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Jessica Cobb is a clinical researcher whose work focuses on refining perioperative care in thoracic surgery, particularly through the lens of robotic-assisted pulmonary lobectomy. Her research centers on two key areas: optimizing preoperative risk assessment and understanding postoperative complications. Cobb’s major contributions include demonstrating that preoperative pulmonary function tests can predict perioperative outcomes in robotic lobectomy patients, providing surgeons with a tool to better stratify risk and improve patient selection. She also identified new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) as a significant complication linked to the perioperative inflammatory response, showing that elevated leukocyte counts and decreased prealbumin levels are associated with POAF, which in turn leads to longer hospital stays. Her work on POAF, published in 2022, has garnered 3 citations, while her 2023 paper on pulmonary function has received 4. Though early in her career, Cobb’s findings offer actionable insights for reducing morbidity and length of stay in robotic thoracic surgery, making her a promising voice in evidence-based surgical care.