Abhishek Srivastava

Universities

• Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India

Residencies

• General surgery/urology residency at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Fellowships

• Clinical Research Fellowship in Robotic Prostatectomy and Urologic Oncology Outcomes at the Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
• Society of Urologic Oncology Fellowship at Division of Urology Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA

• Prostate cancer foundation young investigator award in 2011

• Jazayeri SB, Cooley LF, Srivastava A, Shore N. Hormonal Intensification Should Start at the Low-risk Stage in Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol Open Sci. 2022 Nov;45:38-40. doi: 10.1016/j.euros.2022.05.015. eCollection 2022 Nov. PubMed PMID: 36186607; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9523347.
• Veccia A, Carbonara U, Djaladat H, Mehazin R, Eun DD, Reese AC, Meng X, Uzzo R, Srivastava A, Porter J, Farrow JM, Jamil ML, Rosiello G, Tellini R, Mari A, Al-Qathani A, Rha KH, Wang L, Mastroianni R, Ferro M, De Cobelli O, Hakimi K, Crocerossa F, Ghoreifi A, Cacciamani G, Bhattu AS, Mottrie A, Abdollah F, Minervini A, Wu Z, Simone G, Derweesh I, Gonzalgo ML, Margulis V, Sundaram CP, Autorino R. Robotic vs Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: A Multicenter Propensity-Score Matched Pair "tetrafecta" Analysis (ROBUUST Collaborative Group). J Endourol. 2022 Jun;36(6):752-759. doi: 10.1089/end.2021.0587. Epub 2022 Feb 25. PubMed PMID: 35019760.
• Jazayeri SB, Srivastava A, Shore N. Review of second-generation androgen receptor inhibitor therapies and their role in prostate cancer management. Curr Opin Urol. 2022 May 1;32(3):283-291. doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000000984. Review. PubMed PMID: 35552309.
• Wu Z, Chen Q, Djaladat H, Minervini A, Uzzo RG, Sundaram CP, Rha KH, Gonzalgo ML, Mehrazin R, Mazzone E, Marcus J, Danno A, Porter J, Asghar A, Ghali F, Guruli G, Douglawi A, Cacciamani G, Ghoreifi A, Simone G, Margulis V, Ferro M, Tellini R, Mari A, Srivastava A, Steward J, Al-Qathani A, Al-Mujalhem A, Bhattu AS, Mottrie A, Abdollah F, Eun DD, Derweesh I, Veccia A, Autorino R, Wang L. A Preoperative Nomogram to Predict Renal Function Insufficiency for Cisplatin-based Adjuvant Chemotherapy Following Minimally Invasive Radical Nephroureterectomy (ROBUUST Collaborative Group). Eur Urol Focus. 2022 Jan;8(1):173-181. doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2021.01.014. Epub 2021 Feb 3. PubMed PMID: 33549537.
• Masic S, Strother M, Kidd LC, Egleston B, Braun A, Srivastava A, Smaldone M, Milestone B, Parsons R, Viterbo R, Greenberg R, Chen D, Kutikov A, Uzzo R. Feasibility and Outcomes of Renal Mass Biopsy for Anatomically Complex Renal Tumors. Urology. 2021 Dec;158:125-130. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.07.026. Epub 2021 Aug 8. PubMed PMID: 34380055; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9039834.
• Srivastava A, Uzzo RN, Lee J, Cho E, Grieco A, Masic S, Handorf E, Chen DYT, Viterbo R, Greenberg RE, Smaldone MC, Kutikov A, Uzzo RG. Renal mass biopsy: A strategy to reduce associated costs and morbidity when managing localized renal masses. Urol Oncol. 2021 Nov;39(11):790.e9-790.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2021.06.015. Epub 2021 Jul 21. PubMed PMID: 34301455.
  
• Zhu D, Srivastava A, Agalliu I, Fram E, Kovac EZ, Aboumohamed A, Schoenberg MP, Sankin AI. Finasteride Use and Risk of Bladder Cancer in a Multiethnic Population. J Urol. 2021 Jul;206(1):15-21. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000001694. Epub 2021 Feb 22. PubMed PMID: 33617325.
• Srivastava A, Shore ND. Combined advanced prostate cancer treatments: are they additive?. Nat Rev Urol. 2021 Jun;18(6):325-326. doi: 10.1038/s41585-021-00459-z. PubMed PMID: 33758370.
• Braun AE, Srivastava A, Maffucci F, Kutikov A. Controversies in management of the bladder cuff at nephroureterectomy. Transl Androl Urol. 2020 Aug;9(4):1868-1880. doi: 10.21037/tau.2020.01.17. Review. PubMed PMID: 32944551; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7475677.
• Satyal U, Srivastava A, Abbosh PH. Urine Biopsy-Liquid Gold for Molecular Detection and Surveillance of Bladder Cancer. Front Oncol. 2019;9:1266. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.01266. eCollection 2019. Review. PubMed PMID: 31803629; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6877686.
  
