The TCRC Experts List: True Experts in the Field of Testicular Cancer

Testicular cancer is relatively rare. Even excellent urologists, oncologists, pathologists, radiologists and primary-care physicians may see relatively few cases, and the uncommon or complicated cases may require experience that is difficult to acquire without treating this disease regularly.

Why does this matter? Testicular cancer is highly curable, but getting the diagnosis and treatment exactly right can matter enormously. Pathology review can change a diagnosis or treatment plan, complex surgery such as RPLND is best performed by surgeons who do it regularly, and relapsed or poor-prognosis germ cell tumors are situations in which experience can be particularly important. The medical literature has repeatedly supported the value of specialized expertise and experienced centers. See, for example, the TCRC-listed article Practice Makes Perfect: The Rest of the Story in Testicular Cancer as a Model Curable Neoplasm.

For that reason, the TCRC has long encouraged patients to obtain the right diagnosis and treatment from the right source. Sometimes that means a second opinion without changing doctors. Sometimes it means having pathology reviewed by an expert, discussing a difficult case with someone who sees many germ cell tumors, or traveling for a particularly specialized operation or treatment.

This is not a list of every good doctor who can treat testicular cancer, and it is not meant to imply that a doctor who is not listed here is unqualified. It is a deliberately selective list of physicians whom the TCRC believes have substantial experience, expertise, research involvement or a long-standing role in the testicular/germ cell tumor field. The list is also not a ranking.

Everyone on this page is here because of meaningful expertise. A ★ identifies physicians whose work has been especially centered on testicular or germ cell tumors, or who have long been recognized as leaders in the field. The star is not a score, and some experts whose practice has broadened or changed may not have one.

Some important experts are no longer in full-time clinical practice but remain active in research, teaching, consultation or collaborative work. Where that is known, it is noted so that the list does not accidentally imply that an appointment can be made with someone who is no longer seeing patients.

If your cancer has recurred after initial treatment, if the initial treatment has not worked, if you are facing complex surgery, or if there is significant uncertainty about the diagnosis or treatment plan, we strongly encourage consultation with an experienced germ cell tumor expert.

Because doctors move and institutional websites change frequently, the doctor's name is linked whenever possible to a current institutional, hospital, practice or professional page that can help you locate the doctor and obtain current contact information. The TCRC intentionally does not publish private email addresses.

If you find a broken link, a doctor who has moved or retired, or someone whose status should be updated, please contact us.

If you know of someone else who you believe belongs on this list, or have a correction to an existing entry, please tell Doug.

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