Michael J. Droller MD

Michael J. Droller, M.D. is the Katherine and Clifford Goldsmith Professor of Urology, Professor of Oncology and Chairman Emeritus of Urology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, he completed his residency in urology at the Stanford Medical Center and, after a fellowship year in immunologic research in Stockholm, joined the faculty in the Departments of Urology and Oncology at Johns Hopkins. He was offered the chairmanship of urology at Mount Sinai in 1984, and served in that capacity for the next 20 years. His clinical and research interests have focused on the biology and pathogenesis of bladder cancer and its treatment. In addition to his service as President of the Society of Urologic Oncology, of the New York Section AUA, and of the Urological Research Society he has been Vice Chair and Trustee of the American Board of Urology and has served as Associate Editor of The Journal of Urology and as Editor of Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations. His honors include membership in the American Association of GU Surgeons, a Distinguished Service Award from the AUA, Honorary Membership in the German Urological Society, and a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Athens.