EndourologyStoneInternational
Clínica San Camilo
Buenos Aires, Argentina
One-year post-residency endourology program at Clínica San Camilo, a private hospital in Buenos Aires, covering ESWL, semirigid ureteroscopy, RIRS, PCNL and ECIRS, metabolic stone care, and a required research project.
Length1 year
SpotsOne position per year
SalaryPaid
Endourological Society listed program
What stands out
- Simulator training blocks built into the weekly timetable, in a centre also used for resident courses
- Animal lab training at an associate institution
- 100 W holmium laser and an on-site ESWL room; fellows are expected to perform ESWL independently
- RIRS and percutaneous access for kidney-sparing upper tract urothelial cancer treatment
- Program lead
- Norberto Bernardo
- Apply through
- Application to the program; selection by CV, interview and a proposed research project
- Focus
- Endourology/stone: complex endourologic stone procedures, ESWL, metabolic stone evaluation, research project
- Contact
- Loading contact…
Training
- Structure
- About 2,000 hours over 1 year (40 hours per week); OR, clinic, ESWL, weekly panels and simulator sessions; 30 days annual leave
- Research
- Applicants submit a research project for ethics approval and must complete it; training in prospective databases, trial design and statistics
- Case numbers
- About 1,000 surgeries per year (urology service)
- About 300 outpatient visits per week (urology service)
- Hospitals
- Clínica San Camilo, Buenos Aires · Animal lab at an associate institution
- Faculty
- Horacio Sanguinetti, Santiago Battiston, Mauricio Colicigno, Paula Grinstein, Maximiliano López Silva
Requirements (4)
- At least 3 full years of urology residency in an approved service
- National medical license (Argentina)
- Research project proposal approved by the program
- Interview