EndourologyStoneInternational
Rabin Medical Center (Beilinson)
Petah Tikva, Israel
One-year advanced clinical fellowship in minimally invasive urology for trained urologists from the region and abroad, covering PCNL, ureteroscopy and RIRS, SWL, HoLEP, transurethral BPH and bladder tumour surgery, and metabolic stone care.
Length1 year
Endourological Society
What stands out
- PCNL taught in both supine and prone positions, plus mini-PCNL and combined approaches
- Laser en bloc resection of bladder tumours
- Fellow takes part in prostate fusion biopsy and focal therapy for prostate cancer
- Integrated metabolic evaluation and prevention for stone formers
- Program leads
- David A. Lifshitz, Dmitry Enikeev, Abed Elhalim Darawsha, Yaron Erlich
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Focus
- Endourology/stone: supine and prone PCNL, mini-PCNL, ureteroscopy/RIRS, SWL, HoLEP, laser en bloc bladder tumour resection, metabolic stone evaluation, fusion biopsy and focal therapy exposure
Training
- Structure
- Daily rounds with the endourology resident, outpatient clinic, endoscopic surgery and teaching duties
- Research
- Clinical and basic research encouraged; the fellow maintains a prospective database
- Case numbers
- 600 ureteroscopies per year (program)
- 200 HoLEP per year (program)
- 90 PCNL per year (program)
- 80 shock wave lithotripsy cases per year (program)
- Hospital
- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
Requirements (1)
- Completed urology training (program intended for urologists who have completed their training)