Robert E. Weiss, MD

Having more than twenty five years of experience in treating complex cancer patients, I specialize in performing surgery for patients with bladder cancer and renal cancer. I also treat patients with prostate cancer, testis cancer, benign prostate problems and renal stones. I am experienced in performing open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery.

I graduated from New York University Medical School and completed my urologic training at Mount Sinai Medical School in New York. Prior to joining the faculty at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, I completed a fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. During the past decade, I have performed many cystectomies (bladder removal) for invasive bladder cancer. I routinely recreate continent bladders out of intestine (neobladders) and have performed minimally invasive robotic cystectomies. Also, I have performed many partial nephrectomies to spare renal function. I have performed this procedure robotically as well as with an open incision.

I have been the principal investigator on national grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institutes of Health, as well as those through the pharmaceutical industry. I am the author of more than 60 publications and have presented at several local, national and international meetings including those in Lisbon, Vienna, Barcelona, Berlin and Krakow. This research has translated into the most current treatment options for my patients.

I am very active in the national American Urological Association (AUA). I was selected to the AUA leadership program 2006-2007. I have served on the AUA Health Policy Committee and the AUA Education Council. I have been President of the New York Section of the AUA. I routinely review journal articles for the Journal of Urology, Urology and Urologic Oncology. I am a member of the American Urological Association, American College of Surgeons, Society of Urologic Oncology, Society of Surgical Oncology and Society of University Urologists.

I believe that my experience and the comprehensive resources available at RWJBarnabas Health offers patients the best possible care for their urologic problems.