Rana R McKay MD

Rana R. McKay, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and board-certified medical oncologist at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. She is the Associate Director of Translational Sciences, and Co-Leader of the Genitourinary Oncology Program at the Moores Cancer Center.

Dr. McKay received her medical degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital and completed a fellowship in oncology/hematology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/ Harvard Medical School.

Dr. McKay specializes in treating urogenital cancers, including bladder, kidney, prostate and testicular cancer. Dr. McKay's research interests include the design and implementation of clinical trials including novel biomarkers and therapeutic outcomes for patients with genitourinary malignancies. She serves as principal investigator of several early phase trials in kidney and prostate cancer. She is interested in understanding the mechanisms of response and resistance to specific cancer therapies. Her work has appeared in peer-reviewed publications such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Clinical Cancer Research, and Cancer, among others.

Dr. McKay is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association for Cancer Research. She is a member of the NCI Renal Task Force, NRG RCC Cadre Leader, and Alliance Advanced Prostate Cancer, Cadre Leader. She also is a member of the NCCN Prostate Cancer Panel and has served on the Proposal Review Committee for the NCCN Foundation's Young Investigator Awards.