Academic Medicine with Christopher Kane, MD, Urologist

Christopher Kane, MD, explains how UC San Diego Health, the region's only academic medical center, improves people’s lives and shapes the future of medicine.

Academic medical centers (also called academic health centers) are university-based hospital systems that play a unique and valuable role in our nation’s health care system. These include:

Delivering highly specialized care for complex conditions or rare diseases beyond the scope and expertise of community hospitals
Developing new medicines and technologies to prevent and treat disease
Teaching the next generation of physicians and other providers
Serving as a safety net for the at-risk or underrepresented

More about academic medicine at UC San Diego Health: health.ucsd.edu/about-us

UC San Diego Health is one of six academic medical centers within the University of California system.

More about University of California Health: health.universityofcalifornia.edu/

This video is part of our monthly "Focus on Health" series featuring UC San Diego experts discussing various health topics. See more videos in this series:    • Focus On Health  

Dr. Kane is the dean of clinical affairs for UC San Diego School of Medicine and chief executive officer of UC San Diego Health Physician Group.

More about Dr. Kane: providers.ucsd.edu/details/11850/urology-cancer

0:00 Focus on Health - Academic Medicine
0:10 Christopher J. Kane, MD
0:23 Leading edge medicine
0:45 Guided by science