At graduation from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Breyer was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society, achieved campus wide honors and was given the John Van Prohaska Award for outstanding potential in teaching, research, and clinical medicine. After residency at UCSF, Breyer completed a fellowship in complex male genitourinary reconstruction and trauma surgery under the direction, of Jack W. McAninch, MD. Breyer joined the faculty in 2011. In 2014, he was named Chief of Urology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, where is passionate about leading the Department’s lean quality and safety initiatives. In 2015, Dr. Breyer became Residency Program Associate Director. In 2017, Breyer became a Vice-Chair of the Department.
Breyer is internationally known as clinical expert in performing complex urethral and penile reconstruction for urethra stricture and cosmetic disfigurement, male incontinence, male fistula, surgical treatment for erectile dysfunction, and transgender surgery. He is expert in both minimally invasive and complex open reconstructive surgery. He has a high volume reconstructive practice based primarily at the UCSF- Parnassus Heights Campus and is the Director of the UCSF Genitourinary Reconstructive Society Male Genitourinary Reconstruction and Trauma Fellowship. He has served on the American Urologic Association Guideline Panel Committees for Male Incontinence and Urotrauma.
Breyer’s research group is focused on outcomes in reconstructive urology, prostate cancer survivorship and trauma and how to improve urinary and sexual wellness. He studies disparities in urology including LGBTQ urinary and sexual wellness and gender issues in urology. Breyer has written extensively on bicycle trauma epidemiology, mechanism, treatment outcomes and cost. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Breyer is the President of the Trauma and Urinary Reconstructive Network of Surgeons (TURNS - http://turnsresearch.org). UCSF is one of 14 centers that collaborate in the study of patients treated for a variety of conditions in reconstructive urology, prostate cancer survivorship and trauma. This network is designed to collect centralized data and provide sophisticated analysis of both surgical and patient reported outcomes from urethral stricture surgery, male incontinence and a variety of other conditions.
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