• Watts KL, Srivastava A, Lin W, Schoenfeld D, Abramowitz M, Stern JM. Baseline chronic kidney disease does not predict long-term renal functional decline after percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Urolithiasis. 2019 Oct;47(5):449-453. doi: 10.1007/s00240-019-01113-5. Epub 2019 Feb 12. PubMed PMID: 30747239.
  
• Srivastava A, Joshi SS. Editorial Comment. J Urol. 2019 May;201(5):949. doi: 10.1097/01.JU.0000554385.56106.0f. PubMed PMID: 30821619.
• Bernstein AP, Fram EB, Sankin A, Kovac E, Srivastava A, DiVito J, Stern JM. A comparison of perinephric fat surface area and Mayo Adhesive Probability score in predicting malignancy in T1 renal masses. Urol Oncol. 2018 Nov;36(11):499.e17-499.e22. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2018.07.018. Epub 2018 Aug 27. PubMed PMID: 30166240.
• Srivastava A, Ficarra V, Kutikov A. The Alphabet Soup of Modern Nephrometry Systems. Eur Urol Oncol. 2018 Oct;1(5):435-436. doi: 10.1016/j.euo.2018.08.026. Epub 2018 Sep 24. PubMed PMID: 31158084.
• Chalouhy C, Ruck JM, Zhou T, Sirvastava A, Keehn A, Watts K, Maria P, Ghavamian R. Robotic Partial Nephrectomy in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Objective Measurement of Short- and Long-Term Renal Functional Outcomes. J Endourol. 2018 Jul;32(7):630-634. doi: 10.1089/end.2018.0151. PubMed PMID: 29848053.
• Alexander J, Kendall J, McIndoo J, Rodgers L, Aboukhalil R, Levy D, Stepansky A, Sun G, Chobardjiev L, Riggs M, Cox H, Hakker I, Nowak DG, Laze J, Llukani E, Srivastava A, Gruschow S, Yadav SS, Robinson B, Atwal G, Trotman LC, Lepor H, Hicks J, Wigler M, Krasnitz A. Utility of Single-Cell Genomics in Diagnostic Evaluation of Prostate Cancer. Cancer Res. 2018 Jan 15;78(2):348-358. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-1138. Epub 2017 Nov 27. PubMed PMID: 29180472; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5771881.
• Srivastava A, Douglass LM, Chernyak V, Watts KL. Advances in Imaging in Prostate and Bladder Cancer. Curr Urol Rep. 2017 Sep;18(9):69. doi: 10.1007/s11934-017-0718-3. Review. PubMed PMID: 28718164.
  
• Schmitz-Dräger BJ, Kuckuck EC, Zuiverloon TC, Zwarthoff EC, Saltzman A, Srivastava A, Hudson MA, Seiler R, Todenhöfer T, Vlahou A, Grossman HB, Schoenberg MP, Sanchez-Carbayo M, Brünn LA, van Rhijn BW, Goebell PJ, Kamat AM, Roupret M, Shariat SF, Kiemeney LA. Microhematuria assessment an IBCN consensus-Based upon a critical review of current guidelines. Urol Oncol. 2016 Oct;34(10):437-51. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2016.05.030. Epub 2016 Sep 15. Review. PubMed PMID: 27641313.
  
• Kohli A, Chao E, Spielman D, Sugano D, Srivastava A, Dayama A, Lederman A, Stern M, Reddy SH, Teperman S, Stone ME Jr. Factors Associated with Return to Work Postinjury: Can the Modified Rankin Scale Be Used to Predict Return to Work?. Am Surg. 2016 Feb;82(2):95-101. PubMed PMID: 26874129.
  
• Durand M, Jain M, Aggarwal A, Robinson BD, Srivastava A, Smith R, Sooriakumaran P, Loeffler J, Pumill C, Amiel J, Chevallier D, Mukherjee S, Tewari AK. Real-time in vivo periprostatic nerve tracking using multiphoton microscopy in a rat survival surgery model: a promising pre-clinical study for enhanced nerve-sparing surgery. BJU Int. 2015 Sep;116(3):478-86. doi: 10.1111/bju.12903. Epub 2015 May 18. PubMed PMID: 25124551.
  
