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Our surgeons are specially trained and experienced in the full range of urologic surgical procedures, from the newest minimally invasive techniques including robotic prostatectomy to extensive reconstructive surgeries for genitourinary cancers or trauma.
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Christopher J. Kane, M.D.
Prostate Cancer, Other Urologic Cancers, Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgical Techiques
Division Chief
Dr. Christopher J. Kane is a specialist in prostate cancer and an expert in robotic and other minimally invasive procedures for urologic surgery. He is internationally recognized for his patient care and research in prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma, and minimally invasive surgical treatment of urologic diseases and disorders. An expert in robotic prostatectomy, open and laparoscopic kidney cancer surgery and bladder and testes cancer surgery, he has taught laparoscopy and robotic surgery extensively and started the robotic surgery program at UC San Francisco and at the VA Medical Center San Francisco.
Call (858) 822-6187 for an appointment or request one online:
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Michael Albo, M.D.
Female Urology, Urinary Incontinence, Voiding Dysfunction
Dr. Michael Albo is a urologist whose special interests are in voiding dysfunction, urinary incontinence, urodynamics, female urology, and pelvic floor reconstruction. Dr. Albo has extensive training and experience in performing pelvic floor reconstruction surgeries and surgeries for treating urinary incontinence as well as neurostimulation, botulinum toxin (Botox) injections, and collagen implantation for treatment of urinary incontinence. He is also trained in a wide variety of medical and surgical techniques to manage voiding disorders and prostate disorders in men, including laser and microwave therapies.
Call (858) 657-8737 or (858) 657-8730 for an appointment or request one online:
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Ithaar H. Derweesh, M.D.
Kidney Cancer, Urologic Oncology, Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques
Dr. Ithaar Derweesh is a urologic oncologist whose specific interests include kidney preserving treatments for kidney cancer (partial nephrectomy), minimally invasive treatments for kidney cancer (laparoscopy, cryoablation, laparoscopic partial nephrectomy) and minimally invasive kidney reconstruction (laparoscopic pyeloplasty). Dr. Derweesh has joined the Department of Surgery/Division of Urology with his practice centered at the Moores Cancer Center. He serves on the AUA Guidelines Committee for Management of the Incidentally Discovered Renal Mass.
Call (858) 822-6187 or (619) 543-5904 for an appointment or request one online:
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Tracy Downs, M.D.
Urologic Oncology
Dr. Tracy M. Downs is a urologic surgeon and fellowship-trained specialist in urologic oncology. He cares for patients who have all types of cancers of the genitourinary tract, including tumors of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, prostate, testis, and penis. Dr. Downs performs all standard urologic procedures as well as specialized surgeries for urologic cancers. These include reconstructive urinary diversions and neobladders following radical cystectomy, robotic prostatectomy, cryosurgery, partial nephrectomy and minimally invasive surgery for kidney tumors.
Call (858) 822-6187 for an appointment or request one online:
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Charles Lakin, M.D.
General Urology, Hematuria, Prostate Disease, Urinary Stones
Dr. Charles Lakin specializes in the medical and surgical treatment of a wide range of urologic problems, including prostate disease, hematuria, and stones in the urinary tract. His special clinical interests include voiding dysfunction, urologic complications of HIV infection, and medical management of stone disease. In addition to standard diagnostic and surgical procedures in urology, he is certified to perform extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for treatment of stones in the urinary tract.
Call (619) 543-2009 for an appointment or request one online:
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C. Lowell Parsons, M.D.
Interstitial Cystitis, Cryosurgery for Prostate cancer, Urinary Stones
Dr. C. Lowell Parsons diagnoses and treats all urologic disorders, and specializes in caring for patients who have interstitial cystitis (IC). The innovative IC treatments available in Dr. Parsons' UCSD clinic include multi-modal oral treatment plans tailored for each individual patient to achieve relief of symptoms and to prevent disease progression. For treatment of IC, Dr. Parsons' clinic also offers intraurethral and intravesical instillations of new medications.
Call (619) 543-5904 for an appointment or request one online:
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J. Kellogg Parsons, M.D.
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Prostate Cancer, Other Urologic Cancers
Dr. J. Kellogg Parsons is a clinical and research urologist who specializes in urologic oncology and minimally-invasive urology, including robotic prostatecomy. Dr. Parsons’ interests include Prostate cancer, Kidney cancer, Bladder cancer, Robotic surgery, laparoscopy, and endourology, and Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), including prostate laser vaporization.
Call (619) 543-2009 for an appointment or request one online:
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Kyoko Sakamoto, M.D.
Endourology, Laparoscopy, Neurourology
Dr. Sakamoto is certified to perform a number of minimally invasive endourologic procedures, including laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, laparoscopic kidney surgeries, and robotic surgeries. She also specializes in minimally invasive techniques for management of stones in the upper urinary tract.
Appointments by specific referral only; request an appointment online:
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Joseph Schmidt, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Surgery/Urology
In addition to the broad range of standard urologic procedures, Dr. Schmidt is certified to perform extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for stones in the urinary tract, as well as ultrasound-guided transperineal high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy for early-stage prostate cancer.
Call (619) 543-5904 for an appointment or request one online:
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