Department Head
Yale Urology Group
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT, USA
Robert M. Weiss, MD, FACS, FAAP is the Donald Guthrie Professor of Urology at the Yale University School of Medicine, a board certified urologist, who received his undergraduate degree from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and his M.D. Degree from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Weiss has served as Chief of the Section of Urology at the Yale University School of Medicine/Yale New Haven Hospital, as Interim Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Yale University School of Medicine from 1999-2001 and as an Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at the Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Weiss’ research interests have dealt with signal transduction mechanisms in benign and malignant disease of the urinary tract, and the use of nanoparticle drug delivering platforms. Dr. Weiss has been awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and was the first urologist to receive a NIH Merit Award. He received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Urodynamic Society, the Keyes Medal from the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, the Pediatric Urology Medal from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the John W. Duckett MD Pediatric Urology Research Excellence Award from the Urology Care Foundation. He has served as a member of numerous NIH study sections. Dr. Weiss is a member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, the Clinical Society of Genito Urinary Surgeons, and the American Surgical Association. Dr. Weiss has served as a Trustee of the American Board of Urology and as Associate Editor of the Investigative Urology Section of the Journal of Urology and Section Editor of Neurourology and Urodynamics. Dr. Weiss has lectured nationally and internationally and has contributed over 300 publications to the scientific literature.
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