EndourologyStoneInternational
Hamad Medical Corporation
Doha, Qatar
Hamad Medical Corporation currently recruits clinical fellows from internal HMC candidates only, and no positions are open to external applicants.
Two-year endourology fellowship in urinary stone disease, a major part of the HMC urology workload: percutaneous renal surgery, retrograde intrarenal surgery, ureteroscopy, shock wave lithotripsy and interventional uroradiology, plus training in research methods, grant writing and teaching.
Length2 years
Endourological Society
What stands out
- Teaching on shock wave physics in a two-machine ESWL unit
- Dedicated stone clinic for metabolic evaluation and dietary advice in recurrent stone formers
- Short-term exposure at specialized centres abroad is encouraged
- Program goals include helping design urolithiasis management guidelines for Qatar
- Program lead
- Ammar Al Ani
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Focus
- Endourology/stone: ESWL, PCNL, rigid and flexible ureteroscopy, cystolitholapaxy, metabolic stone clinic, research
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Training
- Structure
- 24 months; both years combine research and clinical endourology, with on-call duties, continuity clinics and scheduled operating time
- Research
- Time with the urology research service; the fellow is expected to author several papers and attend research courses
- Case numbers
- ESWL unit: two machines, around 12 cases per day (unit total)
- Hospital
- Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha (primary training site)