News & Highlights

Dec 13, 2013

Research
Education

International Visitors Advance Health Worldwide

Thanks to its reputation for excellence, the UCSF department of urology receives regular requests from international physicians...

Dec 11, 2013

Research
Urologic Subspecialties

UCSF KURE and P20 team in Washington DC

UCSF KURe scholars, Hillary Copp, Tom Chi, Ben Breyer, Nadia Roan, Shewta Choudhry (not pictured), UCSF KURe program director Laurence Baskin and P20 Program director Marshall Stoller

Dec 06, 2013

Patient Care
Research
Education
Cancer

UCSF Wins Grant from Department of Defense to Transform Treatment of Prostate Cancer

UCSF Urology has been awarded a major federal grant to “transform and revolutionize”...

Dec 03, 2013

Patient Care
Children

Erica Martinez Joins Pediatric Urology

Erica Martinez recently joined UCSF Department of Urology as practice assistant to Laurence S. Baskin, Professor of Urology, and Chief of the Pediatric Urology Program. As practice assistant, Martinez handles the busy clinic and surgery schedules for Dr.

Nov 13, 2013

Patient Care
Research

Maxwell Meng named Chief of Urologic Oncology

Professor Maxwell V. Meng, MD, has been named chief of urologic oncology for the department of urology overseeing UCSF’s highly regarded...

Nov 01, 2013

Patient Care
Research
Cancer

Prostate Active Surveillance Study (PASS) Reaches Initial Goal of 200 Patients

UCSF Urology is one of nine clinical sites across the US and Canada that have collaborated with the Canary Foundation to recruit Active Surveillance patients for the Prostate Active Surveillance Study (PASS). The initial goal of 200 locally recruited cancer patients was reached in November 2013

Oct 14, 2013