Mary Cox
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About
Mary Cox is a clinician-researcher whose work sits at the intersection of gynecologic surgery, surgical outcomes, and medical education. She has made meaningful contributions to understanding how regulatory policy shapes surgical practice, most notably through her widely cited 2017 study examining shifts in hysterectomy technique following the FDA's landmark 2014 advisory on power morcellation. That work, garnering 43 citations, provided critical retrospective evidence on how surgeons and institutions adapted to evolving safety guidelines for patients with uterine leiomyomas. Complementing this, her research on 60-day readmission rates across different hysterectomy routes offered a granular, single-center analysis of postoperative outcomes and risk stratification, accumulating 17 citations and informing quality improvement efforts in benign gynecologic surgery. Cox has also extended her scholarly reach into surgical training and education, investigating whether visuospatial aptitude testing can predict simulated surgical performance — a question with significant implications for resident selection and skills-based curricula. Collectively, her body of work reflects a commitment to evidence-based gynecology, patient safety, and the optimization of surgical training, positioning her as a thoughtful voice in both clinical practice and medical education research.
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