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About
Simran Randhawa is a rising surgical outcomes researcher whose work sits at the critical intersection of thoracic surgery, patient safety, and health equity. Her primary research areas include perioperative care optimization, minimally invasive thoracic surgical techniques (particularly robotic-assisted surgery), and the social determinants of surgical outcomes. Randhawa’s major contributions are twofold: she has pioneered the study of perioperative hypothermia in robotic-assisted thoracic surgery, identifying its incidence, risk factors, and impact on postoperative outcomes, and she has been a leading voice in demonstrating how social vulnerability—measured through neighborhood-level indices—directly predicts morbidity following robotic lung resection. Her work on the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) and surgical delays for non-small cell lung cancer has been particularly impactful, with two of her 2023 papers each garnering 15 citations in a short period. Notably, she has also evaluated a hypothermia prevention protocol for thoracic surgery and examined national trends in esophagectomy technique use by surgeon specialty. Randhawa’s research is distinguished by its dual focus: advancing technical surgical care while rigorously accounting for the socioeconomic contexts that shape patient outcomes, making her a compelling figure for students interested in equitable, evidence-based surgical practice.
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