News & Highlights

Hypospadias is one of the most frequent genital malformations in the male newborn, and results from abnormal penile and urethral development.

President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate UCSF's Mack Roach III, MD, FACR, an internationally recognized expert on using radiation to treat and manage prostate cancer, to the National

San Francisco General Hospital’s Chief of Urology, Jack W. McAninch, MD, FACS, FRCS (Hon) received the 2012 Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Surgeons. "I am very honored and proud to receive such a prestigious award," says Dr. McAninch...

Jason Bardi reports on UCSF Urology's Benjamin Breyer, MD, MAS and his study on genital injuries...

For three special days this past Fall, the floors of UCSF Urology were filled with some of the brightest young minds in the nation as the AUA match process unfolded .....

UCSF urologist Long-Chen Li, MD, and his team have published findings from a study in mice showing that delivering small activating RNA molecules (saRNAs) directly into the bladder can activate tumor suppressor genes and inhibit tumor growth...

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital features Urology's Laurence Baskin, MD, chief of Pediatric Urology on raising awareness of Hypospadias...

UCSF Urology is collaborating with four other sites on a National Institutes of Health-funded study to determine whether phthalates (chemicals that soften plastics), affect urogenital development in human infants.

Pooling information gathered in large, observational studies helps scientists tease out the secrets of prostate cancer.