• Keehn A, Srivastava A, Maiman R, Taylor J, DiVito J, Ghavamian R, Stern JM. The relationship between visceral obesity and the clinicopathologic features of patients with small renal masses. J Endourol. 2015 Mar;29(3):372-6. doi: 10.1089/end.2014.0512. Epub 2014 Oct 9. PubMed PMID: 25203393.
  
• Khani F, Mosquera JM, Park K, Blattner M, O'Reilly C, MacDonald TY, Chen Z, Srivastava A, Tewari AK, Barbieri CE, Rubin MA, Robinson BD. Evidence for molecular differences in prostate cancer between African American and Caucasian men. Clin Cancer Res. 2014 Sep 15;20(18):4925-34. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-13-2265. Epub 2014 Jul 23. PubMed PMID: 25056375; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4167562.
• Sooriakumaran P, Srivastava A, Shariat SF, Stricker PD, Ahlering T, Eden CG, Wiklund PN, Sanchez-Salas R, Mottrie A, Lee D, Neal DE, Ghavamian R, Nyirady P, Nilsson A, Carlsson S, Xylinas E, Loidl W, Seitz C, Schramek P, Roehrborn C, Cathelineau X, Skarecky D, Shaw G, Warren A, Delprado WJ, Haynes AM, Steyerberg E, Roobol MJ, Tewari AK. A multinational, multi-institutional study comparing positive surgical margin rates among 22393 open, laparoscopic, and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy patients. Eur Urol. 2014 Sep;66(3):450-6. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2013.11.018. Epub 2013 Nov 24. PubMed PMID: 24290695.
• Tewari AK, Ali A, Metgud S, Theckumparampil N, Srivastava A, Khani F, Robinson BD, Gumpeni N, Shevchuk MM, Durand M, Sooriakumaran P, Li J, Leung R, Peyser A, Gruschow S, Asija V, Harneja N. Functional outcomes following robotic prostatectomy using athermal, traction free risk-stratified grades of nerve sparing. World J Urol. 2013 Jun;31(3):471-80. doi: 10.1007/s00345-012-1018-7. Epub 2013 Jan 26. PubMed PMID: 23354288.
  
• Srivastava A, Chopra S, Pham A, Sooriakumaran P, Durand M, Chughtai B, Gruschow S, Peyser A, Harneja N, Leung R, Lee R, Herman M, Robinson B, Shevchuk M, Tewari A. Effect of a risk-stratified grade of nerve-sparing technique on early return of continence after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Eur Urol. 2013 Mar;63(3):438-44. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.07.009. Epub 2012 Jul 20. PubMed PMID: 22901982.
• Ramasamy R, Padilla WO, Osterberg EC, Srivastava A, Reifsnyder JE, Niederberger C, Schlegel PN. A comparison of models for predicting sperm retrieval before microdissection testicular sperm extraction in men with nonobstructive azoospermia. J Urol. 2013 Feb;189(2):638-42. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.09.038. Epub 2012 Dec 20. PubMed PMID: 23260551.
• Hormonal Intensification Should Start at the Low-risk Stage in Metastatic Prostate Cancer. View publication

