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Office
3855 Health Sciences Drive Mail Code 0987
Moores UCSD Cancer Center
La Jolla, CA 92037Phone+1 858-657-7876Fax+1 858-822-6188
Summary
- Dr. Ithaar Derweesh is a urologist in La Jolla, CA and is affiliated with UC San Diego Medical Center and VA San Diego Healthcare System. He received his medical degree from University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and trained at Yale and the Cleveland Clinic. He subspecializes in Urologic Oncology with a practice and research focus on Renal Cell Carcinoma and Kidney Neoplasms
Education & Training
Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, American Foundation of Urological Disease/Aua Foundation (2001-2003); Kidney Transplantation and Renovascular Surgery (2003-2005), 2001 - 2005
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Urology, 1998 - 2000- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1995 - 1997
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 1995
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2008 - 2026
TN State Medical License 2005 - 2016
OH State Medical License 2002 - 2009
CT State Medical License 2000 - 2001
American Board of Urology Urology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Assistant Editor, Journal of Urology American Urological Association, 2017
- Choose Wisely Champion American Urological Association, 2017
- Management of Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Guideline Panel American Urological Association, 2017
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Clinical Trials
- Prior Axitinib as a Determinant of Outcome of Renal Surgery Start of enrollment: 2018 Mar 05
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Percutaneous Cryotherapy and Radiofrequency Ablation of Renal Masses: Multicenter Comparative Analysis with Minimum 3-Year Follow-up.Umberto Carbonara, Francesco Ditonno, Alp T Beksac, Ithaar Derweesh, Clara Cerrato
International Braz j Urol. 2025-02-06 - Characteristics and Outcomes of T1a Renal Cell Carcinoma Presenting with Metastasis.Luke Wang, Melis Guer, Dhruv Puri, Franklin Liu, Sohail Dhanji
Cancers. 2025-01-23 - Development and validation of nomograms and integrated software incorporating preoperative C-reactive protein level for prognostic prediction of nonmetastatic clear ce...Wei Chen, Hajime Tanaka, Masaki Kobayashi, Shohei Fukuda, Akinori Nakayama
World Journal of Urology. 2025-01-09
Professional Memberships
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- Society of Urologic OncologyMember
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