Justin D. Opfermann

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Justin D. Opfermann is a scholar working on Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Justin D. Opfermann has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Surgery, 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 13 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Justin D. Opfermann's work include Surgical Simulation and Training (20 papers), Soft Robotics and Applications (19 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (12 papers). Justin D. Opfermann is often cited by papers focused on Surgical Simulation and Training (20 papers), Soft Robotics and Applications (19 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (12 papers). Justin D. Opfermann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Pakistan and France. Justin D. Opfermann's co-authors include Axel Krieger, Simon Léonard, Ryan Decker, Peter C.W. Kim, Azad Shademan, Hamed Saeidi, Michael Kam, Jeeun Kang, Shuwen Wei and Michael H. Hsieh and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Justin D. Opfermann

57 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Supervised autonomous robotic soft tissue surgery

2016 373 citations Azad Shademan, Ryan Decker et al. profile →
Autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis

2022 183 citations Hamed Saeidi, Justin D. Opfermann et al. Science Robotics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Justin D. Opfermann United States	16	649	574	176	172	147	60	1.3k
Jaesoon Choi South Korea	18	673 1.0×	399 0.7×	119 0.7×	73 0.4×	68 0.5×	87	1.1k
Dimitris Mitsouras United States	15	849 1.3×	619 1.1×	133 0.8×	29 0.2×	168 1.1×	36	1.4k
Ken Masamune Japan	29	1.3k 2.0×	834 1.5×	625 3.6×	28 0.2×	124 0.8×	157	2.4k
Andreas A. Giannopoulos Switzerland	21	983 1.5×	914 1.6×	52 0.3×	79 0.5×	530 3.6×	140	2.1k
Dimitrios Mitsouras United States	20	1.1k 1.7×	895 1.6×	120 0.7×	79 0.5×	341 2.3×	69	2.2k
Justin Ryan United States	16	496 0.8×	480 0.8×	135 0.8×	21 0.1×	78 0.5×	42	1.0k
Michael Friebe Germany	17	290 0.4×	150 0.3×	92 0.5×	82 0.5×	78 0.5×	146	1.1k
Dirk Wilhelm Germany	25	313 0.5×	1.4k 2.5×	213 1.2×	37 0.2×	100 0.7×	202	2.4k
Sergio Casciaro Italy	25	580 0.9×	387 0.7×	291 1.7×	11 0.1×	75 0.5×	125	2.1k

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Opfermann, Justin D., et al.. (2025). Will your next surgeon be a robot? Autonomy and AI in robotic surgery. Science Robotics. 10(104). eadt0187–eadt0187. 2 indexed citations

Opfermann, Justin D., et al.. (2025). More Autonomy for Surgical Robots: New Soft Tissue Better Than Human Systems Suture Surgeons can Alone. IEEE Spectrum. 62(7). 42–48.

Opfermann, Justin D., et al.. (2024). A Robotic Injection System for Consistent Pneumo-dissection of the Deep Stroma in Big Bubble DALK Surgery. PubMed. 2024. 1–7. 1 indexed citations

Opfermann, Justin D., et al.. (2024). Design and Evaluation of an Eye Mountable AutoDALK Robot for Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty. Micromachines. 15(6). 788–788. 1 indexed citations

Opfermann, Justin D., et al.. (2023). A novel videoscope and tool kit for percutaneous pericardial access under direct visualization. BioMedical Engineering OnLine. 22(1). 19–19. 5 indexed citations

Kam, Michael, Shuwen Wei, Justin D. Opfermann, et al.. (2023). Autonomous System for Vaginal Cuff Closure via Model-Based Planning and Markerless Tracking Techniques. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 8(7). 3916–3923. 3 indexed citations

Kam, Michael, Justin D. Opfermann, Hamed Saeidi, et al.. (2023). Autonomous System for Tumor Resection (ASTR) - Dual-Arm Robotic Midline Partial Glossectomy. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 9(2). 1166–1173. 5 indexed citations

Saeidi, Hamed, Justin D. Opfermann, Michael Kam, et al.. (2022). Autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis. Science Robotics. 7(62). eabj2908–eabj2908. 183 indexed citations breakdown →

Erin, Önder, Justin D. Opfermann, Lamar O. Mair, et al.. (2022). Overcoming the Force Limitations of Magnetic Robotic Surgery: Magnetic Pulse Actuated Collisions for Tissue‐Penetrating‐Needle for Tetherless Interventions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(6). 13 indexed citations

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Erin, Önder, Justin D. Opfermann, Lamar O. Mair, et al.. (2022). Overcoming the Force Limitations of Magnetic Robotic Surgery: Magnetic Pulse Actuated Collisions for Tissue‐Penetrating‐Needle for Tetherless Interventions. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 4(6). 7 indexed citations

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Loke, Yue‐Hin, et al.. (2021). Altered hemodynamics by 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance predict exercise intolerance in repaired coarctation of the aorta: an in vitro study. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 23(1). 99–99. 9 indexed citations

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Léonard, Simon, et al.. (2021). Vaginal Cuff Closure With Dual-Arm Robot and Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sutures. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 3(3). 762–772. 2 indexed citations

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Opfermann, Justin D., Hamed Saeidi, Jaepyeong Cha, et al.. (2021). A novel indocyanine green-based fluorescent marker for guiding surgical tumor resection. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences. 14(3). 7 indexed citations

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Opfermann, Justin D., et al.. (2020). Surgical pericardial adhesions do not preclude minimally invasive epicardial pacemaker lead placement in an infant porcine model. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 31(11). 2975–2981. 5 indexed citations

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Inoue, Takahiro, Kazuyuki Matsushita, Justin D. Opfermann, et al.. (2019). In vivo implantation of 3-dimensional printed customized branched tissue engineered vascular graft in a porcine model. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 159(5). 1971–1981.e1. 25 indexed citations

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Saeidi, Hamed, Michael Kam, Justin D. Opfermann, et al.. (2019). Supervised Autonomous Electrosurgery via Biocompatible Near-Infrared Tissue Tracking Techniques. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 1(4). 228–236. 17 indexed citations

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Opfermann, Justin D., et al.. (2019). Minimally invasive percutaneous epicardial placement of a prototype miniature pacemaker with a leadlet under direct visualization: A feasibility study in an infant porcine model. Heart Rhythm. 16(8). 1261–1267. 10 indexed citations

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Opfermann, Justin D., Michael Kam, Hamed Saeidi, et al.. (2018). Semi-Autonomous Laparoscopic Robotic Electro-Surgery with a Novel 3D Endoscope * Research reported in this paper was supported by National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health under award numbers 1R01EB020610 and R21EB024707. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.. 6637–6644. 1 indexed citations

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Shademan, Azad, Ryan Decker, Justin D. Opfermann, et al.. (2016). Plenoptic cameras in surgical robotics: Calibration, registration, and evaluation. PubMed. 2016. 708–714. 24 indexed citations

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Fukunishi, Takuma, Cameron A. Best, Tadahisa Sugiura, et al.. (2016). Preclinical study of patient-specific cell-free nanofiber tissue-engineered vascular grafts using 3-dimensional printing in a sheep model. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 153(4). 924–932. 88 indexed citations

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