About

Joshua Tran is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of robotic surgery and biomedical engineering, with a primary focus on urologic oncology and surgical outcomes. His major contributions center on validating the long-term oncological efficacy of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), particularly through landmark studies from the EAU Robotic Urology Section Scientific Working Group. Tran’s 2023 work, cited 48 times, definitively assessed how positive surgical margins impact cancer-specific and overall mortality over 20 years, challenging long-held assumptions about their prognostic significance. Another highly cited study (19 citations) provided the first robust evidence of long-term survival rates after RARP, stratified by contemporary prostate cancer risk categories. Beyond mortality analysis, Tran has innovated in patient-centered care, evaluating decision regret in same-day discharge pathways after RARP—a critical step toward outpatient robotic surgery. Demonstrating remarkable interdisciplinary breadth, Tran also contributed to TinySense (2025), a power-efficient avionics system for flying insect-scale robots, showcasing his engineering acumen. His work has directly influenced clinical guidelines and surgical decision-making, with cumulative citations exceeding 80 and growing. Tran’s unique ability to bridge surgical outcomes research with cutting-edge robotics positions him as a transformative figure in precision medicine.

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H-Index
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Papers
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Total Citations
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Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
Assessing the Impact of Positive Surgical Margins on Mortality in Patients Who Underwent Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: 20 Years’ Report from the EAU Robotic Urology Section Scientific Working Group
48 citations · 2023
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2023 (3 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 42
🏛 Institutions: University of California, Irvine Medical Center, University of California, Irvine, University of Washington

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