Marco Maria Lirici

Sapienza University of Rome, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Addolorata

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Marco Maria Lirici is a pioneering figure in the intersection of surgery and advanced robotics, with a career dedicated to redefining minimally invasive procedures. His key research areas encompass telerobotics, telemanipulation, and the critical evaluation of robotic surgery’s true clinical value. Lirici’s major contributions include foundational work on applying telerobotic technologies to medicine, as detailed in his highly cited 1997 paper “Telerobotics in medicine and surgery” (27 citations), which systematically addressed the five core domains—functionality, environment, physical constraints, communication, and security—necessary for clinical translation. He further advanced the field by exploring telemanipulation for diagnostic and interventional ultrasound (1998, 5 citations), a project under the European ACTS framework that pushed telemedicine beyond mere consultation into active procedural control. In a more recent reflective piece (2022, 3 citations), Lirici critically questioned whether current “robotic surgery” represents a genuine breakthrough or merely a misleading rebranding of laparoscopy with remote-controlled mechatronics, demonstrating his ongoing commitment to intellectual rigor. His work has shaped the trajectory of surgical robotics, inspiring both technological innovation and thoughtful debate.