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Robert G. Uzzo, MD, MBA, FACS
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Clinical Locations
Primary Location
Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Secondary Location
Fox Chase Cancer Center Huntingdon Pike
8 Huntingdon Pike
Rockledge, PA 19046
About
Chairman, Department of Surgery
G. Willing "Wing" Pepper Chair in Cancer Research
Professor, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Temple University Health System
Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering, Temple University College of Engineering
Specialties
Treatment Focus
- Robotic and laparoscopic urologic oncology
- Organ preservation (kidney, bladder, testicular and adrenal)
- Non-surgical management of low risk urinary tumors
- Complex urological reconstruction
Research Program
Key Awards
UrologyTreatment Philosophy
Education and Training
Educational Background
- Fellow, Urologic Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Fellow, Renal Transplantation and Renovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Chief Resident, Urology, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY
- Senior Resident, Urology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- MD, Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 1991
- BS/BA, Union College, Schenectady, NY, 1989, Valedictorian
Certifications
- Diplomate, American Board of Urology
Memberships
- The American Urological Association
- Member, American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, AAGUS
- Society of Urologic Oncology, Board of Directors
- Society of Urologic Oncology, Clinical Trials Consortium, President
- Society of Urologic Oncology, Clinical Trials Consortium, Renal Program Chairman
- Board of Directors, SUO Clinical Trials Consortia, member-at-large
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Society of Scholars
- Kidney Cancer Association Medical Advisory Board
- Fellow American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.)
- Society of Urologic Oncology
- Pennsylvania Medical Society
- Philadelphia County Medical Society
- The MidAtlantic Section of the American Urological Association
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
- American College of Surgeons Oncology Group - Vice Chairman, GU Organ Committee 2002-2006
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- Urologic Society of Transplant and Vascular Surgeons
- Society for Basic Urologic Research
- American Association for Cancer Research
Honors & Awards
- Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors, 2002-20
- Best Doctors in America®, 2013-16, 2019-2020, Urology
- America’s Top Doctors®, 2008-17
- AUA Residents National Committee Teaching Award
- Consumer’s Research Council of America –America’s Top Physicians
Patient Stories
Luciano Orsini
Kidney Cancer
Luciano Orsini
Kidney Cancer
I’m 58 years old and live in Sicklerville, New Jersey. In normal times, summer is my favorite time of year. I’d have been looking forward to it this year, if COVID-19 hadn’t happened and forced me to delay my surgery for kidney cancer.
Felix (Phil) Sanchez
Bladder Cancer
Felix (Phil) Sanchez
Bladder Cancer
I follow up with people and act as a mentor. I let them know they are able to contact me at any time, and I can offer them peace of mind from someone who has been where they are headed.
Charlie Smithgall
Kidney Cancer
Charlie Smithgall
Kidney Cancer
"Although cancer is not the news I was expecting to hear, I’m able to see the silver lining in how things worked out the way they did. "
Fred Cohen
Bladder Cancer
Fred Cohen
Bladder Cancer
"Two dates are seared into my memory. On November 30, 2015, my wife and I were attending a funeral for a very dear friend, who had died after a long ordeal with kidney cancer. After the viewing I used the restroom and I noticed something unusual – blood in my urine. Obviously concerned, I called my urologist in the car on the way to the cemetery. He recommended I come in right away for an exam. On January 7, 2016, after weeks of tests and exams, the suspicion was confirmed: I had bladder cancer."
John Roley
Kidney Cancer
John Roley
Kidney Cancer
In the fall of 2007, John Roley was shocked to learn he had kidney cancer after experiencing severe stomach pain. After meeting with his doctor, he decided to get a second opinion from Dr. Robert Uzzo, chief of surgical oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center. Rather than traditional surgery, Dr. Uzzo recommended two surgeries using the minimally-invasive da Vinci robotic surgical procedure that makes tiny incisions, results in very little scarring, and produces almost no bleeding. After the surgeries, John had no complications, healed quickly, and returned to work within weeks. "The doctors and nurses at Fox Chase were simply great in taking care of me and helping me to recover so quickly," he said. "I am forever grateful to everyone who found the problem, fixed the problem, and restored me to excellent health, and I pray that they are able to help others the way they helped me."
Pages
Research Profile
Research Program
Research Interests
- Clinical and translational questions involving renal cell carcinoma including decision making models in the management of renal cancers and processes/quality of care in urologic malignancies
- Analyses of outcomes involving excision, ablation, and active surveillance for localized kidney cancer and techniques/outcomes of surgery in locally advanced and metastatic RCC
- Actively develop and accrue to multiple industry sponsored national and international urological oncology trials as well as investigator initiated trials.
