Riya Kakkar
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Dr. Riya Kakkar is a leading researcher at the intersection of healthcare technology and cybersecurity, with a primary focus on securing next-generation telemedicine systems. Her most impactful work addresses the critical vulnerabilities in telesurgery—one of the most demanding applications of remote healthcare. In her highly cited 2022 comprehensive review, Dr. Kakkar pioneered the integration of blockchain and federated learning to create a robust security framework for telesurgery, tackling the dual challenges of data integrity and patient privacy in real-time surgical procedures. This seminal paper has already garnered 25 citations, establishing her as a key voice in the field. Her major contribution lies in demonstrating how decentralized technologies can protect against cyber threats in latency-sensitive medical environments, a crucial step toward making remote surgery both safe and scalable. Dr. Kakkar’s work is shaping the future of digital health, providing the foundational security architecture that will enable the next generation of telemedicine applications, from remote diagnostics to complex surgical interventions.
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