Dr. Raju Thomas, MD, a renowned physician and chair of the Tulane Health System Department of Urology has received two accolades from the American Urological Association (AUA) for his
substantive contributions to research, education and patient care.
Dr. Thomas received the AUA 2016 Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding leadership at Tulane, particularly after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The award also recognizes his humanitarian service in providing minimally invasive surgery to less privileged areas of the world.
The AUA also honored Dr. Thomas by appointing him to the Urology Care Foundation Board of Directors. The Urology Care Foundation is the official foundation of the American Urological Association. It is the world's leading nonprofit urological health foundation and strives to improve patients' lives and advance urologic research and education through its work with patients, caregivers, family providers, researchers, other health care professionals and the general public.
The Foundation's new board members were approved by the AUA at the most recent board meeting in May. The board's new governance structure includes two public directors, four AUA member urologists, the AUA's treasurer and a chair.
Dr. Thomas was named chair of the Department of Urology at Tulane Health System in 1996. He is also a professor of urology and the residency program director for the Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Urology.
Dr. Thomas obtained his medical degree from the University of Bombay, India, in 1975 and subsequently graduated in 1982 from the urology residency program at Tulane University School of Medicine.