EndourologyCombinedUnited States
UC San Diego - Kaiser Permanente
San Diego, CA
Joint UC San Diego and Kaiser Permanente fellowship: routine and complex stone surgery with percutaneous access gained without interventional radiology, robotic and laparoscopic surgery with Kaiser surgeons, a multidisciplinary metabolic stone clinic, and research.
Length2 years
What stands out
- Percutaneous access obtained without interventional radiology; ultrasound-assisted access encouraged
- Metabolic stone clinic with dietitians, endocrinology and nephrology
- Department uses the ReSKU automated stone registry and belongs to the 12-centre EDGE stone research consortium
- Funded projects include machine learning for thulium laser settings and intrarenal pressure measurement during stone surgery
- Program leads
- Roger Sur, Marc Chuang
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Focus
- Combined endourology + laparoscopic/robotic: ureteroscopy, SWL, PCNL with own access, robotic oncologic surgery at Kaiser, metabolic stone clinic, research
- Eligibility
- Not open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Stone surgery and metabolic clinic with UC San Diego; robotic and laparoscopic surgery with Kaiser Permanente surgeons
- Research
- Clinical and basic science research; IRB-approved stone studies; funded laser, intrarenal pressure and lithotripsy studies
- Hospitals
- UC San Diego Health · UC San Diego Comprehensive Kidney Stone Center · Kaiser Permanente
Requirements (4)
- US citizenship required
- Cover letter
- CV
- Two letters of recommendation