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Michael Liss, MD, PhD, MAS, FACS
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About Me
About Michael Liss, MD, PhD, MAS, FACS
Michael Liss, MD, PhD, MAS, FACS, specializes in cancer of the genitourinary system, including kidney and prostate cancer, at Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is a professor and chief of the Division of Urologic Oncology in the Department of Urology at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. After graduating with honors in research from the Medical School of Wisconsin, he attended the University of California, Irvine, and trained under leaders in laparoscopic and robotic urology. He completed a two-year fellowship in urologic oncology at the University of California, San Diego. The Society of Urologic Oncology approves the fellowship. During this intensive training, he completed a Master of Applied Science in Clinical Trials.
Currently, Dr. Liss is the site principal investigator for SWOG, formerly the Southwest Oncology Group, one of the world's largest cooperative clinical trial groups. He also serves as the medical director of clinical research at University Health. Liss is also an active member of the cancer center's genetics and high-risk cancer screening clinic, focusing on patients at high risk for kidney and prostate cancer.
Gender
- Male
Languages Spoken
- English
Michael Liss | Urology Oncology
There is no signs or symptoms until they are very late so we rely on prostate cancer screening to catch it early.
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Credentials
Credentials
Positions
- Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
- Chief, Division of Urologic Oncology, Department of Urology, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
- Roger L. And Laura D. Zeller Charitable Foundation Chair in Urologic Oncology
- Medical Director, Clinical Trials Office, UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center
- SWOG Site Principal Investigator, UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Director of Clinical Research, University Health
Certifications
- American Board of Urology
Education
- Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
- Fellowship: Urologic Oncology, University of California, San Diego, CA
- Residency: Urology, University of California, Irvine, CA
- Internship: Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA
- Doctorate: Translational Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX
- Graduate: Clinical Research, University of California, San Diego, CA
- Undergraduate: Benedictine University, Lisle, IL
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Research & Publications
Research & Publications
Phagocytosis-initiated tumor hybrid cells acquire a c-Myc-mediated quasi-polarization state for immunoevasion and distant dissemination
Chou CW, Hung CN, Chiu CH, Tan X, Chen M, Chen CC, Saeed M, Hsu CW, Liss MA, Wang CM, Lai Z, Alvarez N, Osmulski PA, Gaczynska ME, Lin LL, Ortega V, Kirma NB, Xu K, Liu Z, Kumar AP, Taverna JA, Velagaleti GVN, Chen CL, Zhang Z, Huang TH.
Effects of curcumin and ursolic acid in prostate cancer: A systematic review
Besasie BD, Saha A, DiGiovanni J, Liss MA.
Diabetes, Obesity, and Pathological Upstaging in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results From a Large Multi-institutional Consortium
Pruthi DK, Miller G, Ankerst DP, Neumair M, Capitanio U, Correa AF, Lane BR, Roussel E, McGregor TB, Derweesh IH, Cordeiro M, Pierorazio PM, Calvo C, Bi H, Noyes SL, Meagher M, Kutikov A, Uzzo RG, Van Poppel H, Larcher A, Montorsi F, Kattan MW, Kaushik D,
Volumetric Analysis of Renal Masses as Predictors of Partial Nephrectomy Outcomes
Das H, Fudge T, Hernandez B, McGregor TB, Kirkpatrick IDC, Kaushik D, Mansour AM, Svatek RS, Liss MA, Gelfond J, Pruthi DK
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