EndourologyCombinedUnited States
Mayo Clinic (Rochester)
Rochester, MN
One-year Mayo Clinic Rochester fellowship pairing stone and endoscopic surgery (ureteroscopy, PCNL, HoLEP, TUBE) with robotic and laparoscopic oncologic and reconstructive surgery, taught through rotations with single mentors plus metabolic stone training in nephrology.
Length1 year
Spots1 fellow per year
StartsJuly
Endourological Society (1-year combined endourology and lap/robotic certificate)
What stands out
- NIH-funded stone research, including the O'Brien Urology Research Center
- Access to the Rochester Epidemiology Project
- Time in the Nephrology Clinic learning mineral metabolism and metabolic stone disease
- Fellow is not scheduled for call and helps run department MIS simulation training
- Program lead
- Aaron Potretzke
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Timeline
- Applications accepted from November through mid-March
- Focus
- Combined endourology + laparoscopic/robotic: ureteroscopy, PCNL, HoLEP and TUBE, metabolic stone evaluation, robotic/laparoscopic oncologic and reconstructive surgery, research
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE / ECFMG only for international graduatesInternational graduates must meet visa sponsorship requirements
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- 6 rotations of about 9 weeks with one mentor: 2 stone, upper tract robotics, pelvic robotics, BPH, combined stone and upper tract robotics
- Research
- Research time provided; 1 manuscript submitted for peer review plus 1 review or chapter required; prospective prostate, kidney, bladder, UTUC registries
- Case numbers
- About 500 ureteroscopies and 200 percutaneous surgeries per year (department)
- About 150 HoLEP per year (department)
- About 1,200 robotic and laparoscopic surgeries per year (department)
- About 50 image-guided procedures, e.g. SWL and ablation, per year (department)
- Hospital
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
- Faculty
- George Chow, Igor Frank, Matthew T. Gettman, Abhinav Khanna, Kevin Koo, Derek Lomas, Nick Warner, Kevin Wymer
Requirements (8)
- Completing urology residency and eligible for Minnesota medical license
- International graduates: school in World Directory of Medical Schools, meet visa sponsorship requirements, ECFMG certified, at least 1 year of accredited US or Canadian training
- Endourological Society registration and application
- CV and bibliography
- Personal statement
- Valid ECFMG certificate if applicable
- Three letters of recommendation, one from residency program director
- Professional headshot