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Dr. Yan-Shen Shan is a pioneering surgeon-scientist advancing the frontiers of minimally invasive pancreatic and gastric surgery, with a particular focus on robotic and laparoscopic techniques. His major contributions center on developing and validating the PD-ROBOSCORE, a novel difficulty scoring system for robotic pancreatoduodenectomy (RPD) that aims to standardize procedural implementation and improve patient safety—a work that has already garnered 34 citations since 2023. Dr. Shan has also critically investigated how patient factors like body mass index impact early RPD outcomes (21 citations), and demonstrated the feasibility of simultaneously developing laparoscopic and robotic pancreatoduodenectomy programs (15 citations). Beyond pancreatic surgery, he has innovated a simple "W-shaped" intracorporeal liver retraction technique for minimally invasive gastric cancer surgery, and has conducted comparative analyses of robotic versus laparoscopic approaches in spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy. His research is instrumental in guiding the safe, stepwise adoption of complex robotic procedures, directly impacting surgical training and patient outcomes. With a growing body of influential work, Dr. Shan is shaping the future of minimally invasive hepatopancreatobiliary and gastric surgery.