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President and CEO (interim); Chair, Dept. of Surgery
Fox Chase Cancer Center - Temple Health
Dr. Uzzo is President and CEO (interim) of Fox Chase Cancer Center - Temple University Health. He also serves as Professor andChair, Department of Surgery as the G. Willing “Wing” Pepper Endowed Professor of Urological Oncology. Regionally Dr Uzzo is the Founder and Executive Director of the nation’s second largest urologic quality collaborative (the Pennsylvania Urologic Regional Collaborative or PURC). Dr. Uzzo’s work focuses on the surgical management of genitourinary malignancies.
Dr. Uzzo graduated summa cum laude and valedictorian from Union College’s accelerated 6 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 in kidney cancer. He has authored more than 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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Sunday, May 15, 2022
7:30 AM – 9:30 AM