President and CEO, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Fox Chase Cancer Center - Temple University Health System
Dr. Uzzo is President and CEO of Fox Chase Cancer Center - Temple University Health. He also serves as EVP Cancer Services – Temple University Health System, Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Cancer Research – Lewis Katz School of Medicine and the G. Willing “Wing” Pepper Professor of Cancer Research. 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 500 peer-reviewed articles and chapters in urologic oncology and has an H index of 85. 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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