Robert H. Getzenberg, Ph.D. is the Director of Research of the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Professor of Urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Getzenberg received his Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1992. Dr. Getzenberg then completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Yale University School of Medicine.

Dr. Getzenberg was recruited to direct the Research Laboratories from the University of Pittsburgh where he served as the Director of Urological Research of the Department of Urology and a Co-Director of the Prostate and Urologic Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Professor of Urology, Pathology, and Pharmacology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is also the recipient of a number of awards including the 2000 University of Pittsburgh Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award and was selected as one of the "40 under 40" by Pittsburgh Magazine.

Dr. Getzenberg is the recipient of a number of grants from the National Institutes of Health and other agencies and foundations. Dr. Getzenberg serves on the Board of Directors of the American Foundation of Urologic Diseases (AFUD) and has served in leadership positions in the Society for Basic Urologic Research. Dr. Getzenberg has authored a large number of manuscripts and book chapters in the field.