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Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Paediatric Urology
Gothenburg, Sweden
Paediatric urology fellowship at Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, part of Sahlgrenska University Hospital, combining 2 to 3 years of clinical work with continuous research training. The team is linked to paediatric surgery and works closely with paediatric nephrology.
Length2-3 years
Spots1 fellow in the team
ESPU certified paediatric urology training centre (certified January 2011)
What stands out
- Pediatric Uro-Nephrologic Center (PUNC) shared with nephrology, paediatric radiology and clinical physiology
- National collaboration on bowel and bladder dysfunction in spina bifida; urotherapy unit at the rehabilitation centre
- Multidisciplinary DSD and bladder exstrophy care; Sahlgrenska holds a Swedish national highly specialised care (NHV) permit for DSD
- Clinical Training Center with laparoscopic simulator; robotic-assisted laparoscopy since January 2016
- Apply through
- Direct application
- Focus
- 2-3 years of clinical paediatric urology with continuous research training in a full children's hospital; spina bifida, DSD, bladder exstrophy and urotherapy
Training
- Structure
- 2 to 3 years of clinical paediatric urology with continuous research training; national and international meetings and visits to other centres encouraged
- Research
- Several ongoing clinical research projects; a paediatric urology professor with allocated time and funding for research and teaching
- Case numbers
- About 600 urological procedures per year (paediatric urology team)
- Over 6,000 outpatient visits per year including urotherapy (paediatric urology team)
- Hospital
- Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Östra sjukhuset)
- Faculty
- Gundela Holmdahl, Kate Abrahamsson, Sofia Sjöström