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UC San Diego Health
Seth Bechis, MD, MS is an Associate Professor of Urology at UC San Diego Health. As member of the Comprehensive Kidney Stone Center, he has a special interest in advanced surgical treatment, medical prevention and research on kidney stone disease. He has a high volume surgical practice in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for complex stones, ureteroscopy and shockwave lithotripsy.
Dr. Bechis also specializes in benign procedures of the prostate (BPH) including minimally invasive procedures such as Rezum water vapor therapy and UroLift, as well as robotic surgery and GreenLight™ Laser PVP. Dr. Bechis is among only a select number of physicians in the country to be designated as a Center of Excellence for GreenLight™ Laser Therapy, he and is the first in California to achieve this recognition.
As a urologist at an academic medical center, Dr. Bechis is involved in teaching and education. He also serves as the associate program director for the UC San Diego - Kaiser Laparoscopy/Endourology Fellowship in the Department of Urology at UC San Diego School of Medicine. His research includes the study of molecular pathways in the progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia, risk factors for stone formation, and improving surgical techniques and clinical outcomes in stone disease, as well as tools for stone diagnosis and opiate-sparing pathways for managing pain.
Dr Bechis is an active member of the EDGE (Endourology Disease Group for Excellence) and CORE (Collaborative for Research in Endourology) Research Consortiums. He completed fellowship training in laparoscopy/robotics and endourology at UC San Diego School of Medicine, and residency training at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital. He earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and holds additional Master of Science training in biomedical research, also from UCSF.
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Monday, May 16, 2022
10:40 AM – 10:50 AM