Robert G. Uzzo

Robert G. Uzzo

Non-executive Board Member & Strategic Advisor, President and CEO, Fox Chase Cancer Center

In addition to heading the Department of Surgery at Fox Chase, Dr. Uzzo is Deputy Chief Clinical Officer, Senior Vice President of Physician Services, and President of the Fox Chase Cancer Center Medical Group. He is a nationally recognized authority in oncology having published over 500 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. Dr. Uzzo has worked extensively on national guidelines and has held leadership positions with the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Urological Association, the National Cancer Institute’s Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, and the Society of Urologic Oncology. He directs the nation’s largest surgical collaborative focused on improving prostate cancer care and has led national efforts in solid tumor treatment and immunotherapy.

Dr. Uzzo is a long-time consultant and editorial board member of Haymarket’s Renal & Urology News and MPR. His 30 years of experience in medicine reflect his enthusiastic, creative, and tireless advocacy of value-based healthcare. His focus on patient care has twice led the Fox Chase Medical Group to the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award, which recognizes performance in the top 5% of facilities surveyed nationally. He brings to the Haymarket Board extensive clinical, academic, pharmaceutical, and administrative experience and a perspective that “the ultimate competitive advantage for an organization is its ability to learn, and to translate that learning into rapid action.”