Patients first
Dr. Adam Weiner is a urologic oncologist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. His expertise includes all urologic cancers such as prostate, kidney, bladder, and testicular cancer. Dr. Weiner’s skills include minimally invasive surgery with the Da Vinci robot, MRI-targeted prostate biopsies, focal therapy for prostate cancer (HIFU), and nerve-sparing prostatectomy among many other procedures (see below)
Dr. Weiner is also known internationally for his research contributions. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and won several awards for his work. He also serves as assistant editor for the most prestigious medical journal in urology (European Urology).
Throughout his training and practice, Dr. Weiner has developed a “Patients first” approach to clinical care. Every individual has a unique set of life experiences and circumstances which require an personalized approach to their cancer diagnosis. Dr. Weiner’s goal is to help patients arrive at the best management option through shared decision making and up-to-date research.
Patient information
Dr. Weiner has taken the time to curate a list of informative videos, websites, and print-outs for his patients and their families before their first office visit. The following links provide a wealth of information on the urologic issues Dr. Weiner treats and what patients and families should expect following surgery or other treatments.
Urologic Oncology
Dr. Weiner’s clinical practice includes the diagnosis and surgical management of all urologic cancers:
-Adrenal cancer
-Bladder cancer (muscle invasive and non-muscle invasive)
-Kidney cancer
-Penis cancer
-Prostate cancer
-Testicular and scrotal cancer
Dr. Weiner also manages the following:
-Adrenal nodule
-Hematuria (Blood in urine)
-Kidney mass
-Elevated PSA
Surgeries and procedures
These are some of the most common procedures performed by Dr. Weiner:
Robotic surgery with the da Vinci Surgical System (Video)
Laparoscopic/minimally invasive surgery
Transperineal prostate biopsy (Video)
MRI-guided prostate biopsy (MRI-guided Video and general biopsy Video)
Cystoscopy (Article)
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) Focal therapy for prostate cancer (Video)
Transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT, Video)
Adrenalectomy, removal of the adrenal gland (partial or total/radical, Article)
Nerve-sparing cystectomy, removal of the urinary bladder (partial or radical, Video 1, Video 2)
Nephrectomy, removal of the kidney (partial or total/radical, Video 1, Video 2 )
Nephroureterectomy, removal of the kidney and ureter (Article)
Orchiectomy, removal of a testicle (Article)
Nerve-sparing prostatectomy, removal of the prostate (simple or radical, Video)
Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, removal of tissue in the abdomen where cancer might spread (for testicular cancer and sometimes other cancers, Article)