Jill Tseng

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine

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Dr. Jill Tseng is a leading voice in gynecologic oncology, with a focused research agenda on the safety and efficacy of robotic-assisted surgery in elderly and frail populations. Her work directly addresses a critical gap in surgical oncology: whether advanced minimally invasive techniques can be safely extended to older patients who are often excluded from clinical trials. In her landmark 2018 study, "Is Robotic-Assisted Surgery Safe in the Elderly Population?" (30 citations), Dr. Tseng demonstrated that robotic procedures in patients aged 65 and older yield favorable perioperative outcomes, challenging age-based surgical biases. She expanded this inquiry in her 2020 paper, "Robotic Surgery in the Frail Elderly" (25 citations), which specifically analyzed outcomes in the most vulnerable patients, providing evidence that frailty status—not chronological age—should guide surgical decision-making. These contributions have helped reshape clinical guidelines and empower surgeons to offer robotic options to a wider patient demographic. Dr. Tseng’s work is widely cited for its rigorous methodology and patient-centered perspective, establishing her as a key researcher in geriatric surgical oncology and the optimization of robotic platforms for high-risk populations.