Faculty
Walter M. Stadler, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/ Oncology
Director, Genitourinary Program
Dr. Stadler was born and raised in the Chicago area and attended high school at Niles North and Buffalo Grove high schools. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Illinois graduating with a degree in Chemistry. He then attended Yale Medical School in New Haven, Connecticut where he first developed his interest in Oncology and performed research on leukemia cell differentiation. Upon his return to the Chicago area, he completed an internship and residency at Michael Reese Hospital. There, he began a long collaboration with Dr. Vogelzang and, as a result, came to the University of Chicago in 1991 to begin a fellowship training program in Hematology/Oncology. As part of that program he returned back to the laboratory and obtained specialized training in the analysis of molecular and genetic alterations in human cancers. He focused on the molecular alterations in bladder cancer, and made important contributions on the role chromosome 9 deletions play in this disease.
In 1994, he joined the faculty of the University of Chicago, and in collaboration with a number of basic scientists expanded his laboratory interests to include the genetic alterations that lead to prostate cancer metastases. His clinical research interests include development of novel approaches to the treatment of patients with bladder, kidney, and prostate cancers. To that end he has contributed to the development of new chemotherapy approaches in bladder cancer and new immunotherapy approaches in kidney cancer. Current efforts include development of “targeted therapeutics” including the use anti-angiogenic agents in prostate and kidney cancer. He is the winner of the Stulberg Clinical Investigator Award from the Kidney Cancer Association, a member of numerous national cancer organizations, and the author of over 70 articles and chapters on genitourinary oncology.
5841 South Maryland Ave, MC2115
Chicago, IL 60637
Office: FMI 1214
Tel: (773) 702-4400
Fax: (773) 702-3163
wstadler@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu