Sudhir Isharwal, M.D., M.B.A.

  • Associate Professor of Urology, School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Isharwal provides care for patients with cancers of genital and urinary tract. His clinical and research focus include bladder cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, and testis cancer. He performs advanced minimally invasive surgeries including robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgeries as well as open surgeries. He performs nerve-sparing procedures for prostatectomy, cystectomy, and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. For patients undergoing cystectomy, he performs all forms of urinary diversion/reconstruction. His research focuses on improving the clinical outcomes of patients with urological cancers.

Dr. Isharwal is board-certified urology oncologist. He completed his urology oncology fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic. Concurrently with his fellowship, Dr. Isharwal was part of a Clinical Research Scholars Program at Case Western Reserve University. He attended medical school at Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS. After medical school, he spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pittsburgh with a research focus on the prostate cancer development and progression. Subsequently, he completed a Urology residency at the University of Nebraska.

Dr. Isharwal holds membership of several professional organizations including American Urological Association and Society of Urology Oncology. Also, Dr. Isharwal reviews research articles for multiple journals including Journal of Urology, BMC cancer, and Cancer cell international. He has authored several research papers and has presented his work at multiple national meetings.

Outside of work, Dr. Isharwal enjoys running, swimming, hiking, reading non-fiction books, and spending time with friends.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.B.B.S., 2008, Pt. B.D. Sharma Institute of Medical Sciences
    • M.B.A., 2023, OHSU/PSU

  • Residency

    • Urology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2016

  • Fellowship

    • Urology Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, 2018

  • Certifications

    • Fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery
    • ECFMG
    • American Board of Urology, 2020

Memberships and associations:

  • American Urological Association
  • Society of Urology Oncology
  • American Association of Clinical Urologists
  • Southwest Oncology group
  • Alpha Omega Alpha

Areas of interest

  • Nerve sparing procedures
  • Minimally invasive robotic surgeries

Additional information

Honors and awards

  • Alpha Omega Alpha
  • National Chief resident debate, AUA, 2015
  • AUA resident quiz bowl, South-Central Section representative, AUA 2015
  • Men’s Health Traveling fellowship, AUA, 2014
  • AUA resident quiz bowl, South-Central Section representative, AUA 2013

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Selected publications

  • The 17-gene Genomic Prostate Score Assay Predicts Outcome after Radical Prostatectomy Independent of PTEN Status. Urology, 20182.Acute Kidney Injury after Partial Nephrectomy in Solitary Kidneys: Impact on Long-term Stability of Renal Function. J Urology, 20183. Vascularized Parenchymal Mass Preserved with Partial Nephrectomy: Functional Impact and Predictive Factors, European Urology Oncology, 20184. Impact of comorbidities on functional recovery from partial nephrectomy.

Publications

  • Utilization of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer in elderly patients

    Medical Oncology
    1. Wesley H. Chou
    2. Alexis Wang
    3. Solange Bassale
    4. Emile Latour
    5. Sudhir Isharwal

  • Role of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging on the surgical outcomes of radical prostatectomy

    Asian Journal of Urology
    1. Thitipat Hansomwong
    2. Pat Saksirisampant
    3. Sudhir Isharwal
    4. Pubordee Aussavavirojekul
    5. Varat Woranisarakul
    6. Siros Jitpraphai
    7. Sunai Leewansangtong
    8. Tawatchai Taweemonkongsap
    9. Sittiporn Srinualnad

  • Selecting patients for magnetic resonance imaging cognitive versus ultrasound fusion biopsy of the prostate

    BJUI Compass
    1. Mitch Hayes
    2. Solange Bassale
    3. Nicholas H. Chakiryan
    4. Luc Boileau
    5. Jacob Grassauer
    6. Matthew Wagner
    7. Bryan Foster
    8. Fergus Coakley
    9. Sudhir Isharwal
    10. Christopher L. Amling
    11. Jen Jane Liu

