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UCSF is known for a spectrum of research in urological cancers,
non-cancerous diseases, and pediatric urology.
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Clinical Trials
Specialty: Drug Therapies, Treatment Interventions, Nutritional and Lifestyle Interventions, Active Surveillance
Type: Investigational Studies
Performance of clinical research is a departmental priority. The department and affiliated programs are conducting investigational studies of treatments for genitourinary cancer and other conditions with the goal of improving diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of urologic disease.
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Research on Health Behaviors and Cancer
Specialty: We lead studies investigating dietary, exercise, and other lifestyle habits, and the biologic mechanisms through which they act. We also conduct interventional trials that evaluate how best to help cancer survivors adopt healthy behaviors to improve disease outcomes.
Type: Investigational Studies
Our research team is dedicated to identifying modifiable factors that improve quality of life and clinical outcomes in individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer. The overarching theme of our research is to enable those with a cancer diagnosis to live healthier and longer lives.
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Research Programs and Labs
Specialty: Drug Therapies, Treatment Interventions, Nutritional and Lifestyle Interventions
Type: Investigational Studies
Our research teams have pioneered essential discoveries and innovations that have revolutionized urologic care for patients around the world. That spirit of innovation and inquiry is a deeply rooted core value of our faculty and the cornerstone of our department. UCSF Urology continues to be a leader in basic, translational, and clinical research in urology, as evidenced by our consistent ranking as one of the top NIH-funded departments of urology in the country.
Latest News
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Davide Ruggero, PhD, Receives Rare Renewal of American Cancer Society Professorship
Apr 24, 2025
Davide Ruggero, PhD, professor of urology at UCSF and member of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received a rare renewal of his American Cancer Society (ACS) Professorship.
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GU Oncology Now- Role of PSMA PET in Surgical Planning, Post-Operative Management
Apr 10, 2025
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UCSF Press Release: Researchers Learn How a Drug Called Zotatifin Kills Cancer Cells
Mar 28, 2025
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UCSF Press Release: Can Scientists Throw a Wrench into Cancer’s Growth Gears?
Feb 4, 2025
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AUA Journals- Urology Practice Increased Hospital Encounters in Individuals With Spina Bifida Compared to the General Population: Statewide Health Care Utilization in California From 1995 to 2017
Jan 1, 2025
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David Bayne MD, MPH Appointed as Co-Endourology Fellowship Program Director
Dec 30, 2024
The UCSF Department of Urology is pleased to announce David Bayne, MD, MPH, as the newly appointed co-Program Director for the Endourology Fellowship Program alongside Dr. Marshall Stoller, effective January 1, 2025. Dr. Bayne currently serves as an...
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UCSF Press Release: Drinking Plenty of Water May Actually Be Good for You
Dec 17, 2024
In the first systematic look, UC San Francisco researchers find it helps with a variety of conditions from obesity to migraine.
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A gift to support AI analysis will improve risk assessment and outcomes for prostate cancer patients
Dec 3, 2024
Together, a renowned scientist-clinician in prostate cancer and a philanthropist with a keen interest in the confluence of health care and innovative technologies have jump-started an effort combining artificial intelligence (AI) and cancer-risk...
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SPUS 2024 in San Francisco
Nov 4, 2024
The Society for Pediatric Urology Surgeons held its 61st conference in San Francisco on October 24-26, 2024.
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Dr. Samuel Washington Wins 2024 PCF Young Investigator Award
Oct 31, 2024
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) aims to find future research leaders to bring new ideas and new scientific discoveries to prostate cancer research through its Young Investigator Awards program. Dr. Washington, an Assistant Professor in the...
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UCSF Press Release: Why Some Prostate Cancers Shouldn’t Be Called ‘Cancer’
Oct 31, 2024
Men could benefit from fewer unnecessary treatments and reduced anxiety if their doctors stopped calling certain changes in the prostate “cancer,” according to prominent UC San Francisco prostate cancer expert Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH.
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UCSF Press Release: UCSF Prostate Cancer Program Awarded SPORE Grant by National Cancer Institute
Sep 3, 2024
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Meet the Chair
Benjamin N. Breyer, MD, MAS, FACS
Dr. Breyer is an internationally recognized expert in male genitourinary reconstruction, urogenital trauma and prostate cancer survivorship surgery. His clinical practice is based at UCSF-Parnassus Heights Campus. He is Chair of the Department of Urology and Chief of Urology at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. His research group is focused on outcomes in reconstructive urology and trauma and how to improve urinary and sexual wellness.
