Romina Pedrett

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Romina Pedrett is a researcher working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and surgical education, with a particular focus on technical skill assessment in minimally invasive surgery. Her work addresses a critical challenge in surgical training: the traditional reliance on subjective expert opinion for evaluating operative performance, which is both costly and time-consuming. Through rigorous systematic review methodology, Pedrett has investigated how AI-driven analysis of intraoperative data can enable automated, objective assessment of surgical skills, potentially transforming how surgeons are trained and evaluated. Her most impactful contribution, a systematic review on AI-based technical skill assessment in minimally invasive surgery, has garnered 62 citations since its 2023 publication, reflecting strong uptake within the surgical informatics and medical education communities. An earlier iteration of this work, published in 2022, further demonstrates her sustained commitment to this research agenda. By synthesizing evidence on AI applications ranging from computer vision to motion analysis, Pedrett's scholarship is helping lay the groundwork for scalable, data-driven surgical training systems. Her contributions are increasingly relevant as healthcare systems worldwide seek more efficient and reliable methods for ensuring surgical competency.