Dr. Raj is an Assistant Professor of Urology at UT Southwestern. He joined the faculty in 2006 after completing his urology training at Duke University Medical Center and his urologic oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Dr. Raj specializes in all aspects of urologic oncology, including the treatment of prostate, bladder, kidney, testis and penile cancers. He is experienced in both open and laparoscopic techniques. He has particular expertise in nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy, complex partial nephrectomy and orthotopic urinary diversion following radical cystectomy for bladder cancer.
Dr. Raj’s clinical interests include optimizing oncologic and surgical outcomes for patients with urologic cancers utilizing minimally invasive approaches and multimodality approaches. He is involved in setting up several clinical trials at UT Southwestern including those examining the role of pre-operative endorectal coil magnetic resonance imaging of prostate cancers and novel neoadjuvant chemotherapeutic approaches for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancers.
His basic science research laboratory targets specific tumor markers involved in metastasis of prostate cancer using nanotechnology based approaches. He has received numerous honors for his work throughout his career, including the first prize from the American Urological Association for his laboratory research on prostate cancer.
Dr. Raj has authored several high-impact publications in prestigious journals such as the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lancet Oncology, Cancer and Molecular and Cellular Biology. He serves as reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals in the field of urology and oncology.
