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Kidney Cancer Panel Discussion: Controversies in Localized Disease, Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in mRCC, and Advanced RCC
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November 22, 2019
Robert G. Uzzo, MD, MBA, FACS, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Uzzo is ...
read more ↘ Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center, where he is also the G. Willing “Wing” Pepper Chair in Cancer Research. Regionally, Dr. Uzzo is the Chair of the Fox Chase/Einstein Urologic Institute of Southeastern Pennsylvania and the Executive Director of the nation’s second largest urologic quality collaborative (the Pennsylvania Urologic Regional Collaborative, or PURC). His work focuses on the surgical management of genitourinary malignancies.
Dr. Uzzo graduated summa cum laude and valedictorian from Union College’s accelerated six-year biomedical program. He attended Cornell University Medical College, where he was a New York State Finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship Competition. He completed general surgical training followed by urologic surgical training at New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He was an American Foundation for Urological Diseases Scholar in Urological Oncology, and completed both oncological and renal transplantation fellowships at the Cleveland Clinic under Dr. Andrew C. Novick.
Dr. Uzzo’s primary research has been in renal cell carcinoma (RCC), with a special focus on clinical decision-making, surgical management and adjuvant therapies. Dr. Uzzo has been involved in multiple national and international trials for kidney cancer. He has authored over 400 peer-reviewed articles and chapters in urologic oncology. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Urology, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and an elected member of both the prestigious American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons and the Clinical Society of GU Surgeons.
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Dr. Uzzo is ...
read more ↘ Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center, where he is also the G. Willing “Wing” Pepper Chair in Cancer Research. Regionally, Dr. Uzzo is the Chair of the Fox Chase/Einstein Urologic Institute of Southeastern Pennsylvania and the Executive Director of the nation’s second largest urologic quality collaborative (the Pennsylvania Urologic Regional Collaborative, or PURC). His work focuses on the surgical management of genitourinary malignancies.
Dr. Uzzo graduated summa cum laude and valedictorian from Union College’s accelerated six-year biomedical program. He attended Cornell University Medical College, where he was a New York State Finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship Competition. He completed general surgical training followed by urologic surgical training at New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He was an American Foundation for Urological Diseases Scholar in Urological Oncology, and completed both oncological and renal transplantation fellowships at the Cleveland Clinic under Dr. Andrew C. Novick.
Dr. Uzzo’s primary research has been in renal cell carcinoma (RCC), with a special focus on clinical decision-making, surgical management and adjuvant therapies. Dr. Uzzo has been involved in multiple national and international trials for kidney cancer. He has authored over 400 peer-reviewed articles and chapters in urologic oncology. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Urology, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and an elected member of both the prestigious American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons and the Clinical Society of GU Surgeons.
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