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Wataru Nakamura is a leading urologic surgeon and researcher specializing in robotic-assisted surgery for prostate and bladder cancers. His work centers on optimizing surgical outcomes through nerve-sparing techniques, enhanced recovery protocols, and cutting-edge artificial intelligence. Nakamura’s most impactful study, with 24 citations, compared pentafecta outcomes—continence, potency, cancer control, negative margins, and complication avoidance—between nerve-sparing and non-nerve-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), demonstrating the superiority of nerve preservation. He further pioneered the use of deep learning combined with ensemble machine learning on intraoperative video images to predict urinary continence recovery after RARP, achieving notable accuracy in a 12-citation study. His research also addresses postoperative recovery in frail patients, showing that an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol reduces ileus following robot-assisted cystectomy with intracorporeal diversion (8 citations). Additionally, Nakamura reported the first Japanese experience with the Hugo™ RAS system for RARP, a novel robotic platform, with promising perioperative outcomes (7 citations). His innovative integration of AI and robotics is shaping the future of precision urologic surgery.