

Colorectal Surgery
MD, FACS, FASCRS, Colon and Rectal Surgeon, Capital Surgeons Group; Assistant Professor, Texas AM University, USA
Selected publications from PubMed
Clinical Recommendations for Remote Robotic Assisted Surgery From the CRSA 2025 International Consensus Conference.
Fong Y, Raptis DA, Kavoussi L, Wren SM, Fowler D, Anvari M, Bianco F, Liang X, Li Z, Yin X, Piccoli M, Aldousari S, Marks J, Shen B, Ko C, Ruurda J, Seeliger B, Hagendoorn J, Essani R, Walsh RM, Oleynikov D, Jones SB, Bindal V, Kim HK, Hyung WJ, Melstrom L, Hashimoto D, Celotto F, Chen LL, Burt BM, Lafaro K, Elli F, Kudsi Y, Ratti F, Wilson E, Bianchi PP, Morgan A, Bartlett ST, Rashidi L, Yu L, Gawkins B, Hinoul P, Peine B, Woo Y, Raoof M, Jones D, Deshpande S, Bernard J, Wang Y, Broering DC, Giulianotti PC
World J Surg. 2026 Aug;50(8):2274-2288 doi: 10.1002/wjs.70468.
Training and credentialing in robotic general surgery.
Harris M, Mohan H, Martins BAA, Essani R, Saklani A, Harji D
Int J Colorectal Dis. 2026 May 11;41(1) doi: 10.1007/s00384-026-05129-3.
Bridging Quality Gaps in Rectal Cancer Care-Lessons From Knowledge Translation Intervention.
Saur NM, Essani R, Montroni I
JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Feb 3;8(2):e2461052 doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.61052.
Prophylactic ureteral catheter placement for minimally invasive colorectal surgery.
Dowd KE, Muse TO, Lowry PS, Essani R
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2020 Jan;33(1):103-104 doi: 10.1080/08998280.2019.1673876.
Evaluation of the Educational Environment of a Cadaver Course in Robotic Colorectal Surgery: A Cross-sectional Study.
Gachabayov M, You K, Angelos GA, Bendl R, Anderson C, Essani R, Zakhaleva J, Amrani S, Barnajian M, Karas J, Bergamaschi R
Surg Technol Int. 2019 May 15;34:199-207.
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