Quality-of-life measurement, medical outcomes research, health policy, resource utilization, medical decision making, urologic oncology, epidemiologic burden of illness of urologic diseases.
Principal Investigator: IMPACT: Improving Access, Counseling, & Treatment in Californians with Prostate Cancer (California Department of Health Services)
Principal Investigator, Urologic Diseases in America (NIH)
Principal Investigator, Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network (NIH)
Co-Investigator, Survivor Quality-of-Life and Spouse Satisfaction after Prostate Therapy
Additional Information
Professional Memberships
American College of Surgeons
American Urological Association
American Medical Association
California Medical Association
American Association of Physicians for Human Rights
Los Angeles Urological Society
Society of University Urologists
Society of Urologic Oncology
Academic & Medical Staff Appointments
Attending Urologist, UCLA Center for Health Sciences, Los Angeles, CA
Attending Urologist,Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Attending Urologist, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Attending Urologist, Olive View Medical Center, Sylmar, CA
Director of Medical Student Education, UCLA Department of Urology
Awards & Recognition
American Urological Association Gold Cystoscope Award for outstanding contributions to urology, 2001
UCLA School of Medicine, Commencement Marshall, 1997
UCLA School of Medicine Award for Excellence in Education, 1997
American Urological Association Socioeconomics Research winner, 1996
UCLA School of Medicine, Doctoring Program, Certificate of Distinction in Medical Education, 1996