EndourologyStoneUnited States
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, NY
One-year fellowship in endourology and kidney stone disease that builds clinical, surgical, metabolic and research skills, including care of stone patients with complex metabolic problems or anatomic anomalies and endoscopic treatment of urologic tumors.
Length1 year
Endourological Society clinical fellowship
What stands out
- Cryoablation of prostate and renal tumors is part of the endoscopic oncology training
- GreenLight laser prostate vaporization plus a developing HoLEP program
- Percutaneous access training with an interventional radiologist, including for non-stone conditions
- The fellow is employed as junior faculty and helps teach residents endourology
- Program lead
- David Schulsinger
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Focus
- Endourology/stone: PCNL, ureteroscopy, metabolic stone management, percutaneous access, cryoablation, GreenLight and HoLEP, research
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE requiredVisa must allow clinical activity
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Training
- Structure
- 1 year: 80 to 90% clinical and surgical work, 10 to 20% research
- Research
- Research makes up 10 to 20% of the year
- Case numbers
- 210 percutaneous procedures per year (program)
- 550 ureteroscopic procedures per year (program)
- 75 GreenLight laser/HoLEP procedures per year (program)
- Hospital
- Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
- Faculty
- Gauthami Churukanti, John Fitzgerald
Requirements (11)
- Completed accredited urology residency
- Board-eligible or board-certified at start
- New York medical license
- Documented basic laparoscopic training/experience
- Non-US applicants considered if NY license obtainable and visa allows clinical activity
- Register for AUA Endourology Match
- Endourological Society application
- CV
- Personal statement
- USMLE transcripts (Step 1, Step 2 CK and/or CS, Step 3)
- Letters of recommendation from program director and two others