WHO NEEDS A CHAIR , WHEN YOU ARE ONE ? Triton photographers captured these chairs around campus , sitting on anything but .
CHRISTOPHER KANE , M . D .
PROFESSOR OF SURGERY , UC SAN DIEGO Joseph D . Schmidt , M . D . Presidential Chair
Research focus : My research is focused on improving prostate cancer imaging , diagnosis , risk stratification and outcomes of treatment .
Real-world impact : We are changing and improving the way that men with prostate cancer are treated . We are successfully avoiding treatment in men who can be safely followed , a strategy known as active surveillance . We are improving the imaging and biopsy processes for patients who we care for , and communicating those developments in the literature so that men around the world can have those same improvements .
What surprises you about your subject area , and why ? Our understanding of prostate cancer has changed dramatically in the last three years . The new understanding of who needs treatment and who can safely avoid treatment is having a huge impact on patients . This new understanding brings great hope for improved outcomes for men with advanced disease .
Throughout history , whose chair would you most want to sit in ? Next to Christ at the Last Supper — but it would be a hard night .
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Photos : Brennan Romeril , ’ 11