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