Samuel L. Washington III, MD, MAS, is an Assistant Professor of Urology in the Departments of Urology and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco, in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Washington’s primary research focuses on racial disparities in patients with genitourinary malignancies, with specific interests in understanding racial/ethnic disparities in diagnosis, management, and treatment and examining and how these differences in treatment strategies based on race and socioeconomic factors impact survival outcomes for patients with genitourinary cancers.
Dr. Washington’s research interests have led to positions as the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Prostate Cancer Program Community Outreach and Engagement Liaison, a member of the NCCN Guidelines for Prostate Cancer Early Detection Panel, as well as serving on national committees focused on improving health equity including the Association of Community Cancer Centers Bladder Cancer Advisory Committee and Oncology Clinical Pathways Development Teams for Bladder Cancer, Kidney Cancers, Prostate Cancer for the Veterans Health Administration.
Dr. Washington completed his undergraduate education at University of California, Davis with a Bachelor of Science degree in Genetics, and a minor in Latin. He completed his medical school training at University of California, San Francisco and was selected by the Department of Urology to complete his urology residency. He stayed on at UCSF to complete his urologic oncology fellowship and a Master of Science degree in Clinical Research.