J. Kellogg Parsons is an American physician specializing in urology.

Education edit

Parsons received his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed a residency in urology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He has a Master in Health Sciences from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Medicine.[1]

Endowed Chair edit

He is the holder of the C. Lowell and JoEllen Parsons Endowed Chair in Urology at the University of California, San Diego,[2] where his research has shown that lifestyle factors, such as obesity, diabetes and lack of exercise, can contribute towards urinary complaints.[3]

Parsons is a urologic oncologist.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "J. Kellogg Parsons, MD - Urology - UC San Diego Health". providers.ucsd.edu.
  2. ^ "List of Endowed Chairs at UC San Diego". blink.ucsd.edu.
  3. ^ Carter, H. Ballentine; Couzens, Gerald Secor (2012). The Whole Life Prostate Book: Everything That Every Man-at Every Age-Needs to Know About Maintaining Optimal Prostate Health. Simon and Schuster. p. 26. ISBN 9781451621211.
  4. ^ "Urologic Oncologist Kellogg Parsons, MD, Recognized as Health Leader".