  • Gender Representation in American Urological Association Guidelines

    Urology
    1. Helen Y. Hougen
    2. Francesca R. Goodstein
    3. Solange Bassale
    4. Yiyi Chen
    5. Casey A. Seideman
    6. Sudhir Isharwal

  • In-Bore Versus Fusion MRI–Targeted Biopsy of PI-RADS Category 4 and 5 Lesions

    American Journal of Roentgenology
    1. Morgan Prince
    2. Bryan R. Foster
    3. Andy Kaempf
    4. Jen Jane Liu
    5. Christopher L. Amling
    6. Sudhir Isharwal
    7. Yiyi Chen
    8. Fergus V. Coakley

  • Single-port robotic inguinal lymph node dissection

    Surgical Oncology
    1. Amir S. Patel
    2. Sudhir Isharwal

  • Survival outcomes and practice trends for off-label use of adjuvant targeted therapy in high-risk locoregional renal cell carcinoma

    Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
    1. Nicholas H. Chakiryan
    2. Ann Martinez Acevedo
    3. Mark A. Garzotto
    4. Yiyi Chen
    5. Jen Jane Liu
    6. Sudhir Isharwal
    7. Christopher L. Amling
    8. Ryan P. Kopp

  • Urethral Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate

    Urology
    1. Alexis Wang
    2. Michael K. Lam
    3. Sudhir Isharwal

  • Vascularized Parenchymal Mass Preserved with Partial Nephrectomy

    European Urology Oncology
    1. Jitao Wu
    2. Chalairat Suk-Ouichai
    3. Wen Dong
    4. Zhiling Zhang
    5. Hajime Tanaka
    6. Yanbo Wang
    7. Elvis Caraballo
    8. Erick M. Remer
    9. Jianbo Li
    10. Sudhir Isharwal
    11. Robert Abouassaly
    12. Steven C. Campbell

  • Acute Kidney Injury after Partial Nephrectomy of Solitary Kidneys

    Journal of Urology
    1. Joseph Zabell
    2. Sudhir Isharwal
    3. Wen Dong
    4. Joseph Abraham
    5. Jitao Wu
    6. Chalairat Suk-Ouichai
    7. Diego Aguilar Palacios
    8. Erick Remer
    9. Jianbo Li
    10. Steven C. Campbell

  • Current Therapeutic Strategies in Clinical Urology

    Molecular Pharmaceutics
    1. Alice Crane
    2. Sudhir Isharwal
    3. Hui Zhu

  • Cystectomy for benign disease

    Canadian Journal of Urology
    1. Scott G. Erpelding
    2. Adam Dugan
    3. Sudhir Isharwal
    4. Stephen Strup
    5. Andrew James
    6. Shubham Gupta

  • Impact of Comorbidities on Functional Recovery from Partial Nephrectomy

    Journal of Urology
    1. Sudhir Isharwal
    2. Wenda Ye
    3. Alice Wang
    4. Joseph Abraham
    5. Joseph Zabell
    6. Wen Dong
    7. Jitao Wu
    8. Chalairat Suk-Ouichai
    9. Elvis R. Caraballo
    10. Tianming Gao
    11. Steven C. Campbell

  • Ischemia and Functional Recovery from Partial Nephrectomy

    European Urology Focus
    1. Wen Dong
    2. Jitao Wu
    3. Chalairat Suk-Ouichai
    4. Elvis Caraballo Antonio
    5. Erick M. Remer
    6. Jianbo Li
    7. Joseph Zabell
    8. Sudhir Isharwal
    9. Steven C. Campbell

  • Predictors of Long-Term Survival after Renal Cancer Surgery

    Journal of Urology
    1. Joseph Zabell
    2. Sevag Demirjian
    3. Brian R. Lane
    4. Ithaar H. Derweesh
    5. Sudhir Isharwal
    6. Chalairat Suk-Ouichai
    7. Jitao Wu
    8. Diego Aguilar Palacios
    9. Steven C. Campbell

