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About Christopher J. Kane, MD

Christopher J. Kane, MD, is a board-certified urologist specializing in diagnosing and treating prostate, kidney, bladder, and testicular cancer patients. He has extensive expertise in robotic prostatectomy, open and laparoscopic kidney cancer surgery, and bladder and testes cancer surgery. He also provides care for conditions including benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or enlarged prostate; elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels; and the presence of blood in urine (hematuria).

Dr. Kane serves as dean of clinical affairs for UC San Diego School of Medicine and chief executive officer for UC San Diego Health Physician Group. In these dual roles, Dr. Kane collaborates with UC San Diego leadership to ensure that UC San Diego Health Physician Group achieves the highest standards of service, access, quality, safety, and patient satisfaction and is integrated to support the unique and growing needs of an expanding academic health system and its growing regional network of providers.

Dr. Kane has authored more than 320 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters focusing on prostate cancer risk factors and outcomes, prostate cancer surgery and minimally invasive surgery for prostate and kidney cancer. He serves on the editorial boards of several major urology journals and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Prostate Cancer Management Guidelines Committee. He co-chaired the National Cancer Institute's Renal Cell Carcinoma Advisory Task Force from 2012-2016. He is currently president of the western section of the American Urological Association.

Before joining UC San Diego Health, Dr. Kane held leadership positions at UC San Francisco and the Naval Medical Center in San Diego. He was awarded the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Medal by UC Davis in 2011. In 2014, he was elected to membership in the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons. He is a retired Navy Captain and a decorated veteran of Desert Storm.

Dr. Kane completed his residency at the Naval Medical Center in Oakland, Calif. He received his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Kane is board certified in urology.

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Medical DegreeUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MDResidencyNaval Regional Medical Center, Oakland, CAInternshipNaval Medical Center, Oakland, CA
GenderMale
Date Joined Staff2007-09-06
Board Certifications
American Board of Urology
Conditions and Treatments
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Robotic Prostatectomy
  • Minimally Invasive Techniques
  • Urologic Cancer
  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
  • Renal Cancer
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Blood in Urine (Hematuria)
  • Testicular Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer Surgery
  • Kidney Cancer
  • Fluorescence-Guided Surgery
Urology
Cancer

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Videos

Academic Medicine with Dr. Christopher Kane, Urologist

Academic Medicine with Dr. Christopher Kane, Urologist

Christopher Kane, MD, explains how UC San Diego Health, the region's only academic health system, improves people’s lives and shapes the future of medicine. We customize medical care to your unique needs. With access to the latest technologies, diagnostic and imaging tools, as well as NIH-sponsored clinical trials, we offer you access to potentially lifesaving medical advancements not available elsewhere.

Additional Videos

Video: Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance
Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance

What is prostate cancer active surveillance? Dr. Kane explains this strategy of avoiding overtreatment for well-selected men with clinically localized, very low-risk prostate cancer.

Video: Robotic Radical Prostatectomy
Radical Prostatectomy

Dr. Kane shares his experience performing robotic radical prostatectomies as treatment for prostate cancer and expectations for patients.

Video: How is Prostate Cancer Diagnosed
Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Dr. Kane explains how prostate cancer is diagnosed and risk assessments are determined. He discusses the five basic risk parameters: prostate-specific antigen (PSA) diagnosis; clinical stage; Gleason grade; PSA density or velocity; and number of positive biopsies.

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