EndourologyStoneInternational
Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajío (UNAM)
León, Mexico
One-year UNAM-endorsed endourology fellowship centred on complex stone disease (ECIRS, mini-ECIRS, standard and mini PCNL, ureteroscopy) and laser enucleation for BPH (HoLEP, ThuFLEP), with laparoscopic renal surgery and an integrated research component.
Length1 year
Spots2 places, national or foreign (2025-2026 call)
StartsMarch 1
Endourological SocietyUNAM university endorsement (Posgrado de Alta Especialidad en Medicina)
What stands out
- Simplified biplanar 0-90 degree fluoroscopic puncture taught for all PCNL to limit radiation
- Ultrasound-guided renal puncture also taught
- Both HoLEP and ThuFLEP taught for BPH
- Percutaneous renal tumour ablation plus laparoscopic simple nephrectomy, pyeloplasty and renal cyst ablation
- Program leads
- Braulio O. Manzo, Hector M. Sanchez
- Apply through
- Hospital selection process for the UNAM high-specialty postgraduate course (application to the hospital plus an institutional selection exam); listed by the Endourological Society
- Timeline
- Most recent hospital call: documents October 10 to November 20, 2025, for a March 1, 2026 start
- Focus
- Endourology/stone: PCNL, mini-PCNL, ECIRS, ureteroscopy, HoLEP/ThuFLEP, laparoscopic renal surgery, percutaneous renal tumour ablation, research
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- One year combining daily clinical work (lectures, patient evaluation, surgery) with an academic and research component
- Research
- Research and statistics mentoring from the program's research professor and statistician; graduates receive institutional recognition and a UNAM university diploma
- Hospital
- Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajío, León, Guanajuato
Requirements (4)
- Completed urology specialty and under 35
- Minimum university score of 8.5
- English language proficiency
- Full-time availability for one year to live in León, Guanajuato