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John W. Colberg, MD

Professor of Urology
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Additional Titles

Director of Urologic Oncology, Urology

Contact Info

Urology

PO Box 208058

New Haven, CT 06520-8058

United States

About

Titles

Professor of Urology

Director of Urologic Oncology, Urology

Biography

Dr. John W. Colberg is a graduate of Washington University School of Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine Urology Residency Program. He was a Clinical Instructor at Washington University School of Medicine from 1990 to 1998. He is currently a Professor of Urology and Director of Uro-Oncology in the department of Urology at Yale University School of Medicine. His active clinical practice focuses on urologic oncology with an emphasis on bladder and prostate cancer. Dr. Colberg’s primary research interests are in the area of invasive bladder cancer and bladder reconstruction. Watch a video with Dr. John Colberg>>

Appointments

Education & Training

Resident
Yale-New Haven Hopsital (1990)
Resident
Yale-New Haven Hospital (1987)
Intern
Yale-New Haven Hospital (1986)
MD
Washington University School of Medicine (1985)

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Penile Neoplasms; Prostatic Neoplasms; Testicular Neoplasms; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms; Urologic Neoplasms; Urology

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of John W. Colberg's published research.

Publications

2008

2007

2001

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    Journal of Urology

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    Urological Oncology

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    European Urology

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    Urology

  • honor

    Robert M. Weiss Outstanding Teaching Award

Clinical Care

Overview

John Colberg, MD, is a urologist at Yale Medicine specializing in urologic oncology. The conditions he most commonly treats include prostate cancer, bladder cancer, and kidney cancer. He also has many years of experience in both open and robotic approaches to surgery.

Dr. Colberg began his medical school training at the Washington University School of Medicine. He then completed his residency at the Yale School of Medicine. “I always wanted to do something surgically, and I thought urology had multiple aspects that were challenging,” he says. In 1998, he joined Yale Medicine as faculty. Dr. Colberg was previously a faculty member at Washington University School of Medicine starting in 1990.

Dr. Colberg’s favorite part of his job is taking care of his patients and remembering details about their cases and their lives. He will often bring these up in conversation to make his patients feel more at ease and to reassure them that he cares about their particular situation.

In addition, Dr. Colberg will walk his patients through the various experiences he’s had treating other patients or seeing his own family members go through medical procedures to reassure them that he understands what they are going through and that he has a diverse amount of experiences he draws from in the operating room.

In addition to seeing patients, Dr. Colberg conducts research on various urologic cancers. He is a professor of urology in the Department of Urology at Yale School of Medicine.

Clinical Specialties

Urology; Urologic Oncology

Fact Sheets

Board Certifications

  • Urology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Urology
    Latest Certification Date
    2021
    Original Certification Date
    1992

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Urology

PO Box 208058

New Haven, CT 06520-8058

United States

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