• Sagalovich D, Calaway A, Srivastava A, Sooriakumaran P, Tewari AK. Assessment of required nodal yield in a high risk cohort undergoing extended pelvic lymphadenectomy in robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy and its impact on functional outcomes. BJU Int. 2013 Jan;111(1):85-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11351.x. Epub 2012 Jul 23. PubMed PMID: 22823452.
• Tewari AK, Ali A, Ghareeb G, Ludwig W, Metgud S, Theckumparampil N, Takenaka A, Chugtai B, Shrivastava A, Kaplan SA, Leung R, Paryani R, Grushow S, Durand M, Peyser A, Chopra S, Harneja N, Lee RK, Herman M, Robinson B, Shevchuck MM. Improving time to continence after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: augmentation of the total anatomic reconstruction technique by adding dynamic detrusor cuff trigonoplasty and suprapubic tube placement. J Endourol. 2012 Dec;26(12):1546-52. doi: 10.1089/end.2012.0544. PubMed PMID: 23230868.
• Sooriakumaran P, Calaway A, Sagalovich D, Roy S, Srivastava A, Joneja J, Shevchuk M, Tewari AK. The impact of multiple biopsies on outcomes of nerve-sparing robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy. Int J Impot Res. 2012 Jul-Aug;24(4):161-4. doi: 10.1038/ijir.2012.9. Epub 2012 Apr 26. PubMed PMID: 22534563.
• Srivastava A, Peyser A, Gruschow S, Harneja N, Jiskrova K, Tewari AK. Surgical strategies to promote early continence recovery after robotic radical prostatectomy. Arch Esp Urol. 2012 Jun;65(5):529-41. Review. PubMed PMID: 22732779.
• Sooriakumaran P, Srivastava A, Christos P, Grover S, Shevchuk M, Tewari A. Predictive models for worsening prognosis in potential candidates for active surveillance of presumed low-risk prostate cancer. Int Urol Nephrol. 2012 Apr;44(2):459-70. doi: 10.1007/s11255-011-0020-0. Epub 2011 Jun 26. PubMed PMID: 21706297; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3623266.
• Chopra S, Srivastava A, Tewari A. Robotic radical prostatectomy: The new gold standard. Arab J Urol. 2012 Mar;10(1):23-31. doi: 10.1016/j.aju.2011.12.005. Epub 2012 Feb 2. Review. PubMed PMID: 26558001; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4442908.
• Rai S, Srivastava A, Sooriakumaran P, Tewari A. Advances in imaging the neurovascular bundle. Curr Opin Urol. 2012 Mar;22(2):88-96. doi: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e3283501826. Review. PubMed PMID: 22273757.
• Tewari A, Grover S, Sooriakumaran P, Srivastava A, Rao S, Gupta A, Gray R, Leung R, Paduch DA. Nerve sparing can preserve orgasmic function in most men after robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. BJU Int. 2012 Feb;109(4):596-602. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10402.x. Epub 2011 Aug 18. PubMed PMID: 21851544.
• Dev HS, Sooriakumaran P, Srivastava A, Tewari AK. Optimizing radical prostatectomy for the early recovery of urinary continence. Nat Rev Urol. 2012 Jan 24;9(4):189-95. doi: 10.1038/nrurol.2012.2. Review. PubMed PMID: 22270136.
• Tan GY, Sooriakumaran P, Peters DL, Srivastava A, Tewari A. Cystolithotomy during robotic radical prostatectomy: Single-stage procedure for concomitant bladder stones. Indian J Urol. 2012 Jan;28(1):99-101. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.94968. PubMed PMID: 22557729; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3339799.
• Tewari A, Srivastava A, Sooriakumaran P, Grover S, Dorsey P, Leung R. Technique of traction-free nerve-sparing robotic prostatectomy: delicate tissue handling by real-time penile oxygen monitoring. Int J Impot Res. 2012 Jan-Feb;24(1):11-9. doi: 10.1038/ijir.2011.40. Epub 2011 Aug 18. PubMed PMID: 21850014.
• Tewari AK, Shevchuk MM, Sterling J, Grover S, Herman M, Yadav R, Mudalair K, Srivastava A, Rubin MA, Zipfel WR, Maxfield FR, Xu C, Webb WW, Mukherjee S. Multiphoton microscopy for structure identification in human prostate and periprostatic tissue: implications in prostate cancer surgery. BJU Int. 2011 Nov;108(9):1421-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10169.x. Epub 2011 Mar 28. PubMed PMID: 21443651; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3163799.
• Tewari AK, Srivastava A, Huang MW, Robinson BD, Shevchuk MM, Durand M, Sooriakumaran P, Grover S, Yadav R, Mishra N, Mohan S, Brooks DC, Shaikh N, Khanna A, Leung R. Anatomical grades of nerve sparing: a risk-stratified approach to neural-hammock sparing during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). BJU Int. 2011 Sep;108(6 Pt 2):984-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10565.x. PubMed PMID: 21917101.
• Dev H, Rickman D, Sooriakumaran P, Srivastava A, Grover S, Leung R, Kim R, Kitabayashi N, Esqueva R, Park K, Padilla J, Rubin M, Tewari A. Biobanking after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy: a quality assessment of providing prostate tissue for RNA studies. J Transl Med. 2011 Jul 26;9:121. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-9-121. PubMed PMID: 21791045; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3161873.
• Tewari AK, Srivastava A, Sooriakumaran P, Grover S, Desir S, Dev H, Yadav R, Leung R, Shevchuk M. Pathological outcomes and strategies to achieve optimal cancer control during robotic radical prostatectomy in Asian-Indian men. Indian J Urol. 2011 Jul;27(3):326-30. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.85428. PubMed PMID: 22022054; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3193731.
• Douaihy YE, Sooriakumaran P, Agarwal M, Srivastava A, Grover S, Mudaliar K, Rajan S, Lawlor A, Leung R, Tewari A. A cohort study investigating patient expectations and satisfaction outcomes in men undergoing robotic assisted radical prostatectomy. Int Urol Nephrol. 2011 Jun;43(2):405-15. doi: 10.1007/s11255-010-9817-5. Epub 2010 Aug 11. PubMed PMID: 20700654.
• Srivastava A, Grover S, Sooriakumaran P, Joneja J, Tewari AK. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: a critical analysis of its impact on urinary continence. Curr Opin Urol. 2011 May;21(3):185-94. doi: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e3283455a21. Review. PubMed PMID: 21427582.
• Grover S, Srivastava A, Lee R, Tewari AK, Te AE. Role of inflammation in bladder function and interstitial cystitis. Ther Adv Urol. 2011 Feb;3(1):19-33. doi: 10.1177/1756287211398255. PubMed PMID: 21789096; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3126088.
• Sooriakumaran P, Srivastava A, Bhagat D, John M, Grover S, El-Douaihy Y, Rajan S, Leung R, Tewari A. Prostate volume and its correlation with histopathological outcomes in prostate cancer. Urol Int. 2011;86(2):152-5. doi: 10.1159/000322361. Epub 2011 Jan 12. PubMed PMID: 21228543.
• Srivastava A, Grover S, Sooriakumaran P, Tan G, Takenaka A, Tewari AK. Neuroanatomic basis for traction-free preservation of the neural hammock during athermal robotic radical prostatectomy. Curr Opin Urol. 2011 Jan;21(1):49-59. doi: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32834120e9. Review. PubMed PMID: 21099688.
• Tan G, Srivastava A, Grover S, Peters D, Dorsey P Jr, Scott A, Jhaveri J, Tilki D, Te A, Tewari A. Optimizing vesicourethral anastomosis healing after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: lessons learned from three techniques in 1900 patients. J Endourol. 2010 Dec;24(12):1975-83. doi: 10.1089/end.2009.0630. Epub 2010 Oct 25. PubMed PMID: 20973740.
  
