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Christopher Joseph Kane, MD Christopher Joseph Kane, MD
Cancer - Urologic
Urology
Surgery, Minimally Invasive
Surgical Oncology
Cancer

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Dr. Christopher J. Kane is a specialist in prostate cancer and an expert in robotic and other minimally invasive procedures for urologic surgery.

He is internationally recognized for his patient care and research in prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma, and minimally invasive surgical treatment of urologic diseases and disorders.

Dr. Kane is an expert in robotic prostatectomy, open and laparoscopic kidney cancer surgery and bladder and testes cancer surgery. Dr. Kane has authored more than 145 publications and book chapters primarily on prostate cancer risk factors and outcomes, prostate cancer surgery and minimally invasive surgery for prostate and kidney cancer. He has taught laparoscopy and robotic surgery extensively and started the robotic surgery program at UC San Francisco and at the VA Medical Center San Francisco. He has also helped other major academic medical centers begin their robotic surgery programs. He was the most experienced robotic prostatectomy surgeon in Northern California prior to his arrival at UCSD. To date, he has performed more than 475 robotic prostatectomies.

To make an appointment with Dr. Kane, please call: (858) 822-6187
Board Certification: Urology
Experience: Staff Urologist at the Naval Medical Center San Diego from 1995-2001

Urology Residency Director at the Naval Medical Center San Diego
1998-2001

Chief of Urology at the VA Medical Center San Francisco
2001-2007

Urologic Oncologist at the UCSF Cancer Center
2001-2007

Director of the Urologic Oncology fellowship Program at UCSF
2003-2007
Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC Davis
MD from Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences
Training: Surgical Internship at the Naval Medical Center
Oakland, CA

Urology Residency at the Naval Medical Center Oakland and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
Clinical Interests: prostate cancer, kidney cancer, robotic surgery, urology, laparoscopic nephrectomy, laparoscopic partial nephrectomy, bladder cancer, urinary diversion, radical cystectomy
Hospital Affiliations: UCSD Thornton Hospital, La Jolla
UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest
Office Addresses: Moores UCSD Cancer Center
3855 Health Sciences Drive
La Jolla, CA  92093
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UCSD Medical Center
200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA  92103
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Last Updated June 12, 2009
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