
Amar U. Kishan, MD
Suite B265
Los Angeles, California 90095
About
Dr. Amar U. Kishan, Professor, is the Vice-Chair of Clinical and Translational Research and Chief of the Genitourinary Oncology Service for the Department of Radiation Oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Kishan graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Molecular and Cell Biology and Public Health. He earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, where he graduated magna cum laude from the joint Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program. During medical school, he was awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship to study tumor metabolism in the laboratory. He subsequently completed his internship training at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego, where he was recognized as the H.H. Jones Intern of the Year. He then completed his residency training in radiation oncology at UCLA.
Dr. Kishan specializes in the utilization of radiation to treat genitourinary malignancies (particularly cancers of the prostate and bladder). He has an extensive research background and has published over 200 manuscripts, including lead authorship publications in JAMA, Lancet Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, JAMA Oncology, European Urology, Cancer Cell, and the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics. He has received extensive grant support, including funding from the Department of Defense, the Prostate Cancer Foundation, the American Society of Radiation Oncology, the Radiological Society of North America, the Radiation Oncology Institute, and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer. He runs an active clinical and translational research program and has spearheaded multiple innovative clinical trials in radiation oncology.
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Education
Medical Board Certification
Residency
Internship
Degree
Recognitions
- Super Doctors® Southern California Rising Stars 2023
- Super Doctors® Southern California Rising Stars 2020-2021
- Department of Defense Physician Research Award 2022-2026 See More
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Hospital Affiliations
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
Areas of Focus
Videos
Research
Interests
- Translational Research
- Clinical Outcomes Research
- Advanced Radiation Technologies
Publications
Link to Dr. Kishan's PubMed publications
- Association of Gleason Grade With Androgen Deprivation Therapy Duration and Survival Outcomes
- Radical Prostatectomy, External Beam Radiotherapy, or External Beam Radiotherapy With Brachytherapy Boost and Disease Progression and Mortality in Patients With Gleason Score 9-10 Prostate Cancer
- Optimizing the Timing of Salvage Postprostatectomy Radiotherapy and the Use of Concurrent Hormonal Therapy for Prostate Cancer
- Clinical Outcomes for Patients With Gleason Score 10 Prostate Adenocarcinoma: Results from a Multi-institutional Consortium Study
In the News
- The Complete Guide to SBRT for Prostate Cancer (Prostate Cancer Research Institute)
- Genetics, technology are improving radiation treatment for prostate cancer (UCLA Connect Blog)
- Advances in radiation technology help physicians deliver more precise and effective cancer treatment (UCLA Connect Blog)
- SBRT Monotherapy (Radiation Therapy) For Prostate Cancer (Malecare)
- Study reveals some types of prostate cancers may not be as aggressive as originally thought (UCLA Newsroom)
- Men with low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer can safely benefit from fewer, higher-dose radiation treatments (American Society for Radiation Oncology)
- ROI Announces the 2018 Publication Award Winner (Radiation Oncology Institute)
- Finding ways to improve the survival for men with advanced prostate cancer (UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Newsroom)
- Multiple-treatment approach improves survival rates in aggressive prostate cancer, study finds (UCLA Newsroom)
- High-dose radiation therapy as effective as surgery for aggressive prostate cancer (UCLA Newsroom)
- Is There an Optimal Treatment for High-Risk Prostate Cancer? (NEJM Journal Watch)
- The Health Report (ABC Radio National)
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Recognitions
- Super Doctors® Southern California Rising Stars 2023
- Super Doctors® Southern California Rising Stars 2020-2021
- Department of Defense Physician Research Award 2022-2026
- Top Doctors 2021, 2022
- Leonard Tow Award for Humanism in Medicine, 2021
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021
- UCLA Special Intramural Award Grant, 2020
- University of California Cancer Research Coordinating Committee Seed Grant, 2020
- UCLA Council on Research Faculty Research Grant, 2020
- ASTRO-PCF Career Development Award to End Prostate Cancer, 2019
- ARRO Teacher of the Year Award, 2019
- JCCC Seed Grant, 2019
- ROI Publication Award, 2018
- RSNA Seed Grant, 2018
- STOP Cancer Memorial Seed Grant, 2018
- UCLA Specialized Program in Research Excellence for Prostate Cancer Career Enhancement Program Awardee, 2017
- RSNA Roentgen Resident/Fellow - Research Award, 2017
- H.H. Jones Outstanding Intern of the Year
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellowship for Medical Students
- University Medal Finalist at University of California, Berkeley Molecular and Cell Biology Departmental Citation
- Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship