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BC Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Two-year fellowship at BC Children's Hospital covering all areas of paediatric urologic surgery, including complex urinary reconstruction, renal transplant, minimally invasive and robotic surgery, with multidisciplinary clinic exposure to DSD and neurogenic bladder.
Length2 years
What stands out
- Basic science research year can be based in the Vancouver Prostate Centre laboratory
- Clinical research can count toward a UBC master's in clinical epidemiology, health administration or business administration
- BC Children's is the only tertiary paediatric centre in British Columbia (population 4.7 million)
- Program lead
- Kourosh Afshar
- Apply through
- Direct application
- Focus
- First year mainly research (basic science or clinical, master's option) with clinical duties; second year clinical: reconstruction, renal transplant, MIS, robotics, DSD, neurogenic bladder
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsNo USMLE neededCanadian program (no US visa needed)
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Training
- Structure
- Year 1 mainly basic science or clinical research, with OR, clinic and call duties; year 2 clinical, with patient care responsibility increasing gradually
- Research
- Mandatory year 1 research; basic science in a Vancouver Prostate Centre lab; clinical research can count toward a UBC master's
- Case numbers
- Over 600 surgeries and 5,000 outpatient clinic patients per year (division of four paediatric urologists)
- Hospitals
- BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver · Vancouver Prostate Centre (basic science research) · BC Children's Hospital Research Institute (clinical research support)
- Faculty
- Andrew MacNeily, Soojin Kim, Thomas De Los Reyes