EndourologyStoneUnited States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Advanced endourology fellowship of one or two years in complex stone disease and BPH: HoLEP, percutaneous access with several guidance methods, medical and metabolic stone care, exposure to laparoscopic/robotic reconstructive and oncologic surgery, and lab research.
Length1 or 2 years
SalaryPaid at PGY-6 level for Tennessee
Endourological Society certification (non-ACGME)
What stands out
- Fellows learn percutaneous access without radiologists: fluoroscopic, ultrasound and endoscopic guidance, plus mini-PCNL
- Research collaborations through the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE)
- Access to resources on entrepreneurship and intellectual property
- Program lead
- Nicholas Kavoussi
- Apply through
- Endourological Society Match
- Focus
- Endourology/stone: PCNL with fluoroscopic, ultrasound and endoscopic-guided access, ureteroscopy, HoLEP, metabolic stone care, some laparoscopic/robotic surgery, research
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedNo H-1B or O-1 sponsorship
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Training
- Structure
- About 2 to 3 OR days, 1 clinic day and 1 research day per week, with graded operative responsibility
- Research
- Basic science, translational engineering and clinical research via VISE and university engineering labs; NIH projects with R01-level funding open to fellows
- Case numbers
- At least 150 endourologic procedures per fellowship year (per fellow, typical)
- More than 50 to 60 percutaneous renal procedures per year (per fellow)
- More than 75 to 100 HoLEP per year (per fellow)
- More than 150 flexible or rigid ureteroscopies per year (per fellow)
- More than 50 laparoscopic and robotic procedures per year (per fellow)
- Hospital
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Faculty
- Nicole L. Miller, S. Duke Herrell, Jennifer A. Robles, Jackson Cabo
Requirements (6)
- No H1-B or O-1 visa sponsorship
- Must be able to obtain a full Tennessee medical license
- Completed Endourological Society application
- CV
- Three letters of recommendation
- Recent passport-sized photo