Dr. Gautam Jayram

Dr. Gautam Jayram, MD, was born and raised in suburban Chicago. He received his medical education from Vanderbilt University. He then 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 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).