Meet Our Team
Our distinguished faculty, many of whom are internationally recognized for their work,
have expertise in a broad spectrum of urological subspecialties.
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Justin S. Ahn, MD
Dr. Justin S. Ahn sees patients at Redwood Shores Specialty Care Clinic where he specializes in caring for patients with urinary stones and obstruction. He has expertise in minimally invasive surgical techniques, such as laser prostate enucleation...
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Laurence S. Baskin, MD
Dr. Baskin sees patients at the Mission Bay campus of the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital with expertise in all areas of pediatric urologic surgical reconstruction and treatment. His lab has dedicated over 25 years to investigating the causes of...
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David B. Bayne MD, MPH
Dr. Bayne sees patients at Parnassus campus, specializing in Endourology and Laparoscopy. His primary focus is urinary stone disease, ureteral strictures, and those in need of minimally invasive surgery. He is Interim Chief of Urology at the...
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Max Bowman, MD
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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-Parnassus Heights...
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Christi Butler, MD
Dr. Butler sees patients at Parnassus campus, specializing in Urologic Reconstruction. Her primary focus is gender affirming care and genital reconstruction including feminizing vaginoplasty and vulvoplasty and masculinizing metoidioplasty and...
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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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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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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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Hillary L. Copp, MD, MS
Dr. Copp is Chief of Pediatric Urology, she sees patients at the Mission Bay and Oakland campuses of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and satellite clinics in Greenbrae and Modesto. She is the principal pediatric urologist for the multidisciplinary...
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Michael J. DiSandro, MD
Dr. DiSandro sees patients at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Mission Bay and Oakland; at Children’s Outpatient Surgery and Specialty Care Walnut Creek; and ValleyCare in Pleasanton. He has expertise in all aspects of pediatric urology.
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Lindsay A. Hampson, MD, MAS
Dr. Hampson sees patients at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Parnassus and Mission Bay campuses for genitourinary reconstruction. She is also interested in redefining transitional urology care in order to improve the care of...
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Yi Li, MD
Dr. Li sees patients at the Mission Bay campus of the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. He has expertise in pediatric urology with special interest in treating pediatric patients with urinary stone disease. He also has a clinical focus in minimally...
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John P. Lindsey II, MD, MEng
Dr. Lindsey sees patients at Parnassus campus, specializing in male fertility, hormonal function, and sexual health. His primary focus is evaluation and treatment of conditions across these domains with therapies including vasectomy reversal...
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Tom F. Lue, MD, ScD (Hon), FACS
Dr. Lue is internationally recognized for his research on and clinical treatment of male sexual function, Peyronie’s disease, priapism. He sees patients at the Parnassus Campus and is Director of the Knuppe Molecular Urology laboratory which focuses...
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Jack W. McAninch, MD, FACS
Dr. McAninch sees patients at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. He is recognized as a national and international leader in the field of genitourinary trauma and reconstructive surgery.
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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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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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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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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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Ira D. Sharlip, MD
Dr. Sharlip sees patients at the Center for Reproductive health. He is a nationally and internationally recognized authority on urological aspects of male reproductive and sexual medicine.
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Alan Shindel MD, MAS
Dr. Shindel sees patients at the Parnassus campus with a focus on lower urinary tract symptoms, benign prostate hyperplasia, sexual dysfunction, and chronic pelvic pain syndromes. His primary research interests include sexual dysfunction in men and...
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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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James F. Smith, MD, MS
Dr Smith sees patients at the Parnassus campus, and Mission Bay campus for issues relating to male reproductive health. He directs a multidisciplinary team providing fertility preservation counseling and treatment; evaluates and treats men with male...
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Marshall L. Stoller, MD
Dr. Stoller sees patients at the Parnassus campus, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center for issues relating to surgical management of urinary stone disease and minimally invasive endourology. His...
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Anne M. Suskind MD, MS, FACS, URPS
Dr. Suskind sees patients at the Parnassus, Berkeley and Bayfront campus for issues related to urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, vaginal mesh complications, urinary fistulas, interstitial cystitis, bladder dysfunction related to neurologic...
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Michelle E. Van Kuiken, MD
Dr. Van Kuiken sees patients at the Parnassus, Berkeley and Bayfront campus. She specializes in all aspects of lower urinary tract dysfunction including overactive bladder, urinary incontinence, and recurrent urinary tract infection along with pelvic...
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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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