News & Highlights

from December 2012

Dec 04, 2012

Urologic Subspecialties

UCSF Urology's Adult (Non-Cancer) Trauma and Reconstruction is housed at San Francisco General Hospital amidst much new construction...

Dec 04, 2012

Patient Care
Cancer

The Role of Robotics

UCSF is the busiest center for robot-assisted urologic surgery in Northern California, performing all of our prostate cancer surgeries with the aid of this equipment. UCSF Urology has always been at the forefront of surgical innovation...

Dec 04, 2012

Children

Pediatric Urology Parent (PUP) Seminar 2013 schedule

The pediatric Urology Parent (PUP) seminar is free and open to all parents. The course is presented by a pediatric urology nurse practitioner at UCSF Children’s hospital...

Dec 04, 2012

Patient Care
Cancer

Choosing Active Surveillance for Men With Low Grade Prostate Cancer

Urology Department Chair Dr. Peter Carroll explains that “active surveillance isn't passively waiting”...

Dec 03, 2012

Education

Grand Rounds 2013

UCSF Urology’s Grand Rounds partial 2013 schedule is now available in the Events section. Upcoming Event speakers include...

Dec 03, 2012

Urologic Subspecialties
Children

Kaiser Collaborations

UCSF's Hillary Copp, MD, MS and Benjamin N. Breyer, MD, MAS have teamed with Kaiser Permanente, California to look at urological health in a more general population...

Dec 03, 2012

Research

The Harvard Connection

In the past 10 years, UCSF researchers have regularly collaborated with colleagues at Harvard University, exploring in tandem possible associations between prostate disease and specific behaviors...

Dec 03, 2012

Patient Care
Education
Cancer

Bladder Cancer Support Group

Bladder Cancer Support Group announces the 2013 meeting schedule. The Bladder Cancer Education and Support Group meets the first Thursday of each month from 5:30-7:00pm...