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Ken Takesita, MD

About Me

I consider it a privilege to be able to take care of my patients, and I look forward to participating in your urologic care. I hail originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, where I lived until moving to Southern California for medical school.  There I met my wife, to whom I've been married for 6 years.  We have a two year old daughter who keeps us both busy.  With my free time I like to watch and participate in various sports, and spend as much time as possible with my wife and daughter. 

About My Practice

I evaluate and treat most urologic conditions, and have a special interest in minimally invasive techniques such as the use of the daVinci Robot in surgical procedures. I see patients of all ages, and treat both men and women.

My Education and Postdoctoral Training

  • Medical School
    University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
  • Surgical Internship
    University of Southern California; LA County + USC Medical Center
  • Urology Residency
    University of Southern California; LA County + USC Medical Center
  • Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery Fellowship
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Minimally Invasive Urology Institute

Positions

  • Surgery Department Chair Elect, Parkview Medical Center

Awards

  • Member, "America's Top Urologists" - Consumers Research Council of America
  • Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society, 2002
  • Medical School Dean's Scholar, 2000-2002
  • Pathology Honor Society, 1999-2000

Memberships

  • American Endourological Society
  • American Urological Association
  • California Medical Association
  • American Association of Clinical Urologists

Board Certification

  • Diplomate of the American Board of Urology

Languages

  • Japanese
  • Spanish

Publications

  • Rosenblatt GS, Takesita K, Fuchs GJ: “Urolithiasis in Adults with Congenital Megaureter.” Can Urol Assoc J. 2009 Dec;3(6):E77-80.'
  •  Takesita K, Fuchs GJ: “Large Stone Burden in a Congenital Solitary Pelvic Kidney.” Case study expert commentary, Current Urology Reports, Vol 10, No. 4, 237-241, 2009.
  • Rosenblatt GS, Takesita K, Fuchs GJ, Colquhoun SD, Ng CS: “Adrenal Metastasis with Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus Through Adrenal Vein.” Urology. 2009 Jun 5. 
  • K Takesita, J. Cai, T. Campanelli, J. Stein, G. Lieskovsky, D. Skinner and D. Penson: "Radical Prostatectomy for cT3 Prostate Cancer: A Case-Control Study."  Pending submission for publication. 
  • K Takesita, M Williams, J Gaines, RK Rude, LJ Haywood: “Signal Averaged ECG in Patients with Familial Hypomagnesemia.”  J of Investigative Med, 486:30A, Jan, 2000.