Jose Antonio Karam MD, FACS

Dr. Karam is an Associate Professor of Urology at MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is certified by the American Board of Urology and provides surgical care for patients with renal, testicular, and adrenal tumors. He performs open, laparoscopic, and robotic surgery, with a special interest in surgery for locally advanced and locally recurrent diseases.

Dr. Karam earned his medical degree with Distinction from the American University of Beirut. He completed his Urology residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center, followed by a Urologic Oncology Fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Karam’s primary clinical and research interest is renal cell carcinoma. He has authored more than 190 articles and book chapters in urologic oncology. He serves as a reviewer for over 20 journals and is an Editorial Board member of BJU International and European Urology Oncology, Section Editor for Annals of Surgical Oncology, and Associate Editor for Frontiers in Oncology.