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Our distinguished faculty, many of whom are internationally recognized for their work, have expertise in a broad spectrum of urological subspecialties.

Clinician Faculty

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Dr. Benjamin Breyer

Benjamin N. Breyer, MD, MAS, FACS

  • Chair and Professor of Urology
  • Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • Taube Family Distinguished Professorship in Urology
  • Chief of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery at UCSF Health
Specialties: Trauma and reconstruction, Urologic Subspecialties, Male Reproductive Health, Penile Cancer, Cancer

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 Campus. His research group is focused on outcomes in reconstructive urology and trauma and how to improve urinary and sexual wellness. 

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Dr. Justin Ahn

Justin S. Ahn, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Urology
Specialties: Endourology, Robotic Surgery and Laparoscopy, Urologic Subspecialties
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Dr. Larry Baskin

Laurence S. Baskin, MD

  • Professor of Urology
  • Frank Hinman, Jr., MD Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Urology
Specialties: Pediatric Urology
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Dr. David Bayne

David B. Bayne MD, MPH

  • Assistant Professor of Urology
  • Director of Global Education and Simulation
  • Chief of Urology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Specialties: Endourology, Robotic Surgery and Laparoscopy, Urologic Subspecialties
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Dr. Max Bowman

Max Bowman, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Urology
Specialties: Endourology, Robotic Surgery and Laparoscopy, Urologic Subspecialties
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Dr. Christi Butler

Christi Butler, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Urology
Specialties: Trauma and reconstruction, Urologic Subspecialties
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Dr. Peter Carroll

Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH

  • Professor of Urology
  • Ken and Donna Derr-Chevron Distinguished Professorship in Urology
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Penile Cancer
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Dr. Carissa Chu

Carissa Chu, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Urology
  • Stephen and Faith Brown Endowed Professorship in Urology
Specialties: Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Prostate Cancer
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Dr. Cooperberg

Matthew R. Cooperberg, MD, MPH

  • Professor of Urology
  • Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • Helen Diller Family Chair in Urology
  • Research Council Chair
  • Chief of Urology, San Francisco VAMC
  • Co-Leader, Prostate Program, HDFCCC
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Penile Cancer
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Dr. Hillary Copp

Hillary L. Copp, MD, MS

  • Professor of Urology
  • Chief of Pediatric Urology
  • Associate Program Director for Fellowship Programs
Specialties: Pediatric Urology, Lifetime Congenital Urology Program (L-CUP)
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Dr Lindsay Hampson

Lindsay A. Hampson, MD, MAS

  • Associate Professor of Urology
  • Frank Hinman, Jr, MD Endowed Professor in Urologic Education
  • Vice Chair of Education and Residency Program Director
Specialties: Trauma and reconstruction, Urologic Subspecialties, Lifetime Congenital Urology Program (L-CUP)
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Dr. Yi Li

Yi Li, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Urology
Specialties: Pediatric Urology
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Dr. Tom Lue

Tom F. Lue, MD, ScD (Hon), FACS

  • Professor of Urology
  • Emil Tanagho Endowed Chair in Clinical Urology
Specialties: Male Reproductive Health, Urologic Subspecialties
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Jack W. McAninch, MD, FACS

Jack W. McAninch, MD, FACS

  • Professor Emeritus of Urology, San Francisco General Hospital
Specialties: Trauma and reconstruction, Urologic Subspecialties
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Maxwell V. Meng, MD

Maxwell V. Meng, MD

  • Professor
of Urology
  • Chief of Urologic Oncology
  • Vice Chair of Quality and Safety
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Penile Cancer
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Dr. Hao Nguyen

Hao G. Nguyen MD, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Urology
  • Richard and Leilani Grinold Endowed Professorship in Urology
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Bladder Cancer
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Anobel Y. Odisho, MD, MPH

Anobel Y. Odisho, MD, MPH

  • Associate Professor of Urology
  • Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • Director of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation
  • Medical Director of Surgical Informatics at UCSF Health
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Testicular Cancer
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Dr. Sima Porten

Sima P. Porten MD, MPH

  • Associate Professor of Urology
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Kidney Cancer
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Ira D. Sharlip, MD

Ira D. Sharlip, MD

  • Professor of Urology
Specialties: Male Reproductive Health, Urologic Subspecialties
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Dr. Alan Shindel

Alan Shindel MD, MAS

  • Professor of Urology
  • Associate Program Director for Undergraduate Medical Education
Specialties: Male Reproductive Health, Urologic Subspecialties
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Dr. Katsuto Shinohara

