She is an Assistant Professor of Surgery and also an Associate Program Director and Director of Simulation and Skills Curriculum for the General Surgery Residency Program. Dr. Prabhu also serves as an ad hoc editor for Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Annals of Surgery, and Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Prabhu is currently the PI on a prospective randomized controlled trial comparing laparoscopic IPOM to robotic IPOM for small to medium-sized ventral hernias, and is also a participating surgeon in a prospective randomized controlled trial comparing robotic and laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. ​