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Robert A. Meguid is a cardiothoracic surgeon and researcher whose work sits at the intersection of minimally invasive surgery, surgical oncology, and health equity. His research has made meaningful contributions to the evolving landscape of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery, with particular focus on lung resection techniques, esophageal cancer surgery, and diaphragm plication. Meguid has been instrumental in demonstrating that the introduction of robotic surgery significantly increases the utilization of segmentectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer, offering patients more lung-sparing options. His investigations into esophagectomy outcomes — including analyses drawing from the National Cancer Database — have illuminated the clinical consequences of converting minimally invasive approaches to open surgery, consistently showing worse short-term outcomes for patients requiring conversion. Notably, Meguid has pushed the field toward greater social awareness, examining how social vulnerability index scores predict postoperative morbidity following robotic lung resection — a reminder that surgical outcomes are shaped by forces beyond the operating room. His work on perioperative hypothermia and quality-of-life outcomes following diaphragm plication further reflects a comprehensive, patient-centered research vision. Collectively accumulating over 90 citations, his portfolio represents a sustained commitment to improving surgical precision, equity, and patient outcomes in thoracic surgery.
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- 10Noteworthy in Cardiothoracic Surgery 20242 citations · 2025