EndourologyStoneUnited States
Cleveland Clinic (Endourology)
Cleveland, OH
Two-year stone and endourology fellowship in which fellows obtain their own percutaneous access and train in mini and supine PCNL, ECIRS, ureteroscopy, SWL and HoLEP, with protected research time.
Length2 years
StartsJuly 1
Endourological Society
What stands out
- Optional staff appointment lets the fellow run an independent clinic and book their own surgical cases
- Nephrologist from the metabolic stone clinic on faculty for medical stone care and research
- Full-time PhD stone scientist plus benchtop and animal lab for device testing (biomedical, nanotech, ergonomics)
- PCNL access by ultrasound, fluoroscopy or endoscopic guidance, in supine and prone split-leg positions
- Program lead
- Sri Sivalingam
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Focus
- Endourology/stone: PCNL (standard, mini, ECIRS) with ultrasound/fluoroscopic access, ureteroscopy, SWL, HoLEP, metabolic stone clinic, research
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE requiredVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Clinical training rotating across endourology faculty plus protected research time; call kept minimal
- Research
- Stone disease database with statistician support and institutional grant access
- Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland
- Faculty
- Jorge Gutierrez-Aceves, Robert Stein, Wahib Isac, Smita De, Anna Zampini, Juan Calle
Requirements (3)
- USMLEs completed before ranking in July
- Eligible for permanent Ohio license (minimum 2 years clinical training in the US)
- Apply in senior resident year through the Endourological Society