UCSF Urology has internationally recognized expertise in the care of urologic cancers. We offer the most current diagnostic tools, surgical, radiation chemotherapy and hormonal treatments as required, and thorough follow-up to maximize quality of life after treatment.
Our program is also a leader in cancer risk assessment. Discussions of each individual’s risk for cancer and of ways to help prevent the disease–such as changes in diet and exercise, or genetic counseling–are incorporated into our care plan. Additionally, UCSF Urology is on the forefront of genetic testing for risk assessment.
UCSF is committed to protecting fertility for boys and adults facing treatment that may affect their ability to become fathers. The UCSF Male Fertility Preservation Program strives to help all men and boys achieve fatherhood after completing their treatment by combining cutting edge research with innovations in clinical care.
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Cancer News & Highlights
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UCSF News: How to Teach T Cells to Track Cancer Like a Hound Dog
Aug 28, 2026
The immune system is full of T cells that could hunt down and destroy tumors, if they were primed. Now, Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD's team has invented a way to do this by combining immune cells that are grown in the lab with samples from a patient’s tumor. This approach could help fight cancer in the not-too-distant future.
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New Awards Advance Cancer Immunotherapy and Vaccine Research
Aug 21, 2026
UCSF Department of Urology researchers have received new support from the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) for projects aimed at advancing cancer immunotherapy, including work on next-generation cancer vaccines and translational research in prostate...
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A Growing Lab Advances Precision Prostate and Bladder Cancer Therapy
Jul 29, 2026
Just three years after launching her laboratory at UCSF, urologic oncologist Carissa Chu, MD, is entering a new phase of growth. This summer, her lab will expand to eleven members, nine of whom are women, marking a milestone as she pursues more...
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Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD
Blelloch is a basic science researcher at the Parnassus campus of UCSF. His laboratory is interested in determining the molecular mechanisms that regulate stem cell differentiation and de-differentiation and how these mechanisms become deregulated in...
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Benjamin N. Breyer, MD, MAS, FACS
Dr. Breyer, Chair of the UCSF Department of Urology, is an internationally recognized expert in male genitourinary reconstruction, urogenital trauma and prostate cancer survivorship surgery. His clinical practice is based at UCSF-Mission Bay Campus...
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Matthew R. Cooperberg, MD, MPH
Dr. Cooperberg sees patients at the Mission Bay campus of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and at San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center with a primary focus on early detection, diagnosis, and management of...
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Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH
Dr. Carroll sees patients at the Mission Bay campus of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center with a primary focus on surgery for prostate cancer and other genitourinary cancers. He is Principal Investigator on numerous studies and...
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June M. Chan, ScD
Dr. Chan is a professor of epidemiology & biostatistics and urology. Her research focuses on understanding how diet, exercise, hormones, and genetics contribute to prostate cancer incidence, progression, and death.
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Stacey A. Kenfield, ScD
Dr. Kenfield is a researcher located in the Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Center at the Mission Bay campus of UCSF. She is interested in nutritional and lifestyle risk factors for prostate cancer incidence and progression to identify...
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Maxwell V. Meng, MD
Dr. Meng sees patients at the Parnassus campus and the Mission Bay campus of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center where he specializes in all urologic cancers and complex cases. His research focuses on bladder and renal cancers.
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Mack Roach III, MD
Dr. Roach sees patients at the Mission Bay Campus. He is a professor of radiation oncology with a joint appointment with urology and recognized as a major authority on the treatment of localized prostate cancer.
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Davide Ruggero, PhD
Dr. Ruggero is a scientist at the Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Center at Mission Bay. His lab is focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms by which impairments in accurate control of mRNA translation, cell growth, and overall cellular...
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Katsuto Shinohara, MD
Dr. Shinoara sees patients at the Mission Bay campus of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center with a primary focus on detection of and interventional therapy for prostate cancer. He is an expert in prostate imaging, employing the...
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Jeffry P. Simko, MD, PhD
Dr. Simko is a pathologist with a joint appointment in urology where he is internationally recognized for his ability to provide precise genitourinary pathology readings. He also oversees the Genitourinary (GU) Oncology Program's tissue core and...
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Eric Small, MD
Dr. Small sees patients at the Mission Bay Campus. His patient care and research is focused on prostate cancer, immunotherapy and the mechanisms of resistance to standard therapies, most recently focusing on the development of treatment associated...
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Nynikka Palmer, DrPH, MPH
Dr. Palmer is a public health scientist, dedicated to unraveling the mechanisms of cancer disparities, with a depth of knowledge in cultural influence, patient-centered communication, and strategies that enhance delivery of high-quality prostate...
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Sima P. Porten, MD, MPH
Dr. Porten sees patients at the Mission Bay campus of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center with a primary focus on treatment for bladder cancer. She is Principal Investigator for the bladder tissue biobank with the goal of...
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Hao G. Nguyen, MD, PhD
Dr. Nguyen sees patients at the Mission Bay campus of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center specializing in early detection, diagnosis, and management of prostate cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer and other genitourinary...
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Luke Gilbert, PhD
Dr. Gilbert is a basic science researcher located in the Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Center at the Mission Bay campus of UCSF. The Gilbert laboratory's expertise is in synthetic biology, functional genomics and cancer biology with a goal of...
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Anobel Y. Odisho, MD, MPH
Dr. Odisho sees patients at the Mission Bay campus of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and SFVA specializing the diagnosis and management of genitourinary malignancies. Dr. Odisho’s research focus combines his technical and...
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Samuel L. Washington III, MD, MAS
Dr. Washington sees patients at the Mission Bay Campus. His speciality is the diagnosis and management of genitourinary malignancies, using minimally invasive robotic and laparoscopic approaches to surgery.
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David Quigley, PhD
Dr. Quigley studies how genomic and epigenomic alterations affect tumor biology and patient outcomes, with a particular focus on understanding how urological tumors develop resistance to targeted therapy. His laboratory uses a wide variety of genome...
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Sian Mara, PA
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Sara McRorey, PA
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Krisztina Emodi, FNP, MPH, CNS
Krisztina Emodi is a nurse practitioner who cares for patients with cancers of the genital and urinary systems, specializing particularly in kidney and bladder cancer.
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Tia Briana Watson, NP, MSN
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Peter Bruno, PhD
Dr. Bruno is a basic science researcher located in the Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Center at the Mission Bay campus of UCSF. Immune checkpoint blockade has revolutionized the treatment of previously intractable cancers, such as melanoma and...
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Carissa Chu, MD
Dr. Chu sees patients at the Mission Bay campus of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her primary focus is urologic cancers including prostate, bladder, kidney, testis, and urethral/penile cancers with experience in both open...
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Aaron Huebner, PhD
Cornelia Ding, MD, PhD
Rohit Bose, MD, PhD
Thomas Hope, MD
Franklin Huang, MD, PhD
Donna Peehl, PhD
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Heather Coyne, NP, MSN
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Meera R. Chappidi, MD, MPH
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Rishi R. Sekar, MD, MSc
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