Urology
Urology is the medical specialty that deals with the urinary system in both men and women and the male reproductive system. Urologists diagnose and treat patients with disorders involving the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, and the male reproductive organs.
UC San Diego Health System has one of the highest performing urology programs in the nation. Our goals are to provide compassionate surgical and nonsurgical urologic care and to uncover new and innovative ways to treat urologic conditions.
Scott Thurman talks about his experience with prostate cancer and his treatment at UC San Diego Health System.
Featured Areas of Expertise
The Division of Urology is a national leader in the treatment and research of urologic cancers. We provide the most advanced therapies available for urologic cancers, including open and laparoscopic surgery, robot-assisted surgery, radiation therapy (IGRT and IMRT), and combination therapies.
Established in 2009, the Kidney Stone Center the first program of its kind in Southern California. It is dedicated to the prevention, advanced surgical treatment and research of kidney stone disease.
According to the NIH, women experience urinary incontinence twice as often as men. The
Women’s Pelvic Medicine Center is the first comprehensive female pelvic medicine center in the region dedicated to treatment of urologic and gynecologic pelvic floor disorders.
Learn more about all our urologic areas of expertise, the conditions we address and the specialists dedicated to this work.
Our urologists are skilled in the full range of diagnostic techniques, surgical and noninvasive procedures to treat urologic conditions. We recognize that medical care for urologic diseases and disorders demands participation from a comprehensive team of experts. We work closely with gynecologists, nephrologists, oncologists and neurologists to provide careful and successful urologic health outcomes.