- Translational interests include biomarker development in kidney cancer and the role of zinc dyshomeostasis in prostate cancer
Publications
Selected Publications
Chapters and Publications from over 400:
Campbell S.C., Novick A.C., Belldegrun A., Blute M.L., Chow G.K., Derweesh I.H., Faraday M.M., Kaouk J.H., Leveillee R.J., Matin S.F., Russo P., Uzzo R.G., Guideline for Management of the Clinical T1 Renal Mass, 2009, Journal of Urology, 182, 4 SUPPL., 1271, 1279 PubMed
Goel N, Manstein SM, Ward WH, DeMora L, Smaldone MC, Farma JM, Uzzo RG, Esnaola NF. Does the Surgical Apgar Score predict serious complications after elective major cancer surgery? Journal of Surgical Research, 231:242-7, 2018.
Uzzo R.G., Novick A.C., Nephron sparing surgery for renal tumors: Indications, techniques and outcomes, 2001, Journal of Urology, 166, 1, 6, 18 PubMed
Kutikov A, Uzzo RG. The RENAL Nephrometry Score: A comprehensive standardized system for quantitating renal tumor size, location and depth. J Urol, 182(3):844-53, 2009. (cited 401 times) PubMed
Chawla S.N., Crispen P.L., Hanlon A.L., Greenberg R.E., Chen D.Y.T., Uzzo R.G., The natural history of observed enhancing renal masses: Meta-analysis and review of the world literature, 2006, Journal of Urology, 175, 2, 425, 431 PubMed
Kunkle D.A., Egleston B.L., Uzzo R.G., Excise, Ablate or Observe: The Small Renal Mass Dilemma-A Meta-Analysis and Review, 2008, Journal of Urology, 179, 4, 1227, 1234 PubMed
Kunkle D.A., Uzzo R.G., Cryoablation or radiofrequency ablation of the small renal mass: A meta-analysis, 2008, Cancer, 113, 10, 2671, 2680 PubMed
Uzzo R.G., Wei J.T., Waldbaum R.S., Perlmutter A.P., Byrne J.C., Vaughan Jr. D., The influence of prostate size on cancer detection, 1995, Urology, 46, 6, 831, 836 PubMed
Pollack A., Hanlon A.L., Horwitz E.M., Feigenberg S.J., Konski A.A., Movsas B., Greenberg R.E., Uzzo R.G., Ma C.-M.C., McNeeley S.W., Buyyounouski M.K., Price Jr. R.A., Dosimetry and preliminary acute toxicity in the first 100 men treated for prostate cancer on a randomized hypofractionation dose escalation trial, 2006, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 64, 2, 518, 526 PubMed
Qiao J., Uzzo R., Obara-Ishihara T., Degenstein L., Fuchs E., Herzlinger D., FGF-7 modulates ureteric bud growth and nephron number in the developing kidney, 1999, Development, 126, 3, 547, 554
Lane B.R., Russo P., Uzzo R.G., Hernandez A.V., Boorjian S.A., Thompson R.H., Fergany A.F., Love T.E., Campbell S.C., Comparison of cold and warm ischemia during partial nephrectomy in 660 solitary kidneys reveals predominant role of nonmodifiable factors in determining ultimate renal function, 2011, Journal of Urology, 185, 2, 421, 427 PubMed
Mann S.J., Pickering T.G., Sos T.A., Uzzo R.G., Sarkar S., Friend K., Rackson M.E., Laragh J.H., Captopril renography in the diagnosis of renal artery stenosis: accuracy and limitations, 1991, The American Journal of Medicine, 90, 1, 30, 40 PubMed
Dulaimi E., Uzzo R.G., Greenberg R.E., Al-Saleem T., Cairns P., Detection of Bladder Cancer in Urine by a Tumor Suppressor Gene Hypermethylation Panel, 2004, Clinical Cancer Research, 10, 6, 1887, 1893 PubMed
Kunkle D.A., Crispen P.L., Chen D.Y.T., Greenberg R.E., Uzzo R.G., Enhancing Renal Masses With Zero Net Growth During Active Surveillance, 2007, Journal of Urology, 177, 3, 849, 854 PubMed
Touijer K., Jacqmin D., Kavoussi L.R., Montorsi F., Patard J.J., Rogers C.G., Russo P., Uzzo R.G., Van Poppel H., The Expanding Role of Partial Nephrectomy: A Critical Analysis of Indications, Results, and Complications, 2010, European Urology, 57, 2, 214, 222 PubMed
Additional Publications
Clinical Locations
Primary Location
Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Secondary Location
Fox Chase Cancer Center Huntingdon Pike
8 Huntingdon Pike
Rockledge, PA 19046
Chairman, Department of Surgery
G. Willing "Wing" Pepper Chair in Cancer Research
Professor, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Temple University Health System
Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering, Temple University College of Engineering
Treatment Focus
- Robotic and laparoscopic urologic oncology
- Organ preservation (kidney, bladder, testicular and adrenal)
- Non-surgical management of low risk urinary tumors
- Complex urological reconstruction
Research Program
Key Awards
UrologyTreatment Philosophy
Education
Educational Background
- Fellow, Urologic Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Fellow, Renal Transplantation and Renovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Chief Resident, Urology, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY
- Senior Resident, Urology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- MD, Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 1991
- BS/BA, Union College, Schenectady, NY, 1989, Valedictorian
Certifications
- Diplomate, American Board of Urology
Memberships
- The American Urological Association
- Member, American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, AAGUS
- Society of Urologic Oncology, Board of Directors
- Society of Urologic Oncology, Clinical Trials Consortium, President
- Society of Urologic Oncology, Clinical Trials Consortium, Renal Program Chairman
- Board of Directors, SUO Clinical Trials Consortia, member-at-large
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Society of Scholars
- Kidney Cancer Association Medical Advisory Board
- Fellow American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.)
