{"id":394761,"date":"2026-09-09T13:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/394761\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:28:14","slug":"former-um-urologist-professor-arrested-on-sexual-battery-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/394761\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UM urologist, professor arrested on sexual battery charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A former University of Miami urologist and professor was arrested on Aug. 20 after allegedly performing unnecessary procedures on students and employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy joined UM in 2015 as the Miller School of Medicine\u2019s director of male reproductive medicine and surgery and an assistant professor of urology. In 2020, he became an associate professor.<\/p>\n

Four years later, the 45-year-old left the University for a consultant urologist position at the Jumeirah American Clinic<\/a> in Dubai.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The United Arab Emirates does not have a formal extradition agreement<\/a> with the U.S., but following an investigation by the Miami Police Department, Ramasamy agreed to return to Miami to surrender. Authorities arrested Ramasamy at Miami International Airport and, shortly after his arrest, he attended bond court.<\/p>\n

In a statement to CBS News Miami<\/a>, Ramasamy said, \u201cI never performed any unnecessary medical procedure. I never assaulted anyone. I never sexually assaulted anyone, never.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramasamy posted a $120,000 bond and is currently on house arrest. He was ordered not to have contact with any of the alleged victims.<\/p>\n

At the time of publishing, Ramasamy\u2019s Florida medical license (ME123131<\/a>) is listed as \u201cClear\/Active,\u201d and his New York license (249812<\/a>) shows as \u201cregistered.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the arrest warrant, the earliest allegations against Ramasamy date back to 2016.<\/p>\n

Arrest warrant cites multiple victims\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the arrest warrant, Ramasamy targeted male students and employees ranging from their late 20s to early 40s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The warrant includes statements from six alleged victims, but only three are connected to sexual-battery charges. The others are mentioned as \u201cother bad act\u201d witnesses. A \u201cbad act witness<\/a>\u201d is when someone\u2019s past bad behavior is used to challenge their credibility on the witness stand.<\/p>\n

The first alleged victim was doing postgraduate work under Ramsamy and served as his chief of staff in 2020. He claims that after a few months of working together, Ramasamy began asking questions about his personal life.<\/p>\n

After telling Ramasamy he was having struggles with his relationship, he was recommended to undergo lab work, which returned completely normal.<\/p>\n

Still, Ramasamy then recommended a semen sample from the victim, which he willingly gave in the lab.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the victim, semen test results typically take about 20 minutes, but after just two minutes, Ramasamy claimed one of the results was \u201cextremely low.\u201d<\/p>\n

He would need to have weekly scrotal<\/a> ultrasounds, according to Ramasamy, which were performed over the course of two to three months but he did not feel improvement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During an examination in 2021, the accuser claims Ramasamy digitally penetrated his anus and stroked his genitals until he ejaculated. The alleged victim did not consent to this procedure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A urology expert \u2014 who was cited but not named in the arrest warrant \u2014reviewed the alleged victim\u2019s medical records and statements and determined that there was no clinical reason to perform the procedure described.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The second alleged victim was a medical-student research fellow who worked for Ramasamy in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ramasamy allegedly asked him to give a semen sample for a research project, to which he consented. He says he was later told he would need a rectal prostate exam for further evaluation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The victim says his examinations were significantly longer and more aggressive than those he had seen Ramasamy perform on patients. He says he didn\u2019t consent to the \u201cunique maneuvers,\u201d in which he was forced to ejaculate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For over six months, Ramasamy allegedly performed prostate \u201cmassages\u201d on the victim. The warrant also states that these procedures were performed alone and after normal business hours.<\/p>\n

During one exam, Ramasamy allegedly performed a digital rectal exam without consent from the victim.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The alleged victim explains he went along with these procedures because he was in fear of disrupting their professional relationship. The relationship continued through December 2023, when the victim consented to surgery by Ramasamy to remove something that\u2019s redacted from the warrant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An unnamed urology expert analyzed the second victim\u2019s records and statements and says there was no clinical reason for the first semen sample and the rectal procedures that followed.<\/p>\n

