EndourologyCombinedUnited States
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Endourology, robotic surgery and laparoscopy fellowship for future academic urologists: medical stone care, fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided PCNL in supine and prone positions, advanced ureteroscopy, HoLEP and lap/robotic surgery, with research design and grant training.
Length1 or 2 years
Spots1 fellow per year (recruitment goal)
Endourological Society (accredited since 2018)
What stands out
- NIH-funded ReSKU registry (Registry for Stones of the Kidney and Ureter)
- NIH-funded LAUNCH program: papillary imaging, Drosophila stone modeling, tissue and biomarker analysis
- Global surgery partnerships in Uganda, Guyana, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, with optional MIS teaching work
- Program leads
- Marshall Stoller, David Bayne, David Tzou
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Timeline
- About 17 months before the fellowship start; the 2026 match deadline of February 20, 2026 has passed
- Focus
- Combined: stone medical management, fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided PCNL (supine/prone), ureteroscopy, HoLEP, robotic and laparoscopic surgery, research track
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
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Training
- Structure
- 1-year track mostly clinical with about 20% research; 2-year track adds a mostly research year with about 20% clinical time
- Research
- Basic, clinical, translational and device research under joint faculty mentorship, with grantsmanship training
- Case numbers
- Typical fellow completes at least 200 URS, 180 PCNL, 50 HoLEP and 150 lap/robotic cases
- In one year fellows typically log over 100 URS, 50 PCNL, 50 HoLEP and 20 lap/robotic cases
- Faculty
- Justin Ahn, Max Bowman