
Ashutosh (Ash) K. Tewari, MD, Chairman, Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a world-renowned urologist and prostate cancer specialist. As Director of the Department of Urology, he leads a multidisciplinary team committed to improving prostate cancer treatment, research, and education. To date, he has performed over 5,000 robotic radical prostatectomy surgeries. The Tewari Lab is working on unlocking the genomic causes of prostate cancer and translating genomic information to practical physician application through imaging. In 2012, he was awarded the American Urological Association’s Gold Cystoscope Award. This honor is given annually to the urologist who has contributed significantly to the field within 10 years of completing residency. Dr. Tewari holds several leadership positions domestically and internationally. Dr. Tewari received his undergraduate and medical degrees at GSVM Medical College (Kanpur, India). During medical school he was awarded 17 Gold Medals for outstanding performance on university exams. Dr. Tewari completed his first urology residency at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (Lucknow, India). He completed fellowships in urologic-oncology at University of California, San Francisco and the University of Florida (Gainesville, FL). In 2004, he completed his second urology residency at Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit, Michigan). While at Henry Ford, Dr. Tewari was part of the team that performed the first robotic radical prostatectomy in the United States.
Selected publications from PubMed
Immune Spatial Organization Predicts Distant Metastasis Risk in Aggressive Localized Prostate Cancer.
Yang DD, Abdelnaser A, Haas AJ, Wala J, Barney AA, Saad E, Crowdis JP, Ricker CA, Awad S, Gurel B, Park J, King MT, Nguyen PL, Choueiri TK, Einstein DJ, Balk SP, Tewari AK, de Bono JS, Salari K, Taplin ME, Wu CL, Van Allen EM
Clin Cancer Res. 2026 Aug 14;32(16):3694-3704 doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-25-4900.
Saline-assisted Fascial Exposure Microultrasound-guided Nerve Preservation During Robotic Prostatectomy: Interim Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Pedraza AM, Fatterpekar M, Joshi H, Choudhary M, Kacagan C, Mandel A, Arora C, Tillu N, De Almeida Luz M, Pasat-Karasik C, Maheshwari A, Gupta R, Menon M, Tewari AK
Eur Urol Oncol. 2026 Aug 8 pii: S2588-9311(26)00215-4. doi: 10.1016/j.euo.2026.07.015.
A Vagal-Renal-Splenic Reflex Suppresses Renal Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Preserves Kidney Function after Ischemic Injury.
Mohammed M, Ekperikpe U, Nair SS, Lazartigues E, Tewari AK, Padanilam BJ
J Am Soc Nephrol. 2026 Aug 5 doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000001196.
The Hood Technique for Robot-Assisted Radical Cystoprostatectomy with Intracorporeal Neobladder.
Eraky A, Mehrazin R, Tillu N, Wagaskar VG, Ben-David R, Almoflihi M, Bhardwaj S, Kawam A, Sfakianos JP, Tewari AK, Wiklund P
J Endourol. 2026 Oct;40(10):1156-1163 doi: 10.1177/08927790261472741.
New CPT codes for prostate biopsy improve alignment of reimbursement with evidence-based practice.
Zhu A, Ramaswamy A, Tewari AK, Gorin MA
Urol Oncol. 2026 Aug;44(8):1-3 doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2026.04.288.
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