The third alleged victim connected to the sexual battery charges was a student of Ramasamy\u2019s in 2016. He says he was asked to give a semen sample, after which Ramasamy suggested a second sample and additional testing.<\/p>\n

He agreed to become Ramasamy\u2019s patient after he was told the second sample was worse than the first and that he had a condition that could cause fertility problems.<\/p>\n

The results of the sample are not documented in the alleged victim\u2019s medical records, according to the warrant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In March 2017, Ramasamy performed surgery on the victim and later recommended routine STD testing. In October of the same year, Ramasamy began performing prostate \u201cmassages\u201d on the victim to make him ejaculate as supposed \u201ctests.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

A urology expert reviewed the records and statements and said that Ramasamy performed an invasive surgery based on undocumented semen analysis results and used a false STD test to suggest additional exams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The expert also states that there was no medical reason for weekly exams and that this practice violates the standard of appropriate medical practice.<\/p>\n

The warrant also states that Ramasamy performed a cystoscopy, a bladder and urethra examination, using a lighted tube with a camera, without consent from the victim.<\/p>\n

Title IX complaints had been filed with UM, sources claim<\/p>\n

The Miami Hurricane interviewed a resident in the UM urology department while Ramasamy was a faculty urologist there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the source, who wishes to remain unnamed, a Title IX investigation was filed with UM against Ramasamy in the spring of 2024. The source also claims to have known the accuser and details about the alleged assault that occurred in 2016.<\/p>\n

A post on X<\/a> by Dr. Alex Tatem on February 22, 2026, supports the source\u2019s statement. Tatem \u2014 a private practice urologist in Indiana \u2014 claimed that UM knew about the ongoing sexual assaults. During the interview The Hurricane conducted with him, Tatem said he sat on the same boards as Ramasamy and frequently interacted with him at urological events.<\/p>\n

Within the post, Tatem included an email sent on April 1, 2024, from Maria Sevilla<\/a> \u2014 UM\u2019s deputy Title IX coordinator \u2014 regarding the complaint filed against Ramasamy.<\/p>\n

In the email sent to people involved in the investigation, Sevilla wrote that \u201ccertain of the allegations have been corroborated\u201d and Ramasamy would not be returning to UM. The email also read that UM would \u201csubmit the required disclosure\u201d to the Florida Department of Health.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The source provided similar information, stating that UM had claimed it would file a formal report with the FDHL following the Title IX complaint.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But when the source began making calls, they realized that no report had been filed.<\/p>\n

On May 4, 2024, the source filed a complaint with the Florida Department of Health against Ramasamy, citing their knowledge of sexual assault \u201cunder the premise of medical research.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hurricane reviewed and verified this complaint. The Hurricane also verified communication between the source and the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners and the Texas Medical Board.<\/p>\n

The Hurricane reached out to the University for comment but has not yet received a reply.<\/p>\n

Existing culture exaggerated these issues, source says<\/p>\n

Within the urology department, the source said there was a \u201cbro mentality,\u201d and the men competed with one another to see who had the highest sperm count.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the source, it did not seem odd when Ramasamy asked for semen samples because he frequently requested samples for this competition.<\/p>\n

The source said they knew of a victim in 2016 \u2014 aligning with the arrest warrant \u2014 but that the victim was unwilling to report the assault and needed a more complex understanding of urology to understand why what Ramasamy was doing was wrong.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the source, Ramasamy also singled out women, creating a hostile environment with the intention of excluding the women so he was only surrounded by men.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ramasamy faces three felony charges of sexual battery.<\/p>\n

At the time of publishing, Ramasamy is scheduled to appear in court to set a plea on Sept. 17, according to Miami-Dade County court records<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former University of Miami urologist and professor was arrested on Aug. 20 after allegedly performing unnecessary procedures…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-394761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}