Thomas J. Guzzo, MD, MPH

Urology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Urology Perelman
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Chief, Division of Urology, University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Associate Program Director, Penn Urology Residency
  • Alan J. Wein Professor in Urology

Elected to Penn Medicine Academy of Master Clinicians, 2016

My education and training

  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

1365 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

Anonymous
August 2026
surgery was a success, very competent
Anonymous
August 2026
as a dr myself i find dr guzzo to be precise, helpful, informative comfortable, and a brilliant surgeon
Anonymous
August 2026
i come away feeling that i am in good hands and making progress
Anonymous
August 2026
my surgery was successful so that's very important to me.

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Guzzo is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Flaig TW, Spiess PE, Agarwal N, Bangs R, Boorjian SA, Buyyounouski MK, Chang S, Downs TM, Efstathiou JA, Friedlander T, Greenberg RE, Guru KA, Guzzo T, Herr HW, Hoffman-Censits J, Hoimes C, Inman BA, Jimbo M, Kader AK, Lele SM, Michalski J, Montgomery JS, Nandagopal L, Pagliaro LC, Pal SK, Patterson A, Plimack ER, Pohar KS, Preston MA, Sexton WJ, Siefker-Radtke AO, Tward J, Wright JL, Gurski LA, Johnson-Chilla A Bladder Cancer, Version 3.2020, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology , Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 18(3): 2020,329-354


Skokan AJ, Dobbs RW, Harris AM, Tessier CD, Sajadi KP, Talwar R, Berger I, Guzzo TJ, Ziemba JB Implementing a patient safety culture survey to identify and target process improvements in academic ambulatory urology practices: A multi-institutional collaborative , Canadian Journal of Urology, 27(1): 2020,10087-10092


Talwar R, Xia L, Serna J, Ding J, Lee DJ, Ziemba J, Guzzo TJ Preventing excess narcotic prescriptions in new robotic surgery discharges: The PENN prospective cohort quality improvement initiative , Journal of Endourology, 34(1): 2020,48-53


Glauser G, Winter E, Caplan IF, Goodrich S, McClintock SD, Guzzo TJ, Malhotra NR The LACE+ Index as a predictor of 30 day patient outcomes in a urologic surgery population: A coarsened exact match study , Urology, 134: 2019,109-115


Berger I, Strother M, Talwar R, Ziemba J, Wirtalla C, Xia L, Guzzo T, Delgado MK, Kelz R National variation in opioid prescription fills and long-term use in opioid naïve patients after urological surgery , Journal of Urology, 202(5): 2019,1036-1043


Corbett CJ, Xia L, Mamtani R, Malkowicz SB, Guzzo TJ Survival benefit persists with delayed initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy following radical cystectomy for locally advanced bladder cancer , Urology, 132: 2019,143-149


Jayadevappa R, Lee DI, Chhatre S, Guzzo TJ, Malkowicz SB Comparative effectiveness of treatments for high-risk prostate cancer patients , Urologic Oncology, 37(9): 2019,574.e11-574.e18


Jayadevappa R, Chhatre S, Malkowicz SB, Parikh RB, Guzzo T, Wein AJ Association between androgen deprivation therapy use and diagnosis of dementia in men with prostate cancer , JAMA Network Open, 2(7): 2019,e196562


Fischer-Valuck BW, Michalski JM, Mitra N, Christodouleas JP, DeWees TA, Kim E, Smith ZL, Andriole GL, Arora V, Bullock A, Carmona R, Figenshau RS, Grubb RL, Guzzo TJ, Knoche EM, Malkowicz SB, Mamtani R, Pachynski RK, Roth BJ, Zaghloul MS, Gay HA, Baumann BC Effectiveness of postoperative radiotherapy after radical cystectomy for locally advanced bladder cancer , Cancer Medicine, 8(8): 2019,3698-3709


Banerjee S, Alwine JC, Wei Z, Tian T, Shih N, Sperling C, Guzzo T, Feldman MD, Robertson ES Microbiome signatures in prostate cancer , Carcinogenesis, 40(6): 2019,749-764