Wesley Adam Mayer MD

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 the 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 the 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 the 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.