Biography
Jay D. Raman, MD, FACS, FRCS(Glasg) is Professor and Chair of Urology at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He received his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1997 and graduated AOA from Cornell University Medical College in 2001. Dr. Raman completed his Urology Residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Medical Center followed by a Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
Dr. Raman has been an attending physician at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center since 2008. He was promoted to Associate Professor (2011) and Professor (2016) of Surgery. He served as Division Chief of Urology from 2015 – 2020 prior to becoming the Chair of the Department of Urology in 2021.
Dr. Raman’s clinical practice focuses on robotic-assisted surgery for upper and lower tract urologic cancers. His basic science research centers on infectious complications following prostate needle biopsy, while his major clinical research efforts revolve around staging and therapy for upper-tract urothelial carcinoma as well as complications of urologic surgery. To date, he has co-authored over 400 manuscripts, book chapters, and editorials and serves on the editorial board for three journals and as a reviewer for 12 journals. He has received over 1.8 million dollars of federal, foundation, and industry funding on over 10 prospective clinical trials.
Dr. Raman is Past-Chair of the American Urologic Association Office of Education and Past-President of the Mid-Atlantic AUA section. He is the current Program Chair for the Advisory Council of Urology within the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Raman has lived with his wife and three children in Hershey, Pa., for 16 years.