Christopher J. Kane, M.D.
Professor and Chief of Urology
Program Director

Charles M. Lakin, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery/Urology
Assistant Program Director

The UCSD Division of Urology is committed to educating doctors of the future. 

Our four-year, fully accredited residency program draws from the most promising medical graduates in the country.  The eight resident physicians in our residency training program develop their clinical and research skills in the UCSD Urology clinics, operating rooms, and laboratories.

Please use the links at left, or in the Residency Program tab above, to visit pages that provide a detailed program description, application procedures, and contact information.

Educational Program

The four-year UCSD Urology Residency Program provides comprehensive training in clinical urology and the opportunity to collaborate with leading investigators in clinical and laboratory urologic research.  In addition, it accommodates residents’ specialized clinical or research interests wherever possible.

In the UCSD Urology Residency Program, residents receive graduated responsibilities from their first year to their last, or chief residency, year.  The program is designed to assure that each graduate has achieved the six general competencies defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.   

At the conclusion of the residency program, each trainee is expected to pass Part I of the American Board of Urology (written) examination.  He or she is also expected to be capable of either embarking on specialty fellowship training or beginning the practice of general urology in the private sector or as a full-time faculty member at an academic medical center.