Kyoko Sakamoto, M.D. at UC San Diego Medical Center

Dr. Sakamoto is a urologist who specializes in laparoscopy and endourology. Her additional interests are neurourology and general urology.

Dr. Sakamoto is certified to perform a number of minimally invasive endourologic procedures, including laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, laparoscopic kidney surgeries, and robotic surgeries. She also specializes in minimally invasive techniques for management of stones in the upper urinary tract.

In her research at UCSD, Dr. Sakamoto focuses on developing new, minimally invasive technologies for early diagnosis of urological diseases. She is also involved in basic science research studies in physiology and diseases in urology.

Board Certification:

Urology

Experience:

Before she joined the UCSD Division of Urology, Dr. Sakamoto was Assistant Professor of Urology at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois.

Languages other
than English:

Japanese

Education:

Tulane University
School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA
Doctor of Medicine

Training:

Fellowship in Female Urology and Neurourology
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY

Fellowship in Endourology and Laparoscopy
Loyola University Medical School
Maywood, IL

Hospital Affiliations:

UCSD Thornton Hospital, La Jolla
UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest

Office Address:

UCSD Medical Center
Division of Urology
200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103-8897
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Last Updated July 11, 2008

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