Philosophy of Care

Dr. Whitson tailors recommendations to the specific risks of the cancer, patients' overall health, as well as their individual preferences. This can entail anything from careful monitoring where appropriate, to robotic-assisted or minimally invasive procedures, to traditional open operations when necessary. Key features of his care include bi-directional communication, personal and individualized management, shared decision making, as well as a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive approach.

Clinical Interests

Dr. Whitson is a fellowship trained urologic oncologist with clinical interests that cover the spectrum of urologic oncology including prostate, kidney, adrenal, bladder, testicular, and penile cancers. Some of the speciality care that Whitson offers includes actives surveillance for low risk prostate cancer and small renal masses, robotic surgery in prostate, kidney, bladder, and testicular cancers, radical nephrectomy with vena cava thrombectomy, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, urinary diversion (ileal conduit and neobladder), advanced genomic testing of urologic cancers.

Research/Academic Interests

Dr. Whitson's research interests include studies on active surveillance in low-risk (early-stage) prostate cancer, non-invasive monitoring of patients with high-risk (early-stage) bladder cancer, and population-based studies on patients with both early-stage and advanced kidney cancer.

Center/Program Affiliation

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center