• Grover S, Srivastava A, Tan G, Sooriakumaran P, John M, Mudaliar K, El-Douaihy Y, Leung R, Shevchuk M, Tewari AK. Clinicopathological strategies to identify contralateral prostate cancer involvement in potential candidates for focal therapy. Int J Surg Pathol. 2010 Dec;18(6):499-507. doi: 10.1177/1066896910379479. Epub 2010 Aug 23. PubMed PMID: 20732911.
• Tewari AK, Srivastava A, Mudaliar K, Tan GY, Grover S, El Douaihy Y, Peters D, Leung R, Yadav R, John M, Wysock J, Vaughan ED, Muir S, Amin MB, Rubin M, Tu J, Akthar M, Shevchuk M. Anatomical retro-apical technique of synchronous (posterior and anterior) urethral transection: a novel approach for ameliorating apical margin positivity during robotic radical prostatectomy. BJU Int. 2010 Nov;106(9):1364-73. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09318.x. PubMed PMID: 20377582.
• Tewari AK, Srivastava A, Sooriakumaran P, Slevin A, Grover S, Waldman O, Rajan S, Herman M, Berryhill R Jr, Leung R. Use of a novel absorbable barbed plastic surgical suture enables a "self-cinching" technique of vesicourethral anastomosis during robot-assisted prostatectomy and improves anastomotic times. J Endourol. 2010 Oct;24(10):1645-50. doi: 10.1089/end.2010.0316. PubMed PMID: 20818988.
• Srivastava A, Tan G, Grover S, Tewari AK. Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy: current concepts in a robotic era. Panminerva Med. 2010 Sep;52(3):223-30. Review. PubMed PMID: 21045779.
• Park K, Tomlins SA, Mudaliar KM, Chiu YL, Esgueva R, Mehra R, Suleman K, Varambally S, Brenner JC, MacDonald T, Srivastava A, Tewari AK, Sathyanarayana U, Nagy D, Pestano G, Kunju LP, Demichelis F, Chinnaiyan AM, Rubin MA. Antibody-based detection of ERG rearrangement-positive prostate cancer. Neoplasia. 2010 Jul;12(7):590-8. doi: 10.1593/neo.10726. PubMed PMID: 20651988; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2907585.
  
• Grover S, Tan GY, Srivastava A, Leung RA, Tewari AK. Residency training program paradigms for teaching robotic surgical skills to urology residents. Curr Urol Rep. 2010 Mar;11(2):87-92. doi: 10.1007/s11934-010-0093-9. PubMed PMID: 20425095.
  
• Bagrodia A, Grover S, Srivastava A, Gupta A, Bolenz C, Sagalowsky AI, Lotan Y. Impact of body mass index on clinical and cost outcomes after radical cystectomy. BJU Int. 2009 Aug;104(3):326-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08358.x. Epub 2009 Feb 11. PubMed PMID: 19220244.
• Review of second-generation androgen receptor inhibitor therapies and their role in prostate cancer management. View publication