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AI, Robotics, and the Future of Gynecologic Surgery with Dr. Sanjeev Kumar

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar · July 17, 2026

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Interview with Dr. Sanjeev Kumar

AI, Robotics, and the Future of Gynecologic Surgery with Dr. Sanjeev Kumar

Podcast: Confessions of a Male Gynecologist

July 17, 2026

Artificial intelligence and robotic surgery are no longer "future medicine" — they're already changing the way physicians diagnose, operate, and care for patients. In this episode of Confessions of a Male Gynecologist, Dr. Shawn Tassone sits down with Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, a…

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Key topicsHow do you become a leader in a field that keeps changing under your feetSanjeev discusses what it takes to build real authority in a field like robotic cancer surgery, where the technology evolves, the science moves, and the standard for expertise keeps rising. His story across India, the UK, and the US shows the making of a surgeon who chose one of the most demanding paths in medicine and then established himself at the front of a growing specialty. This opens up a conversation about ambition, mastery, and leadership in modern medicine that feels substantial, current, and earned. What a leader in robotic surgery knows about the future of AI in medicineSanjeev discusses what AI is genuinely beginning to change in surgery, where the technology is being misunderstood, and why the hardest decisions in medicine still resist simple automation. As a leading robotic pelvic surgeon working in cancer care, he can explain why AI attracts so much hype, what robotic medicine already makes possible, and where human judgment remains the difference between pattern recognition and real surgical expertise. This creates a high-level conversation about the future of medicine that feels informed, current, and far more credible than the usual AI predictions. The longevity conversation gets a lot weaker when it ignores obesity and cancerSanjeev discusses why so much of the public conversation about living longer stays focused on optimization while overlooking the diseases that actually shorten life and reduce quality of life. He can connect obesity, cancer risk, women’s cancers, and prevention into a more serious conversation about what helps people not just add years, but avoid the conditions that make those years harder. This gives the audience a more grounded take on longevity by bringing prevention, disease burden, and real clinical consequence into a space that is often dominated by trend-driven wellness talk. View all topics →

About Dr. Sanjeev Kumar

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, podcast guest

Leading Robotic Surgeon and Gynecologic Oncologist

#8 in U.S. Robotic gynecologic surgeon by volume (2017)285 Robotic procedures performed by Q3 20172024 Surgeon of Excellence in Robotic SurgeryMRCS Surgical training credential

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar is a gynecologic oncologist and robotic pelvic surgeon whose career has been defined by technical excellence, intellectual rigor, and a clear sense of purpose. Born in India, he completed medical school there, went on to train in England and Wales through the MRCS, and later continued his surgical education in the United States, ultimately building a career that placed him among the country’s leading figures in robotic pelvic surgery. That path reflects a career shaped by discipline, international training, and an enduring commitment to surgical mastery.

His work sits at the intersection of some of the most demanding questions in medicine: women’s cancers, advanced pelvic surgery, and the evolving role of robotics and AI in the operating room. He entered robotic surgery in 2006, early enough to help shape the field rather than merely follow it, and in 2017 was reported as the eighth busiest robotic pelvic surgeon in the United States by volume. That distinction matters not as a statistic, but as evidence of depth, repetition, and mastery in one of surgery’s most exacting specialties.

What sets Sanjeev apart is the authority of someone who works at the frontier without losing sight of complexity.

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