Our residency program trains the country’s best young minds, utilizing the latest urologic technologies and innovations while emphasizing timely, cost effective, and compassionate care.
The department of urology has a robust set of clinical and postdoctoral fellowship programs that provide specialized training in specific areas of urology.
Continuing medical education for physicians is offered through annual postgraduate courses, our innovative prostate cancer retreat, monthly grand rounds, and teaching conferences.
Our Mission:
Our department is committed to ensuring that urologists achieve the highest standards of professional training and to advance health worldwide. We do this through our nationally recognized residency program, fellowship training opportunities, and a rich program of continuing medical education. Our goal is to develop compassionate physician experts in the latest urologic evaluation, intervention, and research.
Our Vision:
- to provide compassionate, cost-effective, skillful and innovative care to all patients
- to ask relevant questions and answer them with scientific knowledge obtained through laboratory and clinical research
- to educate students, residents and fellows in the art and science of urology and thereby to train the future leaders in our field
- to recognize that the Department of Urology is a group of individuals working together, responsibly and ethically, to achieve its goals
- to nurture a culture that engages a range of ideas for the provision of education, discovery, and patient care
View a map of UCSF Urology's commitment to "Advancing Healthcare Worldwide."
Lindsay A. Hampson, MD, MAS
Associate Professor, UCSF Department of Urology
Associate Chair of Education & Residency Program Director
University of California, San Francisco