EndourologyRobotic / laparoscopicUnited States
University of California Irvine
Orange, CA
One-year laparoscopic and robotic fellowship at UC Irvine with David Lee as primary preceptor: mostly console operating, clinic, robotic upper tract cases with another attending, robotic prostatectomy outcomes research, and teaching of residents and medical students.
Length1 year
What stands out
- Fellow works mainly at the console because dedicated PAs serve as primary bedside assistants
- Program lead
- David I. Lee
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Focus
- Robotic & MI urologic oncology: robotic prostatectomy with console time, robotic upper tract cases, outcomes research
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Weekly: OR with Lee 1 to 2 days and clinic 1 to 2 days; alternate weeks with Ahlering or robotic upper tract cases; one academic day
- Research
- Outcomes research on robotic prostatectomy using the Lee and Ahlering patient databases (functional and oncologic results, technique changes)
- Case numbers
- Lee: about 400 prostatectomies per academic year
- Faculty
- Thomas Ahlering
Requirements (3)
- CV
- Chief year residency case log
- 3 letters of recommendation, 1 from residency program director