Jay D. Raman, MD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Jay D. Raman, MD
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- Urologic Oncology
- Adrenal mass
- Bladder cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Kidney cysts or masses
- Prostate cancer
- Robotic (da Vinci) surgery
- Robotic surgery
- Upper tract/urothelial cancer
- Ureter cancer
- Ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction
- Urologic oncology
Jay D. Raman, MD, FACS is Professor and Chair of the Department of Urology at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He received his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and graduated AOA from Cornell University Medical College. Dr. Raman completed his Urology Residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Medical Center followed by a Fellowship in Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
Dr. Raman's clinical practice focuses on robotic-assisted surgery for upper and lower tract urologic cancers, having completed over 2,500 cases. His clinical research centers on quality of care for prostate cancer patients, novel treatments for upper-tract urothelial carcinoma, biomarkers for urinary tract cancers, prostate biopsy infections, as well as complications of urologic surgery. To date, he has co-authored over 350 manuscripts, book chapters, and editorials and serves on the editorial board for three journals and as a reviewer for 12 journals.
Dr. Raman is Past-Chair of the American Urologic Association (AUA) Office of Education and Past-President of the Mid-Atlantic AUA section. He currently serves as on the Urology Advisory Council for the American College of Surgeons.
- Prostate cancer imaging
- Urologic complications
- Urologic infections
- Urothelial cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Penn State College of Medicine
- Professor and Chair, Department of Urology
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- American Urologic Association Office of Education Chair, 2021-2025
- American College of Surgeons Advisory Council for Urology Program Chair, 2023 - 2028
- Society of Academic Urology, Treasurer, 2026-2028
- American Board of Urology Certifying Oral Examiner, 2022-2026
- American Board of Urology Exam Committee Written Examiner, 2024-2028
- American Board of Urology Mid-Atlantic Section President, 2020
- Biomarkers of cancer
- Clinical trials
- Complications of urologic surgery
- Kidney cancer
- Kidney ischemic injury
- Prevention of urologic infections
- Prostate cancer
- Prostate cancer imaging
- Surgical education
- Urologic cancers
- Urothelial carcinoma (upper-tract and bladder)
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors (2020-2025)
- American Urologic Association Young Urologist of the Year (2015)
- American Urological Association Mid-Career Award, 2026
- Indian American Urological Association Sushruta Award (highest honor for Indian urologist practicing in U.S.), 2026
- First place, 3rd Annual Mountain Outdoor GU Lecture Series (MOGULS), 2025
- First place, 42nd Annual Ralph E. Hopkins Urology Seminar, 2023
- Genitourinary Cancer
