EndourologyRobotic / laparoscopicUnited States
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, NJ
One-year fellowship in robotic and laparoscopic urologic oncology and reconstruction, with endourology; fellows hold staff appointments and attending privileges.
Length1 year
Endourological Society (since 2004)
What stands out
- Five da Vinci systems in clinical use (2022): four Xi and one single-port (SP)
- Robotic training and research centre in the David and Alice Jurist Institute for Research, for animate and inanimate training
- Case list includes robotic donor nephrectomy, intracorporeal urinary diversion and partial adrenalectomy
- Exposure to HIFU, prostate cryoablation, Aquablation and transperineal biopsy
- Program lead
- Ravi Munver
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Focus
- Robotic & MI urologic oncology: robotic and laparoscopic oncologic and reconstructive surgery, some endourologic procedures
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
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Training
- Structure
- Hands-on operative training is the main emphasis, mostly robotic surgery, with a portion of the year given to clinical research
- Research
- Outcomes and new-technology research using prospective and retrospective databases of thousands of patients, with statistician support
- Hospital
- Hackensack University Medical Center
- Faculty
- Michael Stifelman, Michael Degen, Nitin Yerram
Requirements (3)
- Completed accredited urology residency
- Eligible for unrestricted New Jersey medical license
- Application, CV and letters of recommendation sent to program director