Robert Uzzo, MD, MBA, FACS

Robert Uzzo, MD, FACS
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President and CEO, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Executive Vice President for Cancer Services – Temple University Health System

Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Cancer Research – Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

G. Willing "Wing" Pepper Chair in Cancer Research

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

2023 top doctors
Urology

Treatment Philosophy

I believe in treating patients as I would my own family. I strive to communicate effectively with patients and family members at all levels. Through extensive discussions with my patients, I develop treatment plans that are both effective and acknowledge that quality of life issues are exceptionally important. I emphasize individually tailored treatments to help patients achieve success and limit treatment-related side effects which can affect quality of life.

I am sensitive to the particular issues regarding surgical treatment of genitourinary cancer, especially the physical and emotional effects on patients and their family. By fostering a doctor-patient relationship based on mutual respect and open dialogue, I encourage patients to become empowered managers of their care... Expand

Bio

As President & CEO, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Robert Uzzo is responsible for leading the overall clinical operations of Fox Chase.

In addition to these roles, Uzzo is the G. Willing “Wing” Pepper Chair in Cancer Research and also serves as the organization’s President of the Medical Group. He also serves as the founding Executive Director of the nation’s second largest urologic quality collaborative, the Pennsylvania Urologic Regional Collaborative... Expand

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, 1987, 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 

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.

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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. "

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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."

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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

Selected Publications

Chapters and Publications from over 400:

Correa A.F., Jegede O.A., Haas N.B., Flaherty K.T., Pins M.R., Adeniran A., Messing E.M., Manola J., Wood C.G., Kane C.J., Jewett M.A.S., Dutcher J.P., DiPaola R.S., Carducci M.A., Uzzo R.G., Predicting disease recurrence, early progression, and overall survival following surgical resection for high-risk localized and locally advanced renal cell carcinoma. Eur Urol. 80(1): 20-31, 2021. PMC8627688. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33707112.

Smith S.M., Wachter K., Burris H.A., 3rd, Schilsky R.L., George D.J., Peterson D.E., Johnson M.L., Markham M.J., Mileham K.F., Beg M.S., Bendell J.C., Dreicer R., Keedy V.L., Kimple R.J., Knoll M.A., LoConte N., MacKay H., Meisel J.L., Moynihan T.J., Mulrooney D.A., Mulvey T.M., Odenike O., Pennell N.A., Reeder-Hayes K., Smith C., Sullivan R.J., Uzzo R., Clinical cancer advances 2021: Asco's report on progress against cancer. J Clin Oncol. 39(10): 1165-1184, 2021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33527845.

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... Expand

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