Welcome New Member Daniel Edwards, D.O.

Dr. Daniel Edwards earned dual degrees in Clinical Psychology and Creative Writing from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia before completing premedical studies at Temple University. After earning his medical degree at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, he trained for one year in General Surgery at Hahnemann University Hospital before undertaking a residency in General Urologic Surgery at Lankenau Medical Center/Bryn Mawr Hospital in Wynnewood, PA, where he served as Chief Resident and was a founding member of the residency program. He pursued additional graduate training in Pediatric Urology at Alfred I. DuPont/Nemours Hospital in Wilmington, DE, and in Urologic Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, NY. A fellowship in Urologic Oncology at Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, NC, where he focused on minimally invasive surgery for cancers of the bladder, kidney, and prostate, completed his training. His specific interests include roboticassisted surgery of the bladder, minimally-invasive urinary diversions, and renal-sparing surgery in the setting of complex tumors. He has authored over twenty peer-reviewed publications and has presented at national meetings of the American Urologic Association and the Genitourinary Cancer Symposium of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

We welcome Dr. Edwards to membership in the Berks County Medical Society and look forward to the contributions he will make to the health and welfare of our community. To get to know him a little better, we asked him to answer a few questions:

Describe the focus of your practice and any areas of special interest/ expertise.

While I was initially drawn to urology for the inherent variety of general practice, I had always been and continue to be most interested in urologic oncology. The nature of cancer treatment often requires a multidisciplinary approach necessitating collaboration among medical and radiation oncologists, pathologists, radiologists, and urologists, among others, which I have always enjoyed. Research within urologic oncology also continues to evolve rapidly and I am regularly impressed with the paradigm shifts and innovations even within the past decade that have dramatically improved length and quality of life in our patients. While I practice to some extent within aspects of urologic oncology, the treatment of urothelial carcinoma of the bladder is of particular interest. The majority of my fellowship training focused on treatment of patients with bladder cancer, and I have been well-trained in minimally-invasive (Robotic) techniques for cystectomy and urinary diversion, when and for whom it is appropriately indicated. I continue to see a variety of urologic oncology patients, and my practice currently involves a blend of urologic oncology and general urology, namely the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and kidney stones.

What has brought you to Berks County?

I grew up in Philadelphia and my wife Victoria’s family is from Montgomery County. We wanted to settle in a location within a comfortable driving distance from both of our families so that our son, Owen, and any future members of our family would have the benefit of proximity to grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins that we both enjoyed while growing up. We evaluated numerous practices and practice locations. While still a resident, I met the late John Henry in the fall of 2019/winter of 2020 and I was awestricken by both him and the practice he had built. Driving around Museum Park in Wyomissing, my wife and I saw a community wherein we could envision the life we wanted to build for our family with close knit neighborhoods, strong public school systems, and within proximity to the best aspects of urban, suburban and rural Pennsylvania. Ultimately, the practice John had built, independent but strongly