Dr. Michael J. Whalen is an Associate Professor of Urology at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Science, Director of Urologic Oncology at George Washington University Hospital, Chair of the Robotics Committee, and Vice-Chair of the Department of Urology. In addition to the Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO), he is a member of the American Urological Association (AUA), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and recently was elected to serve on the Surgical Oncology Committee and Genitourinary Cancer General Committee within NRG Oncology. Dr. Whalen’s specialty focus involves the treatment of urological cancers, with expertise in major open, minimally invasive, and robotic surgery. Dr. Whalen is actively involved in several IRB-approved clinical outcomes research projects focusing on cancer of the prostate, bladder, and kidneys. He has published over sixty original research articles in peer-reviewed journals harnessing both IRB-approved institutional databases, as well as national datasets such as the NCDB and NSQIP. His current research interests include prostate mpMRI and phyto-nutritional strategies for prostate cancer prevention and mitigation of disease progression for patients on active surveillance. Dr. Whalen also serves as Principal Investigator for several ongoing national, multi-institutional cooperative group clinical trials through SWOG, ECOG-ACRIN, and NRG.

Dr. Whalen is also passionately involved in medical student education at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, serving as faculty mentor for the Clinical Apprenticeship Program, Urology resident Research mentor, Urology Interest Group faculty mentor, and research PI as part of the Gill Summer Research Fellowship program (2018-present) and the Jean L. Fourcroy Research Award program (2019-present). His students have won numerous awards at GW, including the William Beaumont research award and the ASCO Minority Student Research (MSR) awards in 2023 and 2024. Dr. Whalen was voted Teacher of the Year by the Urology residents in 2019 and recently again in June 2025. He received the Commission on Cancer, Cancer Liaison Program Outstanding Performance Award (9/2021) for his role as the Cancer Liaison Physician for GW Hospital; and recently was awarded the W. Scott Schroth Scholarly Concentration Mentorship Award in May 2025.