CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
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Insurances Accepted
Before your appointment, please contact the doctor's office or your insurance provider to verify that your insurance is accepted. This list of insurances can change, and the insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider.
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- PPO
- POS
- EPO
- NY Signature
- Student Health
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Special Needs
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
- HMO
- Great West (National)
- EPO
- POS
- PPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
- EPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- PPO
- POS
- ConnectiCare
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- PPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Medicare Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- Local 1199
- MagnaCare
- Traditional Medicare
- Railroad
- Multiplan
- HMO
- Essential Plan
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Special Needs
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- Empire Plan
- Compass (Exchange)
- Oxford Liberty
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- SelectHealth
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Alexander Z. Wei, MD
Dr. Wei is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncologist specializing in the treatment of prostate, bladder, kidney, and other genitourinary cancers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, he is also a clinical trial investigator within the Genitourinary Oncology Research Program and the Phase 1 Experimental Therapeutics Program where he seeks to identify novel cancer treatments to improve patient outcomes.
Alexander Z. Wei, MD, received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology at the University of Rochester. He then earned his medical degree from the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii with a distinction in medical education. Following medical school, Dr. Wei completed both his Internal Medicine residency and Medical Oncology fellowship at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where he was awarded the Dr. Joseph N. Muschel Housestaff Award and also served as chief fellow. During his fellowship, he focused on the identification and use of novel therapies in lung cancer and melanoma through early-phase clinical trials. He was selected to attend the ASCO/AACR Methods in Clinical Trials Research workshop where he further developed his acumen in clinical trial design. For his work in identifying uveal melanoma patients at risk for developing brain metastases, Dr. Wei was awarded the Jed Ian Taxel Rare Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award. After discovering an interest in genitourinary oncology, his research now aims to utilize new treatments in locally advanced, muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients to potentially reduce the burden of surgery and the identification of novel agents to improve survival and quality of life in patients with advanced urothelial cancers.
LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS
- Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Associate Program Director, Hematology & Oncology Fellowship Program
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
