Surina Taneja

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Surina Taneja is a urological surgeon and researcher whose work centers on improving surgical precision and outcomes in robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy. Her primary research area focuses on optimizing nerve-sparing techniques during prostate cancer surgery to preserve urinary continence and erectile function without compromising oncological control. Taneja’s major contribution is her pioneering work on neurovascular structure-adjacent frozen-section examination (NeuroSAFE) during robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy. In her landmark study of 500 consecutive cases in the UK, she demonstrated that intraoperative frozen-section analysis of the neurovascular bundle can safely guide nerve preservation, reducing positive surgical margins while maintaining functional outcomes. This work, cited 13 times, has helped establish NeuroSAFE as a valuable tool in high-volume robotic surgery centers. Taneja’s research has direct clinical impact, offering a reproducible method to balance cancer clearance with quality of life. Her findings are particularly notable for providing real-world evidence from a large, consecutive patient cohort, reinforcing the feasibility of this technique outside of clinical trials. For students and researchers in urological oncology, Taneja’s work represents a practical advance in personalized, nerve-sparing surgery.