- Texas Medical Association
- American Urological Association
- American Medical Association
Austin Kazarian, M.D.
- Urology
- General Urology
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
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Biography
Austin Kazarian, M.D., is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a general urologist who provides comprehensive urologic care in Fort Worth and North Texas. He sees patients at the UT Southwestern Monty and Tex Moncrief Medical Center at Fort Worth and performs surgery at Texas Health Clearfork.
Dr. Kazarian provides comprehensive medical and surgical care for a broad range of urologic conditions, including blood in the urine (hematuria), urinary symptoms, enlarged prostate (BPH), kidney stones, elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA), and urologic cancers. His clinical interests include kidney cancer, robotic and minimally invasive surgery, and the surgical treatment of BPH and kidney stones.
He emphasizes individualized treatment, helping patients understand their diagnoses, available options, and the potential benefits and trade-offs of each approach. He believes treatment decisions should reflect each patient's goals, priorities, and quality of life.
Dr. Kazarian earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California and his medical degree from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. He completed his urology residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center, where he joined the faculty in 2026.
His research has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals, including Translational Andrology and Urology, Journal of Surgical Education, and Kidney Cancer.
Personal Note
When he’s not at work, Dr. Kazarian enjoys scuba diving, weightlifting, and watching college football.
Meet Dr. Kazarian
One of the things Dr. Kazarian values most about urology is the ability to offer patients a wide range of treatment options. Depending on the condition and the patient’s goals, treatment may include observation, medication, office-based procedures, endoscopic surgery, or minimally invasive or robotic surgery.
“My goal is to make sure patients understand what is going on, what their options are, and why one approach may make more sense than another,” Dr. Kazarian said. “The right treatment should fit the patient, not just the diagnosis.”
Dr. Kazarian enjoys having the opportunity to care for patients with a wide variety of urologic conditions over time. As part of UT Southwestern’s Fort Worth urology team, he is committed to providing comprehensive, accessible urologic care throughout Fort Worth and North Texas. He works closely with UT Southwestern’s subspecialists when patients would benefit from highly specialized or multidisciplinary care.
“I want patients to feel that they have someone who can help them navigate the full spectrum of urologic care,” he says. “Whether the problem is straightforward or more complex, my job is to help them understand the next step and make a decision they feel confident about.”
Education & Training
- Residency - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Medical Education - University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (2017-2021)
Professional Associations & Affiliations
Honors & Awards
- National Resident Quiz Bowl Champion 2025, American Urological Association
- Regional Resident Quiz Bowl Champion 2024, South Central Section of the American Urological Association
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 2021, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
- Gold Humanism Honor Society 2021, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
- Dennis Washington Leadership Graduate Scholar 2017, Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans
- Horatio Alger National Scholar 2010, Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans
Books & Publications
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Publications
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Utility of circulating tumor DNA testing for molecular residual disease detection postnephrectomy in patients with renal cell carcinoma.
Bhanvadia R, Smigelski M, Sudhaman S, Nagpal S , Brooks B, Gerald T, Sanchez-Mendez R, Battista C, Kazarian AG, et al. JCO Oncology Advances 2026 3 1 -
Case report of a Sertoli cell tumor with unique presentation including fevers, weight loss, and leukocytosis in a 13-year-old male.
Kazarian AG, Ashbrook CQ, Timmons CF, Peters CA, Schlomer BJ, Urology case reports 2025 Jan 58 102884 -
Landscape of Genomic Profiling and Circulating Tumor DNA Among Rare Genitourinary Cancers.
Kazarian AG, Bhanvadia RR, Khene ZE, Gerald T, Brooks B, Lotan Y, Tachibana I, Gaston K, Woldu S, Margulis V, Clinical genitourinary cancer 2024 Dec 22 6 102245 -
Retrospective study of testosterone deficiency and symptom burden in patients with pancreatic cancer.
Kazarian AG, Conger HK, Mott SL, Loeffler BT, Dempewolf SM, Coleman KL, Pearlman AM, Chan CHF, Talbert EE, Translational andrology and urology 2023 Jul 12 7 1079-1089 -
Large para-testicular intra-scrotal malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor managed with radical penectomy: A case report.
Kazarian AG, West JM, Brown JA, Erickson BA, Gellhaus PT, Urology case reports 2021 Sep 38 101695 -
Virtual Advanced Electives in Urology: A Survey of Student Perceptions.
Kazarian AG, Conger HK, Tracy CR, Journal of surgical education 2021 78 5 1556-1562 -
Adjuvant therapy in RCC: where are we now and where are we going?
Kazarian AG, Chawla NS, Muddasani R, Pal SK Kidney Cancer 2021 5 1 -
Peritoneal Cell-Free Tumor DNA as Biomarker for Peritoneal Surface Malignancies.
Leick KM, Kazarian AG, Rajput M, Tomanek-Chalkley A, Miller A, Shrader HR, McCarthy A, Coleman KL, Kasi PM, Chan CHF, Annals of surgical oncology 2020 Dec 27 13 5065-5071 -
Glucocorticoids rapidly activate cAMP production via Gαs to initiate non-genomic signaling that contributes to one-third of their canonical genomic effects.
Nuñez FJ, Johnstone TB, Corpuz ML, Kazarian AG, Mohajer NN, Tliba O, Panettieri RA, Koziol-White C, Roosan MR, Ostrom RS, FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2020 Feb 34 2 2882-2895 -
PDE8 Is Expressed in Human Airway Smooth Muscle and Selectively Regulates cAMP Signaling by β2-Adrenergic Receptors and Adenylyl Cyclase 6.
Johnstone TB, Smith KH, Koziol-White CJ, Li F, Kazarian AG, Corpuz ML, Shumyatcher M, Ehlert FJ, Himes BE, Panettieri RA, Ostrom RS, American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology 2018 Apr 58 4 530-541 -
Conditional Survival in de novo Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma.
Pal SK, Lin YI, Yuh B, DeWalt K, Kazarian A, Vogelzang N, Nelson RA, PloS one 2015 10 8 e0136622
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Utility of circulating tumor DNA testing for molecular residual disease detection postnephrectomy in patients with renal cell carcinoma.
Research
- Urologic education and surgical training
- Healthcare delivery and quality improvement
- Clinical informatics and artificial intelligence
Clinical Focus
- General Urology
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
- Kidney Stones
- Kidney Masses and Kidney Cancer
- Robotic and Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery
Urology
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