EndourologyRobotic / laparoscopicUnited States
Henry Ford Health, Vattikuti Urology Institute (Single-Port Robotic & MI Urologic Oncology)
Detroit, MI
One-year fellowship in robotic surgery and minimally invasive urologic oncology with a focus on single-port (SP) robotic surgery: prostate, kidney, bladder, adrenal, UPJ obstruction and nephroureterectomy cases, plus outcomes research through VCORE.
Length1 year
Spots1 position
Endourological Society
What stands out
- Mentored single-port training on the da Vinci SP, alongside the Xi system
- Fellow is appointed junior faculty (Clinical Instructor in Urology) and helps supervise residents on home call
- VCORE outcomes research centre, set up in 2012, collaborates with Brigham and Women's Hospital and groups in Italy, Germany, UK and India
- SP case mix includes simple prostatectomy, cystectomy with or without diversion, pyeloplasty and nephroureterectomy
- Program lead
- Firas Abdollah
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Focus
- Robotic & MI urologic oncology with single-port focus: SP and Xi radical and simple prostatectomy, partial and radical nephrectomy, cystectomy, adrenalectomy, pyeloplasty, nephroureterectomy, outcomes research
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE: not statedNo visa sponsorship
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- One dedicated research day per week; fellow serves as junior faculty, helps in clinic and takes occasional faculty home call
- Research
- VCORE: institutional and multi-institutional databases, genomic data for cancer prognosis and big-data outcomes work
- Hospitals
- Henry Ford Lakeside Clinic · Henry Ford Macomb Hospital
- Faculty
- Ryan Nelson
Requirements (6)
- Eligible for full medical licensure in Michigan
- Graduate of an ACGME-accredited urology residency in the U.S. or Canada
- No visa sponsorship
- CV
- Three letters of recommendation
- Summary of surgical logs