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Ganesh Raj, MD, PhD
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Office Phone: 214-648-8532
Office Fax: 214-648-8786
To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.
Biography
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.
Education
| Fellowship | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute, Urologic Oncology (2006) |
| Internship/Residency | Duke University Medical Center, Urology (2004) |
| Medical School | Jefferson Medical School (1997) |
Research Interests
Publications
Raj GV, Bochner BH, Serio AM, Vickers A, Donat SM, Herr H, Lin O, Dalbagni G , J Urology , November 2006; (176(5)):2000-5
Raj GV, Bochner BH, Vickers A, Teper E, Lin O, Donat SM, Herr H, Dalbagni G , J Urology , June 2006; (175(6)):2038-2041, discussion 2041
Raj GV, Iasonos A, Herr HW, Donat SM, Formulas estimating creatinine clearance are inadequate for determining eligibility for cisplatin-based chemotherapy in bladder cancer , J Clinic Oncology , 2006; (24(19)):3095-100
Raj GV, Sekula J, Kim J, Madden JF, Daaka Y , Prostate , 2004; (61):105-113
Raj GV, Partin AW, Polascik TJ , Cancer , 2002; (94):987-96
Raj GV, Tal R, Vickers A, Bochner BH, Serio A, Donat SM, Herr H, Olgac S, Dalbagni G , Cancer , November 2006; (107(9)):2167-72
Raj GV, Bach A, Iasonos A, Korets R, Blitstein J, Hann L, Russo P , J Urology , 2007; (177):53-58
Snyder ME, Bach A, Kattan MW, Raj GV, Reuter VE, Russo P , J Urology , 2006; (176):2391-2396
Raj, GV, Bochner B , Seminars in Oncology , 2006; (In press)
Huang WC, Raj GV, Serio A, Vickers A, Russo P , Lancet Oncology , 2006; (7(9)):735-40
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Honors/Awards
Awarded to the top-rated abstracts in prostate cancer, Prostate Cancer Symposium, San Francisco, CA (2006)
Awarded for perineural therapeutics and cavernous nerve injury, Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering (2005)
Distinction in the study of prostate cancer, AUA Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (2002)
Laboratory research/ AUA Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA (2001)
Most outstanding basic science research of the year, Philadelphia Chapter, Sigma Xi Research Society, Philadelphia, PA (1994)