EndourologyCombinedUnited States
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Endourology/MIS)
Chapel Hill, NC
One-year fellowship sponsored by the Endourological Society in stone disease, BPH and advanced benign robotic surgery, with the fellow employed as junior faculty and sharing faculty call.
Length1 year
Endourological Society sponsored
What stands out
- Fellow holds a clinical instructor appointment and runs an autonomous weekly clinic
- UNC Multidisciplinary Kidney Stone Clinic with nephrology and nutrition faculty for metabolic prevention
- Standard and miniaturized PCNL with fluoroscopic, ultrasound and endoscopic guidance, supine and prone
- Exposure to MIST and prostate artery embolization alongside HoLEP and robotic simple prostatectomy
- Program lead
- Davis Viprakasit
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Focus
- Combined endourology + benign robotics: PCNL (fluoroscopic/ultrasound/endoscopic access), ureteroscopy, HoLEP, robotic simple prostatectomy, robotic ureteral reconstruction, stone clinic
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- About 90% clinical/surgical, 10% research; case mix about 50% stone, 25% BPH, 25% benign robotics; more research or a second year possible
- Research
- Health services research under David Friedlander, or projects with other endourology faculty or UNC Biomedical Engineering; at least 1 abstract and 1 Endourologic Essay Contest manuscript expected
- Case numbers
- Percutaneous procedures: 175 per year
- Ureteroscopy: 430 per year
- HoLEP: 70 per year
- Robotic reconstructive procedures: 130 per year
- Faculty
- David Friedlander, Gopal Narang, Mathew Raynor
Requirements (3)
- CV
- Letter of interest
- Two letters of recommendation