Penn Medicine Provider
Urology
Thomas J. Guzzo, MD, MPH
4.9
(872)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Urology Perelman
Make an appointmentCall 215-662-2891

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

Education and training

  • Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

872 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.

June 2025
5.0
5.0
easy to talk to
June 2025
5.0
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knowledgeable and experienced
May 2025
5.0
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very professional
May 2025
5.0
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very thorough

Insurance accepted

My 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

My research

Strother MC, Michel KF, Xia L, McWilliams K, Guzzo TJ, Lee DJ, Lee DI Prolonged length of stay after robotic prostatectomy: Causes and risk factors , Annals of Surgical Oncology: 2020 (Epub)

Glauser G, Winter E, Caplan IF, Haldar D, Goodrich S, McClintock SD, Guzzo TJ, Malhotra NR The LACE + index as a predictor of 90-day urologic surgery outcomes , World Journal of Urology: 2020 (Epub)

Glauser G, Goodrich S, McClintock SD, Dimentberg R, Guzzo TJ, Malhotra NR Evaluation of short-term outcomes following overlapping urologic surgery at a large academic medical center , Urology: 2020 (Epub)

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

Merrill SB, Sohl BS, Thompson RH, Reese AC, Parekh DJ, Lynch JH, Grob BM, Williams DH, Lee RK, Zaslau S, Guzzo TJ, Shenot PJ, Lehman EB, Raman JD The balance between open and robotic training among graduating urology residents: Does surgical technique need monitoring? , Journal of Urology: 2019 (Epub)

Xia L, Sperling CD, Taylor BL, Talwar R, Chelluri RR, Raman JD, Lee DJ, Lee DI, Guzzo TJ Associations between hospital volume and outcomes of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy , Journal of Urology: 2019 (Epub)

Patel KR, Taylor BL, Khani F, Guzzo TJ, Scherr DS, Ravishankar R, Lal P, Malkowicz SB Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on concordance of PD-L1 staining fidelity between the primary tumor and lymph node metastases in bladder cancer , Urology, 131: 2019 ,150-156

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