RAJU THOMAS, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA
Professor and Residency Program Director

Areas of Specialty

• Robotic urologic surgery

• Minimally invasive urologic surgery

• Urologic endourology

• Laparoscopy

• Lithotripsy

• Diseases of the prostate

• Ureteroscopic retrograde endopyelotomy

• Radical perineal prostatectomy in conjunction with laparoscopy as a minimally morbid alternative for management of prostate cancer

Medical Degree

Seth G.S. Medical College of the University of Bombay, India – 1974

Residency Training

• General Surgery Internship – Metropolitan Group of Hospitals of the University of Illinois, Chicago – 1977

• Urology Residency – Tulane University School of Medicine – 1979-1982

Fellowship Training

Tulane University Medical Center and Tulane Primate Research Center, AUA Scholar – 1979-1980

Board Certifications

American Board of Urology Certified – 1984

Research Focus

Personalized medicine for patients with urologic malignancies; novel biomarkers and genomic classifications for prostate and kidney cancers; safety and efficacy of minimally invasive urologic surgical procedures.