Robert Dreicer, MD
Genitourinary Medical Oncology
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Bio & Overview
Robert Dreicer, MD is deputy director of UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center, serves as the director of solid tumor oncology within the division of hematology/oncology and is a professor of medicine and urology.
Dr. Dreicer received his medical degree from the University of Texas-Houston and a master of science from the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston. Following his oncology fellowship, Dreicer joined the faculty at University of Iowa, achieving tenure and serving as the associate director of the division of hematology/oncology. He was recruited to Cleveland Clinic, where he served as chair of the department of solid tumor oncology from 2006-2014, before joining UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2015.
Dr. Dreicer’s research interests are in novel therapeutic approaches for urologic cancers including prostate, urothelial and kidney cancers. He is co-chair of the National Cancer Institute’s Genitourinary Oncology Steering Committee and serves as member of the Medical Oncology Test Writing Committee of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network.
Dreicer has been named for many years to Top Doctors in America, America’s Best Doctors and America’s Top Doctors for Cancer. He participates regularly in national and international programs devoted to education and research in urologic malignancies.
Academic Information
- Department
- Medicine
- Academic Role
- Professor
- Division
- Hematology / Oncology
- Research Interests
- Novel therapeutic approaches for urologic cancers including prostate, urothelial and kidney cancers.
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio (1983)
- Residency
- Indiana University School of Medicine (1986)
- Fellowship
- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (1989)
- Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology), American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
- Appointment
- Deputy Director - UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center, Section Head - Medical Oncology
Highlights
Dr. Robert Dreicer profile video
I'm Robert Dreicer, I'm the Deputy Director of the University of Virginia Cancer Center, and I'm also a Professor of Medicine and Urology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. I'm a urologic medical oncologist. That means that both my clinical focus and my clinical research focus is in patients with prostate, bladder, kidney, testes, and adrenal cancers. Honesty is important. One of the things that I've learned along the way is that people are pretty smart, and they know what's going on. So most of the time, having frank, honest discussions with people about what the situation is and trying to find a way to sort of take the journey together has worked pretty well. I would like to think that over the years, with the help of my colleagues; I've developed a certain level of expertise in managing the disease, and as an investigator, trying to bring new drug trials into these disease states. Although the center has been small for a long time, there's been very rapid growth over the last couple of years led by really progressive new leadership. Our center is growing rapidly in our ability to provide the kind of world-class care for cancer is sort of unprecedented in terms of the historical perspective of folks thinking about UVA. So, we're proud of what we're doing and we have lots of work to do, and we're going to work hard in doing it.
Awards
- 2015-2020 Best Doctors in America® List
- 2015 One of America's Top Cancer Doctors, Newsweek®
Reviews
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