Robotic Surgeon Christopher J. Kane Named to Joseph D. Schmidt, MD Presidential Chair in Urology ...

(Source: UCSD - University of California - San Diego) Dr. Christopher J. Kane, inaugural holder of the Joseph D. Schmidt, MD Presidential Chair in Urology. Christopher J. Kane, M.D., a renowned specialist in prostate cancer and an expert in robotic and other minimally invasive procedures for urologic surgery at the University of California, San Diego, has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Joseph D. Schmidt, MD Presidential Chair in Urology in the School of Medicine. The $3.3 million endowed faculty chair was created in honor of Dr. Joseph Schmidt, professor emeritus who served UC San Diego from 1976 through his recent retirement in August 2015. Schmidt is revered for his excellent...