EndourologyRobotic / laparoscopicUnited States
University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga (Erlanger)
Chattanooga, TN
One-year robotics and laparoscopy fellowship centred on robotic urologic oncology, with exposure to robotic reconstruction such as buccal ureteroplasty, pyeloplasty and ureteral reimplantation. The fellow also teaches residents and joins the attending call rota.
Length1 year
Endourological Society
What stands out
- Da Vinci SP single-port system plus three dual-console da Vinci Xi robots at Baroness
- Fellow holds attending privileges to admit patients and book own non-robotic cases, and takes attending call
- Fellow supervises residents in a weekly indigent care clinic for uninsured patients
- Program lead
- Benjamin Waldorf
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Focus
- Robotic & MI urologic oncology: robotic prostatectomy, partial/radical nephrectomy, adrenalectomy, nephroureterectomy, cystectomy, robotic reconstruction
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
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Training
- Structure
- One clinical year operating daily with one of three attendings, with clinical research and quality improvement projects throughout
- Research
- Clinical research and QI supported by UT College of Medicine; travel funds for AUA, World Congress of Endourology, NARUS and the southeastern AUA meeting
- Case numbers
- Over 250 robotic urologic procedures per year (program, June 2024)
- Singh and Waldorf each typically do 4 to 6 major robotic cases a week at Baroness
- Hospitals
- Erlanger Baroness Hospital · Erlanger East Hospital
- Faculty
- Amar Singh, Henry Okafor
Requirements (3)
- Completed ACGME-accredited urology residency
- Board-eligible/board-certified in the US
- Eligible for full Tennessee medical license