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Tara Pattilachan is a surgical researcher whose work is reshaping how we approach complex hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers through the lens of robotic surgery. Her research focuses on evaluating the safety, efficacy, and oncologic outcomes of minimally invasive robotic techniques for traditionally high-risk procedures, including pancreaticoduodenectomy, biliary tract cancer resections, and esophagectomy. In a landmark 2024 study, she reported the largest single-institutional series in the Western hemisphere on robotic resection for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma, demonstrating its feasibility and safety. Her comparative analyses have shown that robotic approaches can attenuate the negative impact of high BMI on postoperative outcomes in pancreaticoduodenectomy and offer favorable short-term results even in octogenarians. With over 25 citations across her most-cited works, Pattilachan’s contributions are providing critical evidence that robotic surgery can expand access to curative resections for older and higher-risk patients. Her work at a high-volume institution is helping to define best practices and set new benchmarks for surgical innovation in oncology.