James Mohler, MD

Associate Director and Senior-Vice President for Translational Research
Chair, Department of Urology
Founder, Prostate Program
Professor of Oncology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Professor of Urology
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo
Adjunct Professor of Surgery
Member, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Profile

Areas of Expertise: 
Prostate cancer
Biography: 

Dr. Mohler earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia and competed residency training in Surgery and Urology at the University of Kentucky Medical Center and a research fellowship in Urologic Oncology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr. Mohler is licensed by New York and North Carolina, a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Urology, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Mohler is Chair of the NCCN Prostate Cancer Guideline Committee, Past-President of the Society for Basic Urologic Research and Vice-Chair of the Urology Committee of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) and is a member of the American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association for Cancer Research, American Urological Association and American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Mohler’s clinical practice focuses upon prostate cancer and robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery. His laboratory focuses upon the role of the androgen receptor in racial differences in prostate cancer aggressiveness and prostate cancer recurrence during androgen deprivation therapy. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 publications and book chapters, and a book “Androgen Action in Prostate Cancer.” He serves on the editorial board of The Prostate, Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Journal of Robotic Surgery, and Therapeutic Advances in Urology, and reviews for several journals including Cancer, Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research, Journal of Urology, and Urology.

Research

Research Interests: 
Role of androgen receptor in the growth of prostate cancer
Mechanism of prostate cancer growth after androgen deprivation therapy
Racial differences in the androgen axis
Active survelliance for low risk prostate cancer

Background Information

Education and Training: 
MD - Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
Residency: 
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Board Certification: 
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
American Board of Urology
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Fellowships: 
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Cancer Talk Blog

New research, conducted with my colleagues at Roswell Park and the University at Buffalo, shows that many men hold misconceptions about what causes prostate cancer to metastasize — and, as a result, may decide not to have surgery to treat their disease.  Following up on earlier studies suggesting that some people believe, incorrectly, that exposure to air can cause cancer cells to...

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