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Office
833 Chestnut St
Suite 703 (Patient office)
Philadelphia, PA 19107Phone+1 215-955-1000Fax+1 215-923-2275
Summary
- Dr. Leonard Gomella is the Bernard Godwin Professor of Prostate Cancer and Chair of Urology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Philadelphia. He is also Senior Director for Clinical Affairs for the Sidney Kimmel Cancer and is Urology Vice President for Jefferson Health. Dr. Gomella completed medical school, surgery and urology training at the University of Kentucky. After completing a fellowship in the Surgery Branch of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, he joined Jefferson in 1988 and was appointed Chair in 2002. His clinical care involves non-robotic urologic oncology and his research focus is working with basic scientists to translate laboratory discoveries into clinical applications. His team was first to use RT-PCR to detect circulating micro-metastasis in patients with prostate cancer, a discovery that led to a new field of investigation known today as the “liquid biopsy”. Dr. Gomella has given over 600 presentations, written over 500 papers and edited 63 editions of 17 different books for medical students, residents, and practicing physicians, many of which have been translated into foreign languages. The 12th Edition of his medical student book (nicknamed "Scut Monkey Handbook") has been renamed, “Gomella and Haist’s Clinicians Pocket Reference” in his honor. In 2010 he became Editor-in-Chief of the “Canadian Journal of Urology International”. Dr. Gomella has served as Urology Chair for RTOG/NRG and as President of the Mid Atlantic AUA and the Society of Urologic Oncology. In 2017 and 2019 he was Co-Chair of the Philadelphia Prostate Cancer International Consensus on genetic testing for prostate cancer. He is a member the American Society of Genitourinary Surgeons and the distinguished Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons. Numerous awards and recognitions include a University of Kentucky Alumni award, multiple “Top Doctor Listings”, a “Distinguished Contribution Award” from the AUA and the “Jefferson Achievement Award in Medicine”.
Education & Training
- National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Urologic Surgical Oncology, 1986 - 1988
- University of Kentucky College of MedicineResidency, Urology, 1982 - 1986
- University of Kentucky College of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1981 - 1982
- University of Kentucky College of MedicineInternship, Surgery, 1980 - 1981
- University of Kentucky College of MedicineClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 1988 - 2024
- NJ State Medical License 2001 - 2005
- American Board of Urology Urology
- American College of SurgeonsFACS
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2021
- Philadelphia Magazine Top Docs Castle Connolly, 2004-2021
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2004-2021
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Clinical Trials
- Kidney-Sparing Surgery Compared With Kidney Removal in Treating Patients With Kidney Cancer Start of enrollment: 1992 Mar 01
- Hormone Therapy and Radiation Therapy or Hormone Therapy and Radiation Therapy Followed by Docetaxel and Prednisone in Treating Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2005 Dec 01
- Prostate Radiation Therapy or Short-Term Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Pelvic Lymph Node Radiation Therapy With or Without Prostate Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With a Rising Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) After Surgery for Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 Feb 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 83 citationsTargeting cell cycle and hormone receptor pathways in cancer.Clay E.S. Comstock, Michael A. Augello, Jonathan F. Goodwin, R de Leeuw, Matthew J. Schiewer
Oncogene. 2013-11-28 - 180 citationsCirculating tumor cells predict survival in patients with metastatic prostate cancer.Jose G. Moreno, M. Craig Miller, Steve Gross, W. Jeffrey Allard, Leonard G. Gomella
Urology. 2005-04-01 - 17 citationsTesting for homologous recombination repair or homologous recombination deficiency for poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors: A current perspective.Thomas J Herzog, Ignace Vergote, Leonard G Gomella, Tsveta Milenkova, Tim French
European Journal of Cancer. 2023-01-01
Journal Articles
- Germline Genetic Testing for Inherited Prostate Cancer in Practice: Implications for Genetic Testing, Precision Therapy, and Cascade TestingColette Hyatt, William K Kelly, Veda N Giri, Leonard G Gomella, Karen E Knudsen, The Prostate
Press Mentions
- NuView Life Sciences Creates Subsidiary for Latin American MarketNovember 17th, 2021
- Doctors See Advanced Cancer Cases in the Wake of Pandemic-Delayed Screenings and TreatmentOctober 13th, 2021
- Key Recommendations on Genetic Testing of Men for Prostate CancerJune 10th, 2020
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