- Society of Urologic Oncology
- Pennsylvania Medical Society
- Philadelphia County Medical Society
- The MidAtlantic Section of the American Urological Association
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
- American College of Surgeons Oncology Group - Vice Chairman, GU Organ Committee 2002-2006
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- Urologic Society of Transplant and Vascular Surgeons
- Society for Basic Urologic Research
- American Association for Cancer Research
Honors & Awards
- Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors, 2002-20
- Best Doctors in America®, 2013-16, 2019-2020, Urology
- America’s Top Doctors®, 2008-17
- AUA Residents National Committee Teaching Award
- Consumer’s Research Council of America –America’s Top Physicians
Research Profile
Research Interests
- Clinical and translational questions involving renal cell carcinoma including decision making models in the management of renal cancers and processes/quality of care in urologic malignancies
- Analyses of outcomes involving excision, ablation, and active surveillance for localized kidney cancer and techniques/outcomes of surgery in locally advanced and metastatic RCC
- Actively develop and accrue to multiple industry sponsored national and international urological oncology trials as well as investigator initiated trials.
- Translational interests include biomarker development in kidney cancer and the role of zinc dyshomeostasis in prostate cancer
Publications
Selected Publications
Chapters and Publications from over 400:
Campbell S.C., Novick A.C., Belldegrun A., Blute M.L., Chow G.K., Derweesh I.H., Faraday M.M., Kaouk J.H., Leveillee R.J., Matin S.F., Russo P., Uzzo R.G., Guideline for Management of the Clinical T1 Renal Mass, 2009, Journal of Urology, 182, 4 SUPPL., 1271, 1279 PubMed
Goel N, Manstein SM, Ward WH, DeMora L, Smaldone MC, Farma JM, Uzzo RG, Esnaola NF. Does the Surgical Apgar Score predict serious complications after elective major cancer surgery? Journal of Surgical Research, 231:242-7, 2018.
Uzzo R.G., Novick A.C., Nephron sparing surgery for renal tumors: Indications, techniques and outcomes, 2001, Journal of Urology, 166, 1, 6, 18 PubMed
Kutikov A, Uzzo RG. The RENAL Nephrometry Score: A comprehensive standardized system for quantitating renal tumor size, location and depth. J Urol, 182(3):844-53, 2009. (cited 401 times) PubMed
Chawla S.N., Crispen P.L., Hanlon A.L., Greenberg R.E., Chen D.Y.T., Uzzo R.G., The natural history of observed enhancing renal masses: Meta-analysis and review of the world literature, 2006, Journal of Urology, 175, 2, 425, 431 PubMed
Kunkle D.A., Egleston B.L., Uzzo R.G., Excise, Ablate or Observe: The Small Renal Mass Dilemma-A Meta-Analysis and Review, 2008, Journal of Urology, 179, 4, 1227, 1234 PubMed
Kunkle D.A., Uzzo R.G., Cryoablation or radiofrequency ablation of the small renal mass: A meta-analysis, 2008, Cancer, 113, 10, 2671, 2680 PubMed
Uzzo R.G., Wei J.T., Waldbaum R.S., Perlmutter A.P., Byrne J.C., Vaughan Jr. D., The influence of prostate size on cancer detection, 1995, Urology, 46, 6, 831, 836 PubMed
Pollack A., Hanlon A.L., Horwitz E.M., Feigenberg S.J., Konski A.A., Movsas B., Greenberg R.E., Uzzo R.G., Ma C.-M.C., McNeeley S.W., Buyyounouski M.K., Price Jr. R.A., Dosimetry and preliminary acute toxicity in the first 100 men treated for prostate cancer on a randomized hypofractionation dose escalation trial, 2006, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 64, 2, 518, 526 PubMed
Qiao J., Uzzo R., Obara-Ishihara T., Degenstein L., Fuchs E., Herzlinger D., FGF-7 modulates ureteric bud growth and nephron number in the developing kidney, 1999, Development, 126, 3, 547, 554
Lane B.R., Russo P., Uzzo R.G., Hernandez A.V., Boorjian S.A., Thompson R.H., Fergany A.F., Love T.E., Campbell S.C., Comparison of cold and warm ischemia during partial nephrectomy in 660 solitary kidneys reveals predominant role of nonmodifiable factors in determining ultimate renal function, 2011, Journal of Urology, 185, 2, 421, 427 PubMed
Mann S.J., Pickering T.G., Sos T.A., Uzzo R.G., Sarkar S., Friend K., Rackson M.E., Laragh J.H., Captopril renography in the diagnosis of renal artery stenosis: accuracy and limitations, 1991, The American Journal of Medicine, 90, 1, 30, 40 PubMed
