduction. With a career spanning over a decade, Lai has been a key voice in integrating surgical robots into everyday clinical practice, addressing barriers to adoption while championing collaborative, technology-enabled care.