At Rutgers Cancer Institute, our expert urologic cancer surgeons are committed to providing the most comprehensive, highest-quality, compassionate, and exceptional personalized care tailored to your specific type and stage of genitourinary cancer.
We offer advanced surgical therapies for the diagnosis and treatment of localized and advanced genitourinary cancers.
Conditions We Treat
Together with RWJBarnabas Health, we specialize in advanced treatments for complex tumors of the brain and spine, offering a full spectrum of care with both minimally invasive and state-of-the-art surgical techniques.
- Prostate Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Testicular Cancer
- Penile Cancer
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Why Choose Us for Your Urologic Cancer Care?
The Latest Advanced Treatment Options
We offer the latest and most technologically advanced diagnostic and surgical therapies for our patients, including blue light cystoscopy to enhance detection of high-grade bladder cancers, Jelmyto for treating upper urinary tract cancers, single-port and multi-port robotic surgery for treating prostate, kidney, and bladder cancers, image-guided (MRI with ultrasound fusion) diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, organ sparing surgeries for patients with kidney cancer, and nerve-sparing surgeries for men with testicular and prostate cancers aimed to preserve fertility and sexual function.
Nationally Recognized Cancer Centers
Our Prostate Cancer program at Rutgers Cancer Institute and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has been designated as a high-performing center for prostate cancer surgery by U.S. News & World Report. Our Testicular Cancer Program has been designated a Center of Excellence by the Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation, which is the leading Testicular Cancer Organization in the United States.
Leaders in Practice and Education
As New Jersey’s only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, we offer the most exhaustive and innovative genitourinary clinical trial portfolio in the state of New Jersey and are well-versed to treat the most complex and challenging patients with cancers of the prostate, kidney, bladder, ureter, urethra, testicle, and penis. Our urologic cancer surgeons are at the forefront of educating the next generation of leaders in the field and developing novel diagnostic biomarkers and new therapeutics and sequences of therapies aimed to improve the outcome of patients with genitourinary cancers.
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Meet Our Team
Your care team will include a multi-disciplinary team of nationally recognized and highly experienced urologic cancer surgeons, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists.
Thomas Jang, MD, MPH, FACS
Chief of Urologic Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute
Program Director, Urology Residency Program, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Professor, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Saum Ghodoussipour, MD
Urologic Oncologist
Director of Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Program, Rutgers Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
David M. Golombos, MD
Urologic Oncologist
Associate Professor of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Vignesh T. Packiam, MD
Director of Clinical and Translational Research in Urologic Oncology
Urologic Oncologist
Victorianna Belcastro, APN
Advanced Practice Provider
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