RAJU THOMAS, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA

Professor and Chair of Urology, Chief of Robotics, Endourology, Laparoscopy, & Stone Disease

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.