Jessica H. Nguyen

University of Southern California

Papers

25

Total Citations

811

H-Index

16

About

Jessica H. Nguyen is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of artificial intelligence, surgical robotics, and urology, whose work has fundamentally advanced how we understand and measure surgical performance. Her research focuses on applying machine learning and deep learning methodologies to robotic surgery, particularly robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), with the goal of objectively quantifying surgeon skill and predicting patient outcomes such as urinary continence recovery. Nguyen's most influential contribution — a 2019 systematic review of AI applications in urology — has accumulated nearly 200 citations, establishing her as a leading voice in translating computational methods into clinical urologic practice. Her development and validation of automated performance metrics (APMs) represents a breakthrough in surgical assessment, enabling objective, data-driven evaluation of robotic surgeons beyond traditional subjective measures. She has extended this framework to include novel indicators such as task-evoked pupillary response and surgical gesture analysis, offering increasingly granular insights into operative expertise. With a cumulative citation count exceeding 630 across her top papers, Nguyen's work has meaningfully shaped surgical training, outcome prediction, and robotic simulation research. Her prospective, multi-institutional studies further underscore the real-world clinical applicability of her findings, making her scholarship essential reading for researchers in surgical AI and urologic oncology.

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H-Index
25
Papers
811
Total Citations
32
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🏆 Most Cited Paper
Current status of artificial intelligence applications in urology and their potential to influence clinical practice
199 citations · 2019
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2022 (9 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 98
🏛 Institutions: University of Southern California

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