Dulaimi E., Uzzo R.G., Greenberg R.E., Al-Saleem T., Cairns P., Detection of Bladder Cancer in Urine by a Tumor Suppressor Gene Hypermethylation Panel, 2004, Clinical Cancer Research, 10, 6, 1887, 1893 PubMed
Kunkle D.A., Crispen P.L., Chen D.Y.T., Greenberg R.E., Uzzo R.G., Enhancing Renal Masses With Zero Net Growth During Active Surveillance, 2007, Journal of Urology, 177, 3, 849, 854 PubMed
Touijer K., Jacqmin D., Kavoussi L.R., Montorsi F., Patard J.J., Rogers C.G., Russo P., Uzzo R.G., Van Poppel H., The Expanding Role of Partial Nephrectomy: A Critical Analysis of Indications, Results, and Complications, 2010, European Urology, 57, 2, 214, 222 PubMed
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October 30, 2020
Despite being anxious over this situation, I am trying to do what is necessary to have the best result. The nurse navigator was on top of her game for setting this up. I felt Dr. Uzzo asked the right questions to help him understand what he needed to know to result in the best outcome. [...]
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5.0
October 25, 2020
Very good experience
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4.5
October 03, 2020
[...] I am completelym satified with Dr. Uzzo and his staff.
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5.0
October 02, 2020
Everyone at Fox Chase is very caring and helpful. Fox Chase Cancer Center , Dr. Uzzo saved my life. Thank you everyone. [...]
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5.0
September 29, 2020
Dr Uzzo is a wonderful doctor. I never leave without fully understanding what he said, and what the next course of action is. without him, I probably wouldn't have my bladder. I feel so fortunate to be under Dr. Uzzo's care!
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5.0
September 28, 2020
Always treated with courtesy, respect and professionalism by Dr. Uzzo and his staff. They always make me feel comfortable and relaxed and are very helpful.
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September 21, 2020
Dr Uzzo is a great doctor and his staff is great as well
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5.0
September 13, 2020
My provider called me on the phone while I was in the waiting area and thought I had a televisit.I think Doctor Uzzo is excellent and very professional.
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5.0
September 09, 2020
I was very please with the service I received.
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5.0
August 28, 2020
Dr. Uzzo is phenomenal.
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5.0
August 25, 2020
Dr Usso is the best person to treat my tumor with upcoming surgery [...]. I fell very confident in having his as my surgeon!
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5.0
August 24, 2020
Dr. Uzzo and his team are great!
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5.0
August 21, 2020
Outstanding physician and office staff.
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5.0
August 19, 2020
First visit with Dr Uzzo by telemedicine. Dr Uzzo is a kind and very knowledgeable professional who explained my health concerns in a easy to understand manner with compassion. His staff kept me informed of upcoming appointments and explained procedures clearly.
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5.0
August 07, 2020
Dr Uzzo and his entire staff are caring, respectful, polite and amazing people.
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5.0
July 30, 2020
Dr Uzzo and [...] are terrific. I've been a patient of Dr Uzzo for many ,many years. They are always very professional and kind.
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5.0
July 27, 2020
Very considerate of my needs.
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5.0
July 26, 2020
I find Dr Uzzo and his staff very professional and social. I have been with them 13 years and I am very satisfied with their effort and care of me.
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5.0
July 24, 2020
Dr. Uzzo is the finest and most caring physician, as well as wonderful human being. G'D bless him and all of the crew who make FCCC the excellent institution it is.
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5.0
July 23, 2020
always a professional, caring experience-----
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