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Kirsten L. Greene, MD

Biographical Sketch

BA, 1995, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

MD, 2000, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

MS, Expected-2008, Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco, CA

 

 

2000-2002

Surgical Resident, University of California, San Francisco, CA

2002-2006

Urology Resident, University of California, San Francisco, CA

2004-2005

Resident Teaching Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, CA

2006-2008

Clinical Instructor, Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA

2008-Present

Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Kirsten Greene received her undergraduate training from the University of Virginia where she obtained a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies on full academic scholarship. She received her MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in May 2000. She then completed her general surgery and urology training at the University of California, San Francisco where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and received the House Staff Teaching award in 2003. Greene is combining her interest in urologic oncology, minimally invasive surgery and outcomes research by completing a master's degree in clinical research at the University of California, San Francisco. While pursuing her master's degree, Greene continues as UCSF faculty specializing in urologic cancers and laparoscopy. She is part of the multidisciplinary urologic oncology team of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center located at the Mount Zion Medical Center and also operates at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and San Francisco General Hospital.

Greene’s clinical interests include screening, diagnosis, and management of genitourinary malignancy and minimally invasive treatment of urologic disease. She has experience with robotic, laparoscopic, and endoscopic surgery and is involved in the development of new technologies and the creation of guidelines for care of urologic malignancies. Greene is an active member of the American Urological Association (AUA), the Western Section of the AUA, the Société Internationale d'Urologie, Society of Women in Urology, and the American Medical Association.