  • The 17-Gene Genomic Prostate Score Assay Predicts Outcome After Radical Prostatectomy Independent of PTEN Status

    Urology
    1. Cristina Magi-Galluzzi
    2. Sudhir Isharwal
    3. Sara M. Falzarano
    4. Athanasios Tsiatis
    5. Anne Dee
    6. Tara Maddala
    7. Dejan Knezevic
    8. Phillip G. Febbo
    9. Jeffrey Lawrence
    10. Eric A. Klein

  • Tumor Contact Surface Area As a Predictor of Functional Outcomes After Standard Partial Nephrectomy

    Urology
    1. Chalairat Suk-Ouichai
    2. Jitao Wu
    3. Wen Dong
    4. Hajime Tanaka
    5. Yanbo Wang
    6. J. J.H. Zhang
    7. Elvis Caraballo
    8. Erick Remer
    9. Jianbo Li
    10. Sudhir Isharwal
    11. Steven C. Campbell

  • Clinical Correlates of Benefit From Radium-223 Therapy in Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer

    Prostate
    1. Ajjai Alva
    2. Luke Nordquist
    3. Stephanie Daignault
    4. Saby George
    5. Jorge Ramos
    6. Costantine Albany
    7. Sudhir Isharwal
    8. Matthew McDonald
    9. Gregory Campbell
    10. Pongwut Danchaivijitr
    11. Sarah Yentz
    12. Aseem Anand
    13. Evan Y. Yu

  • Devascularized Parenchymal Mass Associated with Partial Nephrectomy

    Journal of Urology
    1. Wen Dong
    2. Jitao Wu
    3. Chalairat Suk-Ouichai
    4. Elvis Caraballo Antonio
    5. Erick Remer
    6. Jianbo Li
    7. Joseph Zabell
    8. Sudhir Isharwal
    9. Steven C. Campbell

  • Excised Parenchymal Mass During Partial Nephrectomy

    Urology
    1. Wen Dong
    2. Zhiling Zhang
    3. Juping Zhao
    4. Jitao Wu
    5. Chalairat Suk-Ouichai
    6. Diego Aguilar Palacios
    7. Elvis Caraballo Antonio
    8. Sanam Babbar
    9. Erick M. Remer
    10. Jianbo Li
    11. Sudhir Isharwal
    12. Joseph Zabell
    13. Steven C. Campbell

  • Functional Comparison of Renal Tumor Enucleation Versus Standard Partial Nephrectomy

    European Urology Focus
    1. Wen Dong
    2. Gopal N. Gupta
    3. Robert H. Blackwell
    4. Jitao Wu
    5. Chalairat Suk-Ouichai
    6. Arpeet Shah
    7. Sarah E. Capodice
    8. Marcus L. Quek
    9. Elvis Caraballo Antonio
    10. Diego Aguilar Palacios
    11. Erick M. Remer
    12. Jianbo Li
    13. Joseph Zabell
    14. Sudhir Isharwal
    15. Steven C. Campbell

  • Patient–Provider Communication About Prostate Cancer Screening and Treatment

    American Journal of Men's Health
    1. Soumitra S. Bhuyan
    2. Aastha Chandak
    3. Niodita Gupta
    4. Sudhir Isharwal
    5. Chad LaGrange
    6. Asos Mahmood
    7. Dan Gentry

  • Preoperative frailty predicts postoperative complications and mortality in urology patients

    World Journal of Urology
    1. Sudhir Isharwal
    2. Jason M. Johanning
    3. Jennifer G. Dwyer
    4. Kendra K. Schimid
    5. Chad A. LaGrange

  • Does endorectal coil MRI increase the accuracy of preoperative prostate cancer staging?

    Canadian Journal of Urology
    1. Aydin Pooli
    2. Sudhir Isharwal
    3. Gates Cook
    4. Jennifer M. Oliveto
    5. Chad A. LaGrange