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Yue Zhao is a pioneering cardiac surgeon whose research has significantly advanced the field of minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery. With a focus on totally endoscopic and robotic-assisted techniques, Zhao has made landmark contributions to procedures including coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair. His 2011 study on totally endoscopic beating-heart CABG, which has garnered 51 citations, established critical early and midterm outcome data for this technically demanding approach. Equally notable is his groundbreaking work on totally endoscopic robotic VSD repair — among the first reported cases of this closed-chest intracardiac procedure in the literature — earning 31 and 21 citations across two key publications. His earlier 2007 work documenting the use of the da Vinci S robotic system for internal mammary artery harvesting further underscores his role as an early adopter of robotic platforms in cardiac surgery. Collectively, Zhao's research has helped validate and refine robotic cardiac techniques, offering patients less invasive alternatives with promising clinical outcomes, and has laid important groundwork for the growing subspecialty of robotic cardiac surgery.