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Wesley Adam Mayer, M.D.

Associate Professor
Baylor College of Medicine

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Address

Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center (Clinic)
7200 Cambridge St., Suite 10B
Houston, Texas 77030
United States
(713) 798-4001
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Certifications

  • Board Certified
    American Board of Urology

Education

  • BA from Cornell University
    05/2001 - Ithaca, New York United States
  • MD from Baylor College of Medicine
    05/2005 - Houston, Texas United States
  • Internship at University of Pennsylvania
    06/2006 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
  • Residency at University of Pennsylvania
    06/2010 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

  • Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine
    06/2011 - Houston, Texas United States

Language

  • English

Gender

  • Male

Presentations

A Comprehensive Approach to Nephrolithiasis
Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
February 6, 2020

Professional Statement

Dr. Wesley A. Mayer is an Associate Professor of Urology, Urology Residency Program Director, and Vice Chair for Education of the Scott Department of Urology. He is also an Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education at Baylor College of Medicine. He graduated from Cornell University with Distinction and Baylor College of Medicine with Highest Honors. He completed his internship in general surgery and his urology residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He was fellowship-trained in advanced robotic, laparoscopic, and endoscopic surgery in Baylor College of Medicine’s Scott Department of Urology. Dr. Mayer specializes in advanced minimally invasive surgical treatments for urologic diseases including robotic, laparoscopic (including single-site), endourologic, laser, and percutaneous surgery. He has a special interest in kidney cancer, kidney stones, upper urinary tract reconstruction, adrenal masses, and transplant urology. His other areas of expertise include the evaluation and treatment of elevated PSA, prostatic enlargement, and blood in the urine. Dr. Mayer has been selected as a “Top Urologist in Houston, TX” in The Leading Physicians of the World and a “Top Doc” in Houstonia Magazine (2019 and 2020). He has also published research on robotic partial nephrectomy, single-site donor nephrectomy, and treatment of kidney stones and has been invited to speak on these topics at several national conferences. Dr. Mayer is an accomplished educator. He received prestigious Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence awards for Educational Leadership as well as for Teaching and Evaluation. He was nominated for the 2020 Distinguished Faculty Award at Baylor College of Medicine, and for a national Teaching Award from Resident and Fellows Committee of the American Urological Association (AUA). Dr. Mayer has been an invited faculty member for several national educational courses including the AUA’s Annual Oral Board Examination Review Course and the AUA’s Mentored Laparoscopy Course. He served on the ACGME’s Urology Milestones 2.0 Working Group, which created competency-based developmental outcome goals used by all accredited urology residency programs in the United States. He has published innovations in surgical education and has been an invited panelist at numerous national conferences concerning a variety of topics in education.

Professional Achievements

  • Nominee for Teaching Award from the Residents and Fellows Committee
    03/2020 - American Urological Association

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
    01/2004

  • “High Honors” in Basic Sciences
    01/2003 - Baylor College of Medicine

  • Academic Scholarship
    01/2002 - Baylor College of Medicine

  • Graduated with “Distinction in All Subjects”
    05/2001 - Cornell University

  • Phi Beta Kappa Society
    01/2001

  • Top Doctor
    07/2021 - TX Top Docs

  • Faculty Teacher of the Year
    Baylor College of Medicine

  • Top Doctor
    08/2019 - Houstonia Magazine

  • Fulbright and Jaworski LLP Faculty Excellence Award for Educational Leadership
    05/2019 - Baylor College of Medicine

  • Fulbright and Jaworski LLP Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation
    04/2018 - Baylor College of Medicine

  • Selected as a “Top Urologist in Houston, TX”
    01/2013 - The Leading Physicians of the World

  • Outstanding Educational Efforts in Urology Award
    01/2010

  • Howard Pollack Award for the Highest In-Service Score
    01/2010

  • First Prize: AUA Mid-Atlantic Howard Pollack Pyelogram Hour
    01/2008 - American Urological Association

  • Graduated with the “Highest Honor”
    06/2005 - Baylor College of Medicine

Professional Interests

  • Endourology; Minimally Invasive Surgery

  • Kidney Stones

  • Renal Tumors

  • Renal Cell Carcinoma

  • Living Kidney Donor

  • Donor Nephrectomy

  • Single Site Laparoscopic Surgery

  • Polycystic Kidney Disease

  • Renal Cysts

  • Kidney Surgery

  • Nephrectomy

  • Renal Mass

  • Ureteral Reconstruction

  • Adrenal Gland Masses

  • Ureteral Obstruction

  • Kidney Cancer

  • Robotic Surgery

  • Minimally Invasive Surgery

  • Laparoscopic Surgery

  • Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction

  • Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy

Physician Specialties

  • Robotic Surgery

  • Urology

  • Kidney Transplantation

  • Minimally Invasive Surgery

Memberships

  • American Urological Association

  • Harris County Medical Society

  • Texas Medical Association

  • Houston Academy of Medicine

  • Society of Academic Urologists

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