Cory M Hugen, MD

Cory Hugen, M.D., is a board-certified urologist specializing in the management of urologic and retroperitoneal cancers. He is on staff at the MemorialCare Todd Cancer Institute at Long Beach Medical Center, as well as the University of California Irvine.

Dr. Hugen earned his medical degree at Loyola University Chicago graduating cum laude. He continued there for his internship and residency training, where he received the Traveling Fellowship Award for the best research project by a young urologist at the North Central Section American Urology Association annual meeting.

Following the completion of his residency, Dr. Hugen served for four years as a urologist in the United States Air Force stationed in San Antonio, Texas, where he was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal among others. After completing his military service, he completed a two-year Society of Urologic Oncology fellowship at the University of Southern California and received the Fellowship Teaching Award while working toward a master’s degree in clinical, biomedical, and translational investigations. He was then recruited to join the faculty at the University of California Irvine Health.

Dr. Hugen is an active researcher and has presented his work at several national meetings and in numerous publications and book chapters. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Urology and is a member of the Society of Urologic Oncology, the American Urological Association, the Southwest Oncology Group, and the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.

Dr. Hugen’s clinical interests include urologic oncology, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, testis cancer, prostate cancer, adrenal tumors, retroperitoneal tumors, and open and robotic surgery.