Dr. Mark N. Stein

Dr. Stein is an Associate Professor of Medical Oncology at Columbia University Medical Center. He is a recognized expert in field of genitourinary oncology – treating patients with prostate, kidney, bladder and testicular cancers. He is also a member of the Experimental Therapeutics program, investigating novel therapies across all solid tumors. In addition to providing standard therapies for the treatment of genitourinary cancers such as hormonal therapy, molecularly targeted therapy and chemotherapy, Dr. Stein leads multiple investigator initiated and industry sponsored clinical trials. Dr. Stein has a particular interest in the development of novel immune therapies for the treatment of prostate cancer, both in men with early recurrence of prostate cancer as well as in men with more advanced prostate cancer. He is also helping to lead two national trials in kidney cancer sponsored by the National Cancer Institute.Dr. Stein received his B.S. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University. He earned his medical degree at New York Medical College, receiving the graduation award in oncology for his published research. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, and a fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Prior to joining Columbia University, Dr. Stein practiced genitourinary oncology for 13 years at Rutgers University and has been an author on over 60 publications including guidelines for assessing the efficacy of new drugs in prostate cancer and recommendations for the use of immunotherapy to treat prostate cancer.

Dr. Stein is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are WT1-Related Wilms Tumor Syndromes, Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), and Familial Prostate Cancer.