EndourologyCombinedUnited States
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, IL
Clinical certificate fellowship at SIU combining laparoscopy and robotics with stone disease and endourology. The fellow works as junior faculty with three SIU urologists across four hospitals on complex ureteroscopy, PCNL, and robotic and laparoscopic cases.
Length1 or 2 years
Endourological Society listed program (Combined)SIU one-year Clinical Certificate
What stands out
- Four hospitals with a combined 7 Xi robotic platforms and 4 simulators
- Thulium fiber laser and high-power Moses technology both available
- All PCNLs are urologist directed
- SIU Center for Learning and Innovation simulation lab used for skills labs and courses
- Program leads
- Brad Schwartz, Robert Blackwell
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Focus
- Combined: laparoscopy/robotics and stone disease/endourology, ureteroscopy, urologist-directed PCNL, simulation lab, research
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
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Training
- Structure
- Listed as 1 or 2 years; one-year Clinical Certificate with the fellow as junior faculty focused on subspecialty learning
- Research
- Research available; publication and presentation are required of the fellow
- Case numbers
- 350 ureteroscopy cases per year (SIU)
- 150 PCNL per year (SIU)
- 175 robotic cases per year (SIU)
- 50 laparoscopy cases per year, including donor cases (SIU)
Requirements (1)
- American Board of Urology board certified or board eligible