EndourologyStoneCanada
Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital (UBC)
Vancouver, BC
Two-year fellowship at the Stone Centre at VGH (UBC) pairing surgical and metabolic stone care and BPH with translational research on ureteral stents, biomaterials, stone fragmentation and stone formation, aimed at an academic endourology career.
Length2 years
Endourological Society certificate on completionUBC certificate of completion
What stands out
- Weekly lab day learning microbiology, biomaterials and DNA sequencing for metagenomic projects
- Stone Clinic run jointly with nephrologists and dietitians for metabolic care
- HoLEP and ThuLEP training alongside SWL, ureteroscopy and PCNL
- Research on ureteral stent function and gut bacteria in stone formation
- Program leads
- Connor Forbes, Ben Chew, Ryan Paterson, Dirk Lange
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Focus
- Endourology/stone: SWL, ureteroscopy, PCNL, HoLEP/ThuLEP, metabolic stone clinic, about 50% translational and basic research
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsNo USMLE neededCanadian program (no US visa needed)
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Training
- Structure
- Each week: 0.5 day clinic, 2 OR days, 2.5 research days; about 50% research and 50% clinical in both years
- Research
- 1 day per week in Dirk Lange's lab, plus clinical database research and ongoing trials; AUA and WCE travel supported
- Case numbers
- 2,000 SWL per year (Chew and Paterson practices)
- 600 ureteroscopy per year (Chew and Paterson practices)
- 300 PCNL per year (Chew and Paterson practices)
- Hospital
- Vancouver General Hospital (Stone Centre, Jim Pattison Pavilion)