Thomas J. Guzzo MD, MPH
Chief of Urology and Associate Program Director, University of Pennsylvania Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDr. Guzzo is Chief of Urology and Associate Program Director at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Temple University School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery internship and urology residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Guzzo completed a fellowship at the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in urologic oncology. During his fellowship he also earned a Masters in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is extensively trained in the treatment of all aspects of urologic malignancies including open, laparoscopic, endoscopic and robotic surgical treatment for such malignancies.
Dr. Guzzo’s clinical areas of expertise include the surgical treatment of prostate, bladder, kidney and testicular cancer. He has one of the largest urologic oncology practices in the region and specializes in open, endoscopic and minimally invasive surgical procedures. Additionally, he is a member of the Penn Academy of master clinicians.
Dr. Guzzo also maintains a productive urologic oncology research program. He is a Prostate Cancer Foundation young investigator award recipient. He is the director of the urologic oncology research laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts, over a dozen book chapters and is the editor of two text books in urology.
Disclosures
No disclosures to report.Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Localized Prostate Cancer Treatment and Patient-Reported Outcomes After 3 Years
- Implications of Nephrectomy Technique for RCC Outcomes
- Outcomes Not Improved With Selective Arterial Clamping in Partial Nephrectomy
- Genomic Testing and Subtyping in Prostate Cancer: The Urology Perspective From ASCO GU 2017
- Perioperative Outcomes Following Partial Nephrectomy Performed on Patients Remaining on Antiplatelet Therapy
- 2016 Top Stories in Urology: Enhanced Recovery After Urologic Surgery
- Cutaneous Ureterostomy After Radical Cystecomy Results in Fewer Complications and Improved Quality of Life
- Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy vs Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy
- Notable Outcomes and Trackable Events After Surgery: Evaluating an Uncomplicated Recovery After Radical Prostatectomy
- Wound Dehiscence in a Sample of 1776 Cystectomies