Edward M. Messing

Edward M. Messing, MD, FACS is a Professor of Urology and Oncology at the University of Rochester. Prior to this, he was the Winfield W. Scott Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry from 1995–2018, and the Deputy Director of the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester from 1996-1998.

Dr. Messing received his degree from New York University in 1972, completed his surgery training at NYU-Bellevue Hospital in New York 1972-1974, and his Urology Residency at Stanford University 1974-1978. After 2 years on the faculty at Tulane University, he completed a fellowship in Urologic Oncology at UCLA in 1982. He was on the faculty of the Division of Urology at the University of Wisconsin from 1982-1995, serving as Director of their Urologic Oncology Program for the last 10 years of that period.

Dr. Messing is a renowned expert on the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancers of the bladder, prostate, and kidney. He has conducted the largest screening study for bladder cancer in a general population and carries on extensive research in the basic biology of these cancers. He has been the principal investigator on numerous clinical studies for the detection, prevention, and treatment of them several of which have changed the standard of care for patients with these diseases.