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Ash Tewari, M.D., M.Ch. is the Director of Robotic Prostatectomy and Prostate Cancer-Urologic Oncology Outcomes at Brady Urology Foundation of the Department of Urology and an Professor of Urology; he is also an Professor of Public Health and Outcomes in the Department of Public Health and Outcomes at The Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He is an Associate Attending at The New York Presbyterian Hospital. He directs a fellowship program in Robotic Prostatectomy and Prostate Cancer outcomes at Cornell.

 

Dr. Tewari is an internationally acclaimed expert on Robotic Prostatectomy and other minimally invasive robotic surgeries. His clinical interest involves urologic oncology with special emphasis on the care of patients with prostate, bladder and other urological cancers. He performs open, laparoscopic and robotic surgeries. He is also involved in diagnosing prostate cancer by using PSA and modern ultrasound guided biopsy techniques. Using a multicenter dataset of 7000 patients with abnormal PSA, he and his collaborators have developed simple predictive models to calculate the risk of prostate cancer in men prior to biopsy.

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

 

Degree   Institution name, city and state   Dates attended   Year Awarded

MD (M.B.B.S.)

   GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, UP, India   January 1, 1979 - June 30, 1983

   1983

Internship    GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, UP, India   July 1,1983 - June 30, 1984

  

MS (Board Certification in General Surgery)

   GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, UP, India   July 1, 1984 - June 30, 1987  

M.Ch. Urology (Board Certification in Urology)

   Department of Urology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India   July 1, 1988 - December 1991  

Diplomat National Board (DNB)- Board    Department of Urology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India   July 1,1988 - December 1991 

 

C.   PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT

 

Resident in Surgery   G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur, India

   1985-1986

Registrar in Surgery   G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur, India

   1986-1987

Senior Registrar   Department Of Urology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, U.P, India

   1988-1990

Chief Registrar   Department of Urology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

   1990-1991

Transplant Fellow   Royal Liverpool, University Hospital, UK

   1992-1993

Appointed as Assistant Professor in Urology   Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences. Lucknow, U.P, India (Appointed, did not join)

   1994-1994

Fellow   Urologic Oncology. V.A.M.C., U.C.S.F., San Francisco, CA.

   1993-1994

Fellow   Urologic Oncology. University of Florida, Shand#146;s Hospital and VAMC

   1994-1997

Urologic Oncology Scholar under Dr. Raymond Demers- Director of Cancer Center   Josephine Ford Urologic-Oncology Scholar, Henry Ford Hospital. This position gave a status equivalent to Assistant Professor in Josephine Ford Cancer Center and Allowed obtaining grants as Principle Investigator from NCI/NIH

   1998-1999

Resident in Urology   Vattikuti Institute of Urology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI

   1999-2002

Resident in Urology   Vattikuti Institute of Urology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI

   2002-2003

Chief Resident   Vattikuti Institute of Urology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI

   2002-2003

 

Academic positions (teaching and research)

   

Registrar in Surgery   G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur, India

   1986-1987

Appointed as Assistant Professor in Urology   Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences. Lucknow, U.P, India (Appointed, did not join)

   1994-1994

Urologic Oncology Scholar under Dr. Raymond Demers- Director of Cancer Center   Josephine Ford Urologic-Oncology Scholar, Henry Ford Hospital. This position gave a status equivalent to Assistant Professor in Josephine Ford Cancer Center and Allowed obtaining grants as Principle Investigator from NCI/NIH    1998-1999

 

E. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS (medical and scientific societies)

Member   International Society of Quality of Life Research

   2002

Member   Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons

   2002

Member   ANN in CAP. Neural net modeling group

   2001

Member   Michigan Urology Society

   1999

Member   Michigan Prostate Cancer Consortium

   1999

Member   Society of Indian Urologist In North America

   1996

Member   American Urological Association

   1997

Member   Society of Minimally Invasive Therapy

   1996

Member   North Central Section of American Urological Association

   1996

Member   South Eastern Section of American Urological Association

   1992

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