Gautam Jayram, MD
Meet Dr. Jayram
Dr. Jayram was born and raised in suburban Chicago. He graduated with honors from Washington University in St. Louis and then attended Vanderbilt University for medical school. He completed his urology residency including a year of cancer research at the University of Chicago Hospitals. Following this, he completed a fellowship at the Brady Urological Institute at Johns Hopkins. As a clinical instructor at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Jayram gained tremendous experience with kidney, prostate, and bladder surgery with an emphasis on minimally-invasive cancer surgery. Dr. Jayram is now regarded as one of the busiest and best urologic cancer surgeons in the region, having many years of experience in complex medical and surgical treatment of urinary tract cancer.
Dr. Jayram is also very active in education and research. He is co-director of the Advanced Therapeutics Center where he treats patients with advanced cancers and participates in cutting-edge clinical trials. Under his leadership, the research division at Urology Associates, P.C has become of a premier site for groundbreaking clinical trials within urology. His research interests include superficial bladder cancer , high risk prostate cancer, immunotherapy , and cancer imaging and genomics. Dr. Jayram has served in several advisory and leadership roles within urologic oncology and helps organize many educational events throughout urology. He is committed to improving oncology clinical pathways for community urology and sits on the Education Committee for the Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA).
Patient Reviews
Dr. Jayram is a very understanding, professional. He seems sincere about the concerns of his patients, and willing to devote time addressing them.
Dr Jayram is super easy to communicate with. He simplifies what he is saying so that us non medical people understand. And, all the staff at his office has been super easy to work with.
The staff at Urology Associates were extremely nice and helpful. Dr. Jayram was very thorough and thoughtful. He set up testing very timely taking my health factors into consideration. I feel confident I have found the right doctor for me!
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Getting to Know Dr. Jayram
Dr. Jayram is an avid sports fan, no longer tortured since the Cubs won the World Series. He enjoys golf, tennis, Twittering (@tomjayram), and traveling with his wife and three kids.
- Favorite Books: “The Emperor of all Maladies” by Siddhartha Mukherjee, “A Good Walk Spoiled” by John Feinstein
- Favorite Movies: “Super Troopers”, “Rounders”, “The Namesake”
A Quote From Dr. Jayram
“I believe in evidence-based medicine, and feel patients do best when they are best informed about their condition and the treatment options.”
Other Involvements
- Co-Director of the Advanced Therapeutics Center (ATC)
- Busiest robotic surgeon in Nashville
- National Proctor for Robotic Surgery
- Board Member of Urology Associates, P.C.
- Co-Director of our Research Department