UCLA Urologic Oncology Fellows Trained – Clinical, Basic Science and Translational Research (* Current fellows)

Name of Fellow Fellowship Year Current Position (Updated November 2016)
1.  E. David Crawford, MD 1977 – 1978 Professor of Surgery, Urology, and Radiation Oncology,  Head of the Section of Urologic Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
2. Gary Lieskovsky, MD 1978 – 1979 Professor of Urology Director, Clinical Program Donald G. Skinner Chair in Urology, USC
3.  Edward Messing, MD 1980 – 1982 Professor, Department of Urology, University of Rochester, New York
4.  Arie Lindner, MD 1980 – 1982 Professor and Former Chair, Assof-Harofeh Medical Center, Israel Chair, Scientific Council of Israeli Medical Association
5.  Dominique Chopin, MD   1982 – 1983 Professor of Urology, Henri Mondor Hospital
6.  Urs Studer, MD 1983 – 1984 Professor and former Chairman Department of Urology, Bern University Hospital, Switzerland
7.  John Maldazys, MD 1983 – 1984 Urologist, Private Practice
8.  Kazayuki Sagiyama, MD 1983 – 1984 Urologist, Private Practice
9.  Eliano Mukamel, MD 1984 – 1986  
10.  Alastair Ritchie, MD 1986 – 1987 Medical Research Council London, United Kingdom
11.  Bruce Blyth, MD 1987 – 1988  
12.  Arnulf Stenzl, MD 1987 – 1988 Medical Director, Tubingen University
13.  Avi Stein, MD 1989 – 1990 Clinical Associate Professor, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
14.  Antoini Abi-Aad, MD 1990 – 1991  
15.  John Dannela, MD 1991 – 1992  
16.  Joph Steckel, MD 1992 – 1993 Vice-Chair, Department of Urology, Arthur Smith Institute for Urology and North Shore University Hospital
17.  Joseph Trapasso, MD 1993 – 1994 Urologist in Lehigh Valley Health Network
18.  John R. Franklin, MD 1994 – 1996 Urologist, VI Urologic Center, Inc.
19.  Anup Patel, MD 1995 – 1996 Professor of Urology Spire Roding Hospital, London, UK
20.  Peter Mulders, MD 1996 – 1997 Professor and Chair,  Department of Urology,  Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
21.  Andreas Hinkel, MD, PhD 1997 – 1998 Faculty, Department of Urology, Marienhospital, Herne, Germany
22.  John Naitoh, MD 1996 – 1998 Urologist, Scripps Memorial Hospital: Encinitas and La Jolla
23.  Thomas Cangiano, MD 1997 – 1998 Urologist, Florida Urology Associates, Florida Hospital Medical Group; Location: North Orlando and Lake Mary, Florida
24.  Ke-Hung Tsui, MD 1998 – 1999 Faculty, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Chang Gung University, Taiwan
25.  Mitchell Rauch, MD 1998 – 1999 Urologist, Freedman and Rauch Urology, MD, PA, Urologists in Boca Raton, Florida
26.  Arndt van Ophoven, MD, PhD 1998 – 1999 Urologist, Marienhospital Herne, Germany
27.  Belur Patel, MD 1998 – 2000 Chief of Urologic Oncology, Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Assistant Professor of Surgery
28.  Kiarash Michel, MD 1999 – 2000 Urologist, Private Practice
29.  Allan Pantuck, MD 1999 – 2002
SUO Accredited		 Professor, Department of Urology, UCLA
30.  Tracey Krupski, MD, MPH 2002 – 2003 Physician, University of Virginia Health System
31.  Amnon Zisman, MD 1999 – 2001
SUO Accredited		 Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Urology, Assof-Harofeh Medical Center, Israel
32.  Jeffrey Wieder, MD 2000 – 2002
SUO Accredited		 Urologist, Golden Gate Urology,  California
33.  Jose Miguel Hernandez Andreu, PhD 2001 – 2002 VP Research, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Catholic University of Valencia
34.  Ken-Ryu Han, MD 2001 – 2004 Urologist, Canyon State Urology
35.  Hyung Kim, MD 2002 – 2003 Associate Director, Surgical Research, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute;  Director of Academic Programs for Urology and Co-Medical Director of the Urologic Oncology Program, at Cedars-Sinai.
36.  Brad Leibovich, MD 2003 – 2004 Professor and Chair of Urology, Mayo Clinic
37.  John Lam, MD 2003 – 2006
SUO Accredited		 Urologist, Private Practice
38.  Jean-Jacques Patard, MD 2004 – 2005  Professor and Chair, Paris XI, University Hospital Medical Director, Gustave Roussy Institute
39.  Sreenivas Vemulapalli, MD 2004 – 2005 Urologist, Private Practice, Tri Valley Urology Medical Group
40.  Tobias Klatte, MD 2006 – 2008 Associate Professor, Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna
41.  Michela de Martino, MD, PhD 2007 – 2008 Researcher, Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna
42.  Stephen Riggs, MD 2006 – 2008
SUO Accredited		 Urologist, Carolinas Healthcare System, Levine Cancer Institute, North Carolina
43.  David C. Miller, MD 2007 – 2009
SUO Accredited		 Associate Professor, Department of Urology, University of Michigan
44.  Jeffrey LaRochelle, MD 2007 – 2009
SUO Accredited		 Urologic Surgeon, Oregon Health & Science University
45.  Frederic Pouliot, MD, PhD 2008 – 2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Urology Division, Laval University, Quebec
46.  David Finley, MD 2009 – 2011
SUO Accredited		 Urologic Oncologist, Director of Robotic Surgery for Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
47.  Karim Chamie, MD 2009 – 2012
SUO Accredited		 Assistant Professor, UCLA
48.  Nils Kroger, MD 2010 – 2011 Assistant Professor, Ernst-Muritz-Arndt-University, Greifswald
49.  Edward Rampersaud, MD 2010 – 2012
SUO Accredited		 Assistant Professor and Director of Medical Student Education in Urology, Duke University School of Medicine
50.  Frédéric Birkhäuser, MD 2010 – 2012  Staff Member, University of Bern
51.  Geoffrey Sonn, MD 2011 – 2013
SUO Accredited		  Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Stanford School of Medicine
52.  Joshua Logan, MD 2011 – 2013
SUO Accredited		 Staff, Urologist Oncologist, Alaska Institute of Surgical and Medical Specialties
53.  Timothy Daskivich, MD 2012 – 2015
SUO Accredited		 Urologist Oncologist and Director of Health Services Research, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai
54.  Christopher Filson, MD 2013 – 2015
SUO Accredited		 Assistant Professor of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine
55.  Hung-Jui “Ray” Tan, MD 2013 – 2016
SUO Accredited		 Assistant Professor of Urology , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
56.  Nathan Bockholt, MD 2014 – 2015 Private Practice, South Dakota
57.  Nicholas Donin, MD 2015 – 2017
SUO Accredited		 Assistant Clinical Professor, City of Hope
58.  Amirali Salmasi, MD* 2015 – 2017
SUO Accredited

