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Faculty Members within The Center for Urologic Oncology
The Department of Urology at UCLA is one of the oldest, most progressive and comprehensive urology programs in the country. Our renowned faculty members work side by side with research scientists in the quest for new cures and treatments for prostate, kidney and bladder cancer; pelvic floor disorders; incontinence; genitourinary tract conditions; as well as male and female sexual dysfunction.Our fellowship programs for specialists in urology are the models used by many medical schools and our graduates are now managing urology fellowship programs around the globe.
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Jean B. DeKernion, MD.
Chair of Urology, Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Operations, Professor of Urology. Residency, Case Western Reserve in Cleveland , fellowship, National Cancer Institute. Certified by the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Urology. World leader in Urologic Oncology, co-authored the first textbook on the subject. Founder, Society of Urologic Oncology, member of the American Board of Urology, Chair, Department of Defense prostate cancer Research program. Kidney, bladder and prostate cancer are the areas in which he has made the most significant contributions.
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William Aronson, MD
Chief of Urology at Olive View UCLA Medical Center and Chief of Urologic Oncology, Veterans Administration West Los Angeles. His clinical specialties are Prostate Cancer and General Urology. His clinical and laboratory research focuses on treatment of advanced prostate cancer and diet and lifestyle factors for chemoprevention and treatment.
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Arie Belldegrun, MD
Director of the Institute of Urologic Oncology at UCLA, Professor of Urology, Chief of the Division of Urologic Oncology, and holds the Roy and Carol Doumani Chair in Urologic Oncology. He also serves as the Director of the Urologic Oncology Fellowship Program at UCLA, which was accredited by the Society of Urologic Oncology in 2001.
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Arnold I. Chin, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Urology. Dr. Chin completed his M.D., Ph.D. and Urology residency training program at UCLA. His clinical interests include urologic oncology, with an emphasis on bladder cancer. He performs open, laparoscopic, and robotically-assisted surgery for bladder, prostate, and renal malignancies.
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Isla Garraway, MD
Assistant Professor of Urology at UCLA, Attending Urologist, Greater Los Angeles-VA Medical Center. Dr. Garraway's primary clinical and research focus is on prostate cancer. She is a member of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and heads a laboratory investigating prostate development and carcinogenesis.
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Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH
Professor of Urology and Public Health. He trained at Harvard and specializes in testicular, bladder, prostate and kidney cancer. Dr. Litwin's research focuses on improving quality of life and quality of care in urologic oncology. He also created and directs IMPACT, a state-funded program that provides free prostate cancer care statewide. (www.california-impact.org).
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Allan Pantuck, MD, MS, FACS
Associate Professor, Urology. Dr. Pantuck specializes in urologic cancers and has a long standing interest in kidney, prostate, bladder cancers, developing new treatment strategies through basic and clinical research and in the study of nutritional approaches to their prevention and treatment.
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Robert E. Reiter, MD
Professor, Urology, Molecular Biology, Co-Director of the Prostate and Genitourinary Oncology Program in UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center, Director of Urologic Research. Attended Stanford Medical School , completed urologic training at Stanford and Baylor College of Medicine, completed additional fellowship training in urological cancer at the National Cancer Institute.
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Christopher Saigal, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Urology. Clinical practice, UCLA Santa Monica campus. He is on the staff of the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the UCLA-Olive View Medical Center . Dr. Saigal has had a longstanding clinical interest in urologic cancers and the surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. His research is focused on patient-centered decision support and quality of care for urologic conditions.
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Robert B. Smith, MD
Professor, Urology. Faculty member, completed UCLA residency, 1969. Assistant Professor of Urology, Chief of the Renal Transplant service. Associated Professor of Urology / Professor of Urology. Served in the Air Force, Lieutenant Colonel, Chief of Urology, Lackland Air Force Base. Vice-Chairman, Urology, Chief of Staff, UCLA Medical Center . Director, Urology residency training. His clinical interests are in the treatment of urologic malignancies, and in reconstructive urologic cases.
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