Miami police arrested former University of Miami urologist Ranjith Ramasamy on three counts of sexual battery against former medical students.
Miami police arrested Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy, 45, a former University of Miami urologist and professor, on three counts of sexual battery. An arrest warrant says six former medical students, fellows and trainees accused him of performing unnecessary genital, rectal and prostate exams under the guise of medical research and treatment during his nearly decade-long tenure at UM, which ended in 2024. Ramasamy flew back from Dubai, where he now works, to surrender to Miami-Dade authorities and was released on a $120,000 bond with house arrest and a GPS monitor.
A former University of Miami urologist known internationally for his work on male infertility flew back from Dubai this week to face arrest on charges that he sexually battered medical students under his supervision, using bogus research projects and invented diagnoses to justify invasive exams, according to a Miami police arrest warrant.
Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy, 45, was booked into Miami-Dade custody Thursday on three counts of sexual battery. Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office deputies took him into custody at Miami International Airport around 10:45 a.m. after he agreed to self-surrender following a Miami Police Department investigation. A judge set his bond at $120,000, ordered him onto house arrest with a GPS monitor, and barred him from contacting his accusers.
Ramasamy spent nearly a decade at the University of Miami, where he held the title of director of male reproductive medicine and surgery and rose from assistant professor of urology to associate professor. He left the university in 2024 and has since worked as a consultant urologist at the Jumeirah American Clinic in Dubai.
According to the arrest warrant, written by Miami Police Detective Louis Joseph, six men have come forward with allegations against Ramasamy, all describing a similar pattern: he asked them for semen samples, often framed as contributions to research projects or a cryopreservation database, then used the results to claim medical abnormalities that required further testing. That additional testing frequently escalated into repeated testicular, penile and rectal exams, including what Ramasamy called "prostate massages," the warrant says.
Three of the six men's accounts form the basis of the criminal charges. One man told police he worked as Ramasamy's chief of staff in 2020 when Ramasamy suggested he undergo a semen analysis followed by weekly scrotal ultrasounds and, eventually, a prostate exam. An outside medical expert who reviewed the case for investigators determined the prostate exam served no medical purpose and that Ramasamy had subjected the man to painful testicular and penis exams before using a false diagnosis to justify a rectal exam, the warrant states.
A second man said he served as a medical student research fellow under Ramasamy in 2022 when Ramasamy asked him and other students for semen samples for a research project. Ramasamy later called him to recommend a rectal prostate exam that the man said was far longer and more aggressive than exams he had watched Ramasamy perform on actual patients. From October 2022 to March 2023, Ramasamy performed what he described as rectal and prostatic massages on the man, telling him they amounted to physical therapy. The reviewing expert concluded the procedures were inconsistent with accepted medical standards, were carried out alone and after normal business hours, and fell outside any acceptable medical practice, according to the warrant.
The third man said he was a student of Ramasamy's in May 2016 when Ramasamy requested a semen sample to build a database for a cryopreservation lab. Ramasamy later pushed him toward additional testing and surgery, and began performing prostate massages on him as well. The expert who reviewed the case found the surgery had been based on semen analysis results that were never properly documented and that there was no clinical justification for the rectal exams performed on him.
All of the identified men were students, fellows or trainees under Ramasamy during his time at UM. The warrant describes a pattern in which Ramasamy used his authority as a supervising physician and professor to normalize repeated intimate examinations that a medical expert later found had no clinical basis.
Ramasamy built a national reputation in urology before the allegations surfaced. He received the American Urological Association's Gold Cystoscope Award for early-career contributions to the field. He previously lived in Pinecrest; his current listed address is in rural Sarasota County.
The University of Miami has not issued a public statement responding to the charges. Ramasamy's case now moves forward in Miami-Dade court, where he remains under house arrest and GPS monitoring while barred from any contact with the men who accused him.
