Alexander Z. Wei, MD

Hematology/Oncology
Specialties
Medical Oncology, Hematology/Oncology

Locations and Appointments


CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion

161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
US
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Insurances Accepted


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    Medicare Managed Care
    NY Signature
    Student Health
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    NYP Employee Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Special Needs
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    Great West (National)
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    EPO
    PPO
    HMO
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Vytra
    Select Care (Exchange)
    PPO
    HMO
    Essential Plan
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    EPO
    ConnectiCare
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    HMO
    Essential Plan
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    HMO
    Quality Health Management
    Special Needs
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    POS
    Compass (Exchange)
    HMO
    Empire Plan
    PPO
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford HMO
    SelectHealth
    Medicare Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan
    Medicare Managed Care
    NY Signature
    Student Health
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    NYP Employee Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Special Needs
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    Great West (National)
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    EPO
    PPO
    HMO
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Vytra
    Select Care (Exchange)
    PPO
    HMO
    Essential Plan
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    EPO
    ConnectiCare
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    HMO
    Essential Plan
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    HMO
    Quality Health Management
    Special Needs
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    POS
    Compass (Exchange)
    HMO
    Empire Plan
    PPO
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford HMO
    SelectHealth
    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

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