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Urology, UCSD
59.  Izak Faiena, MD* 2016 – 2018
SUO Accredited

Assistant Professor of Urology at Columbia University & Chief of Urology at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center
60.  David Johnson, MD* 2016 – 2018
SUO Accredited

Clinical Assistant Professor of Urologic Oncology, University of North Carolina & Medical Director for Value Transformation, BlueCross BlueShield North Carolina
61.  James Hwong, MD* 2017 – 2018

Co-Founder Private Practice, San Jose Urology Partners
62.  Aydin Pooli, MD* 2017 – 2019
SUO Accredited

Physician and Clinical Instructor, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital and Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
63.  Joseph Shirk, MD 2018 – 2020 
 

Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Department of Urology, UCLA
64.  Andrew Lenis, MD, MS 2019 – 2020 
 

Columbia University Medical Center
65.  Adam Kinnaird, MD, PhD 2019 – 2020 
SUO Accredited

Assistant Professor, University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
66.  Wayne Brisbane, MD* 2017 –  2019
SUO Accredited		 Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, UCLA
67.  Neal Patel, MD* 2020 –  2022
SUO Accredited

Weill Cornell Medicine - Cornell University
68.  JJ Zhang, MD 2021 – 2023 
SUO Accredited

Virginia Mason Medical Center
69.  Adam Weiner, MD 2022 –  
SUO Accredited		 Current Fellow
70.  Pratik Kanabur, MD 2023 –  
SUO Accredited		 Current Fellow