Katsuto Shinohara, MD

  • Professor of Urology
  • Helen Diller Family Chair in Clinical Urology
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Bladder Cancer
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Marshall L. Stoller, MD

Marshall L. Stoller, MD

  • Professor of Urology
  • Chief of Endourology
Specialties: Endourology, Robotic Surgery and Laparoscopy, Urologic Subspecialties
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Dr. Anne Suskind

Anne M. Suskind MD, MS, FACS, URPS

  • Professor of Urology; Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
  • Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs
  • Chief, Neurourology, Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
Specialties: Women's Bladder and Pelvic Health, Urologic Subspecialties
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Dr. Michelle Van Kuiken

Michelle E. Van Kuiken, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Urology
  • Associate Chair of Faculty Wellness
  • Associate Resident Program Director
Specialties: Women's Bladder and Pelvic Health, Urologic Subspecialties
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Dr. Samuel Washington

Samuel L. Washington III, MD, MAS

  • Assistant Professor of Urology
  • Goldberg-Benioff Endowed Professorship in Cancer Biology
  • Associate Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Specialties: Bladder Cancer, Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Penile Cancer

Courtesy Faculty

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Dr. James Betts

James M. Betts, MD

  • Professor of Surgery and Urology
Specialties: Pediatric Urology, Trauma and reconstruction, Urologic Subspecialties
Thomas Hope, MD

Thomas Hope, MD

  • Professor of Radiology and Urology
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer
Alison Huang, MD, MPhil, MAS

Alison Huang, MD, MPhil, MAS

  • Professor of Medicine, Urology and Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • Director of Research for General Internal Medicine at UCSF Health
  • Director of the UCSF Health Women's Health Clinical Research Center
Specialties: Women's Bladder and Pelvic Health, Urologic Subspecialties
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Michael W. Rabow, MD, FAAHPM

Michael Rabow MD, FAAHPM

  • Professor of Medicine and Urology
  • Helen Diller Family Chair in Palliative Care
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Penile Cancer
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Mack Roach III, MD

Mack Roach III, MD

  • Professor
of Radiation Oncology and Urology
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Penile Cancer
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Eric Small, MD

Eric Small, MD

  • Professor of Medicine, Hematology Oncology and Urology
  • Doris and Donald Fisher Distinguished Professorship in Clinical Cancer Research
  • Stanford W. Ascherman and Norman R. Ascherman Endowed Chair
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Penile Cancer

Research Faculty

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Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD

Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD

  • Professor
of Urology and Ob/Gyn and Reproductive Sciences and Pathology

  • Peter R. Carroll, MD, Distinguished Professorship
  • Vice Chair of Research, Department of Urology
Specialties: Cancer
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Peter Bruno, PhD

Peter Bruno, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Urology
  • Helen Diller Family Chair In Basic Research in Urologic Cancer
Specialties: Cancer
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Luke Gilbert, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Urology
  • Goldberg-Benioff Program Chair in Prostate Cancer Translational Biology
Specialties: Cancer
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Stacey A. Kenfield, ScD

Stacey A. Kenfield, ScD

  • Professor of Urology
  • Helen Diller Family Chair in Population Science for Urologic Cancer
Specialties: Cancer
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David Quigley, PhD

David Quigley, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Urology and Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Specialties: Cancer
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Davide Ruggero, PhD

Davide Ruggero, PhD

  • Professor of 
Urology
  • Goldberg-Benioff Endowed Professorship in Prostate Cancer Translational Biology
Specialties: Cancer

Researchers

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Dr. June Chan

June M. Chan, ScD

  • Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Urology

Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer
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Sunita Ho

  • Professor of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences (PRDS) and Urology
Specialties: Urologic Subspecialties
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Nynikka Palmer

Nynikka Palmer, DrPH, MPH

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine (Division of General Internal Medicine at SFGH), Urology and Radiation Oncology
  • Helen Diller Family Chair in Community Education and Outreach for Urologic Cancer
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer
Donna Peehl, PhD

Donna Peehl, PhD

  • Professor of Radiology and Urology
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer

Pathologists

Cornelia Ding, MD, PhD

Cornelia Ding

  • Assistant Professor of Pathology and Urology
Specialties: Prostate Cancer, Cancer

Physician Assistants

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Sian Mara PA

Sian Mara, PA

  • Physician Assistant
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer
Conditions: Prostate Cancer
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Sarah McRorey

Sara McRorey, PA

  • Physician Assistant
Specialties: Cancer, Prostate Cancer
Conditions: Prostate Cancer

Nurse Practitioners

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Won Kim, NP

  • Nurse Practitioner
Specialties: Urologic Subspecialties