EndourologyRobotic / laparoscopicUnited States
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, NY
Endourological Society fellowship at a free-standing NCI-designated cancer centre, training clinical management of genitourinary cancers with open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery.
Length1 year
Endourological Society (accredited 2018)
What stands out
- Over 99% of radical cystectomies done robotically for the past decade, all with intracorporeal diversion (department)
- Robotic training program built on surgical simulation and a porcine laboratory
- Intraprostatic urethral preservation at radical prostatectomy was developed at Roswell Park and is still in use there (department)
- Program lead
- Khurshid Guru
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Focus
- Robotic & MI urologic oncology: open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery for genitourinary cancers, robotic cystectomy with intracorporeal diversion, translational research
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE requiredVisa: not stated
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Training
- Structure
- 1 clinical year in the management of genitourinary cancers, with open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery
- Research
- Research areas include outcomes, surgical technique, molecular biology, immunology, genetics, pharmacology and epidemiology; prostate, bladder and kidney databases
- Case numbers
- About 150 robotic prostatectomies, 110 partial or radical nephrectomies and 60 radical cystectomies per year (department)
- 12 to 15 RPLNDs for testicular cancer per year (department)
- 3 to 5 nephrectomies with IVC thrombectomy per year, usually on cardiac bypass (department)
- Thoracoabdominal approach in 15 to 20 nephrectomies per year (department)
- Hospital
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
- Faculty
- Eric Kauffman, Ahmed Aly Hussein Aly, Qiang John Li, Bradley Webster, Helen Cui
Requirements (6)
- Board eligible or recently passed FLEX exam
- Valid New York State medical license required before starting
- Applications from foreign medical graduates welcomed
- Minimum USMLE Step 3 score of 200
- One-to-two week rotation at RPCI with formal interview
- Register through the Endourology Fellowship Match and send a copy to the coordinator