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Total Citations
139
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About
Ruchika Talwar is a urologic oncologist and health services researcher whose work sits at the intersection of surgical quality, opioid stewardship, and equitable cancer care. Her research has fundamentally reshaped how surgeons approach postoperative pain management, demonstrating through landmark quality improvement initiatives like the PENN study that the majority of robotic surgery patients do not require opioids upon discharge. This work, cited over 24 times, led to a dramatic reduction in narcotic prescriptions and established a patient-centered, standardized nonopioid protocol now adopted across institutions. Dr. Talwar has also made critical contributions to understanding disparities in minimally invasive surgery for renal cancer (58 citations) and the relationship between hospital volume and outcomes in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (38 citations). Her investigations into national trends of pelvic lymph node dissection and stakeholder perspectives on opioid stewardship further underscore her commitment to evidence-based, equitable surgical care. Through her collaborative work with the Pennsylvania Urology Regional Collaborative and her consistent focus on translating research into actionable protocols, Dr. Talwar has emerged as a leading voice in the movement to reduce unnecessary opioid exposure while maintaining excellent postoperative outcomes.
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- 4Reducing Opioid Use After Endourologic Procedures7 citations · 2020
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- 6Minimizing opioid consumption following robotic surgery3 citations · 2021
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