Kaushik Mukherjee
Papers
6
Total Citations
65
H-Index
5
About
Kaushik Mukherjee is a surgical researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotic surgery, acute care surgery, and general surgical education. His scholarship has focused primarily on the expanding role of robotic techniques in emergency and elective general surgery procedures, with particular emphasis on cholecystectomy and hernia repair. Through landmark projects such as the ROBOtic Care Outcomes Project (ROBOCOP) series, Mukherjee has systematically compared robotic and laparoscopic approaches for both acute gallbladder disease and elective cholecystectomy using large real-world databases, providing clinicians with much-needed evidence to guide operative decision-making. His nationally focused analyses of robotic emergency general surgery trends have shed light on how this technology is reshaping acute care practice across the United States. Notably, Mukherjee has also investigated how the rise of robotic surgery affects surgical residency training, raising important questions about case distribution and trainee experience that carry significant implications for graduate medical education. With several papers accumulating between 7 and 15 citations each, his cumulative body of work is gaining meaningful traction within the surgical community, positioning him as an emerging voice on the evolving standards of minimally invasive and robotic surgical care.
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- 4ROBOtic Care Outcomes Project for acute gallbladder pathology12 citations · 2024
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- 6Robotic Care Outcomes Project (ROBOCOP) for elective cholecystectomy2 citations · 2025