Medical Expertise

I am a fellowship trained urologic oncologist. I completed a fellowship in urologic oncology at Memorial
Sloan Kettering. I have been on faculty at Rutgers and CINJ for over 25 years. My area of interest
include the treatment of bladder cancer including radical cystectomy with continent diversion. I perform
minimally invasive robotic surgery. Also, I treat prostate cancer, renal cancer and testis cancer.

I have expertise in minimally invasive treatment of kidney stones and BPH.

Hospital Affiliation

University Hospital, Newark

INSURANCE PARTICIPATION

Insurance Participation: with Provider Number (where applicable)
The information below is subject to change and should not be relied upon until after it is verified with the insurance company. In addition, psychiatric providers should be contacted directly for information on their participation with managed care and insurance companies.

Aetna, Inc.

AmeriGroup

AmeriHealth of NJ

America's Choice Provider Network (ACPN)

Amerivantage Dual Coordination

Clover Health Plans

Devon Health Services/ULLICO

Horizon BCBS Managed Care

Horizon NJ Health

Horizon NJ Total Care(HNJH)

Horizon PPO Network

Medicaid

Medicare

MultiPlan

Prime Health Services, Inc.

Qual Care HMO

Qual Care PPO

Three Rivers Provider Network

UHC Comm/Oxford

United Healthcare Community Plan (formerly AmeriChoice of NJ, Inc.)

WellCare Health Plans

Overview

Dr. Robert E. Weiss is the Harris L. Willits Professor and Chief of the Division of Urology at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School. He is also the Program Director for the Urology Residency Program. Dr. Weiss specializes in urologic oncology surgery ??? treating bladder cancer, renal cancer, prostate and testis cancer. He also treats patients with kidney stones and benign prostate disease. He has particular expertise in laparoscopic and robotic surgery, as well as partial nephrectomy, radical cystectomy and neobladder reconstruction.

Dr. Weiss graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with a degree in chemistry and honors in biochemistry. He graduated from New York University School of Medicine and completed his urology training at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He then completed a urologic oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, where he was named an American Cancer Society Fellow.

Dr. Weiss was a faculty member for several years at Rutgers- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey and served as residency program director. He received several resident teaching awards during this time He has been listed many times in New York Magazine???s ???Best Doctors???, New Jersey Magazine???s ???Best Doctors???, Inside New Jersey???s ???Top Doctors??? and Castle and Connolly???s ???America???s Top Doctors in Cancer???. Also, he received the National Medical Award in Urology from the Kidney and Urology Foundation of America. He has been a member of the national AUA Leadership Class and served as President of the New York Section of the American Urological Association.

Dr. Weiss has presented his research nationally as well as internationally. He has received national research funding in the areas of prostate imaging and bladder cancer. He has brought his clinical and academic leadership experience to Rutgers- New Jersey Medical School.

Education

MD, 1985, New York University School of Medicine

Licensure & Certification

Medical Licensure
New Jersey

Certification
American Board of Urology - Urology

Relevant Publications

Pandher M, Oparanozie A, Song A, Mahajan J, Berg C, Fernandez G, Chang C, Alwaal A, Weiss, RE. Characterization of Genital Injuries Secondary to Foreign Bodies 2011-2020. Investig Clin Urol. 2023 Jan;64(1):66-73 Guglin, A., Weiss,RE., Singh, A., Mittal, A , Hwang, T., Shah,A. Concurrent Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis and Upper Urinary Tract Transitional Cell Carcinoma, Case Reports in Urology 2023: 6021178 Lichtbroun BJ, Shinder B, Sara TG, Srivastava A, Saraiya B, Mayer TM, Cristelli R, Sadimin E, Weiss RE, Singer EA Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma with Sarcomatoid Differentiation, J Kidney Cancer VHL 2023 10(3). Nguyen, A., Fastenau, J., Mehta, J., Kovac, E., Weiss, RE National Trends in PSA cancer screening with parallel investigation of colorectal cancer screening: an analysis of the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System from 2012 to 2022, Clinical Genitourinary Cancer 2024 Davis, M., Chen, T. , Cadwell, J. , Aftab, O. , Ali, D. , Abdollah, F., Weiss, RE , Billah, S. Operative Time Variability: : Understanding and Navigating a Risk Affecting Surgeon and Hospital Efficiency. Perioperative Care and Operating Room Management 2023 . Kovac, E. Weiss, RE, Arap, W. Testosterone Treatment and Fractures in Men with Hypogonadism. New England Journal of Medicine 2024 11:390 1342-43.

Farber, NJ, Faiena, I, Dombrovksiy, V, Tabakin, Al, Shinder, B, Patel, R, Elsamra, SE, Jang, TL, Singer, EA, Weiss, RE. 'Disparities in the Use of Continent Diversions after Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer' Bladder Cancer 20:4(1), 113-120, 2018. Radadia KD, Farber NJ, Tabakin AL, Wang W, Patel HV, Polotti CF, Weiss RE, Elsamra SE, Kim IY, Singer EA, Stein MN, Mayer TM, Jang TL. Effect of alvimopan on gastrointestinal recovery and length of hospital stay after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancer. J Clin Urol. 2019 Mar;12(2):122-128. Farber NJ, Rivera-N'?ez Z, Kim S, Shinder B, Radadia K, Sterling J, Modi PK, Goyal S, Parikh R, Mayer TM, Weiss RE, Kim IY, Elsamra SE, Jang TL, Singer EA. Trends and outcomes of lymphadenectomy for nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma: A propensity score-weighted analysis of the National Cancer Database. Urol Oncol. 2019 Jan;37(1):26-32. Portal, DE, Weiss, RE, Wojtowicz, M, Mansour, A, Mehnert, JM, Aisner, JA, Kane, M, Nishioka, J, Aisner, S, Peters, S, Stein, MN, Kim, IY, Mayer, TM, Shih, W, Gulley, J, Streicher, H, Eric A. Singer, EA, Lattime, EC. Phase I Neoadjuvant Study of Intravesical Recombinant Fowlpox-GM-CSF (rF- GMCSF) or Fowlpox-TRICOM (rF-TRICOM) in Patients with Bladder Carcinoma.Cancer. Gene Ther. 2019 Jun 20 41417-019 Srivastava, A, Rivera-N'?ez, Z, Kim, S, Sterling, J, Farber, NJ, Radadia, KD, Patel, HV, MD,

Areas Of Interest

Urologic Cancer Kidney Stones