Associate Professor
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Dr. Thomas Chi, MD, graduated as a President’s Scholar from Stanford University with a BA in Human Biology and Masters degrees in both Sociology and Music. He earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine then completed two years of general surgery residency training and a urology residency at UCSF followed by a fellowship in Endourology and Laparoscopy.
Dr. Chi has been awarded grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and the American Urological Association Urology Care Foundation to research the fundamental mechanisms underlying the formation of urinary stones.
Clinical Interests
He joined the UCSF Department of Urology faculty in 2013 where he focuses on the care of patients with urinary stone disease, benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) and those in need of minimally invasive surgery. He specializes in performing endoscopic, laparoscopic, and percutaneous surgeries. Dr. Chi has used ultrasound guidance to create innovative radiation-free kidney stone surgeries for stone removal, representing the first program of its kind in the United States. He is also experienced in performing Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP) – a minimally invasive operation to treat men with an enlarged prostate.