Wassim Kassouf

Wassim Kassouf, MD earned his undergraduate degree from McGill University, B.Sc, major in molecular biology. Dr. Kassouf completed a clinical and research fellowship in urologic oncology at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center following medical school and urology residency at McGill University. Dr. Kassouf’s clinical practice focuses on all aspects of urologic oncology (including bladder, prostate, renal, and testes cancer) whereas his research focuses on bladder cancer. He has served as program director for 6 years and currently is a member of the Royal College Examination board committee. He has led several national guidelines for optimizing quality of care in urologic cancer management and has published over 300 peer-review manuscripts and book chapters. He is the founder of the national Canadian Bladder Cancer Network, a cofounder of Bladder Cancer Canada, co-chair of the National Cancer Institute of Canada’s disease-oriented group in bladder cancer, and an executive member of the NIH Genitourinary steering committee Bladder Cancer Task Force. Dr Kassouf has received several awards including the AUA Young Urologist of the Year, AUA Research Scholar Award, Canadian Urological Association Scholarship Award, FRSQ Senior Clinician Scientist Research Scholar Award, and the Everett C. Reid Teaching Excellence Award.