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Office
675 N Saint Clair St
Chicago, IL 60611Phone(312) 695-8146Fax(312) 695-7030- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- I am the Chair of the Department of Urology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. I have devoted my career to providing exceptional care for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer and investigating the molecular mechanisms of the disease.
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineResidency, Urology, 2002 - 2007- Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineInternship, Surgery, 2001 - 2002
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 2001
Certifications & Licensure
IL State Medical License 2015 - 2023
MD State Medical License 2007 - 2017- American Board of Urology Urology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Rising Star in Urology AUA / Astellas
- Top Doc Baltimore Magazine, 2014
- Clinical Cancer Advace American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2013
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Corrigendum to definitive and sustained increase in prostate cancer metastases in the United States.Neal A Patel, Art Sedrakyan, Fernando Bianco, Ruth Etzioni, Michael A Gorin, Wei-Chun Hsu, Jialin Mao, Paul L Nguyen, Edward Schaeffer, Jonathan Shoag, Andrew Vickers,...> ;Urologic oncology. 2022 Jul 1
- Prostate cancer therapy personalization via multi-modal deep learning on randomized phase III clinical trials.Andre Esteva, Jean Feng, Douwe van der Wal, Shih-Cheng Huang, Jeffry P Simko, Sandy DeVries, Emmalyn Chen, Edward M Schaeffer, Todd M Morgan, Yilun Sun, Amirata Ghorba...> ;NPJ digital medicine. 2022 Jun 8
- High intratumoral plasma cells content in primary prostate cancer defines a subset of tumors with potential susceptibility to immune-based treatments.Adam B Weiner, Christina Y Yu, Mitali Kini, Yang Liu, Elai Davicioni, Antonina Mitrofanova, Tamara L Lotan, Edward M Schaeffer> ;Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases. 2022 May 14
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Journal Articles
- Original Contribution TP53 Missense Mutation Is Associated with Increased Tumor-Infiltrating T-cells in Primary Prostate Cancer☆Tamara L Lotan, Mario Eisenberger, Harsimar B Kaur, Scott A Tomlins, Edward M Schaeffer, ScienceDirect
- “Real-World” Practice Makes Perfect: Ensuring the Active Component of Active Surveillance for Prostate CancerEdward M Schaeffer, Scott E Eggener, European Urology
- Transcriptomic Heterogeneity of Favorable-Risk Prostate Cancer: Time to Move Past Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment (CAPRA) to Clinical-Genomic RiskEdward Schaeffer, MD, European Urology
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Authored Content
- SUO 2020: Prostate and Bladder Cancer UpdatesDecember 2020
- Association of Presalvage Radiotherapy PSA Levels After Prostatectomy with Outcomes of Long-Term Antiandrogen Therapy in Men with Prostate CancerMarch 2020
- Clinical and Genomic Characterization of Low–Prostate-Specific Antigen, High-Grade Prostate CancerFebruary 2018
Press Mentions
Northwestern Medicine Opens Polsky Urologic Cancer InstituteJanuary 28th, 2019
Ben Stiller Shares Prostate Cancer Battle, Tackles Controversial PSA TestNovember 25th, 2016
Ben Stiller on Prostate Cancer and the PSA Test: ‘Every Guy Should Get Tested’November 22nd, 2016- Join now to see all
Professional Memberships
- Member
Hospital Affiliations
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois
External Links
- Northwestern Urologyhttp://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2015/09/new-chair-of-urology-named/
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