Robert G. Uzzo MD, MBA, FACS
Deputy Chief Clinical Officer and Director, Surgical Services, Fox Chase Cancer Center/Jeanes Hospital; Chairman, Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center; G. Willing “Wing” Pepper Professor of Urological Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center/Temple University; Chair, Fox Chase/Einstein Urologic Institute, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDr. Uzzo graduated summa cum laude from Union College and attended Cornell University Medical College. 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.
Dr. Uzzo is currently the Deputy Chief Clinical Officer; Director of Surgical Services, Fox Chase Cancer Center/Jeanes Hospital; Chairman of the Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center; and the G. Willing “Wing” Pepper Professor of Urological Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center/Temple University. He is also the Chair of the Fox Chase/Einstein Urologic Institute. He maintains an active, funded laboratory investigating kidney and prostate cancer. His clinical interests include minimally invasive urological oncology and renal malignancies. He has authored over 300 peer-reviewed articles in urologic oncology.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Genomic Algorithm for the Molecular Classification of Common Renal Cortical Neoplasms
- Salvage Surgery May Be Appropriate After Energy Ablation for Renal Masses
- Positive Vascular Wall Margins Have Minimal Impact on Outcomes in Non-Metastatic RCC With Tumour Thrombus
- Role of Ablative Therapy in Small Renal Masses
- Ablative Treatment in the Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Role of Ablative Therapy in Small Renal Masses
- Survival After Diagnosis of Early Kidney Cancer: Surgery vs Nonsurgical Management