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University Children's Hospital Zurich (Kinderspital Zürich), Paediatric Urology
Zurich, Switzerland
Paediatric urology subspecialty training at University Children's Hospital Zurich, an EBPU-accredited centre treating congenital and acquired disorders of the kidneys, urinary tract and genitalia, including neuro-urology, spina bifida, exstrophy, hypospadias and urogynaecology.
LengthAt least 2 years (ESPU training standard)
EBPU-accredited FEAPU training centre since 2011; ESPU certified January 2012
What stands out
- Only clinic in Switzerland accredited by the EBPU as a paediatric urology training centre (since 2011)
- Bladder tissue engineering research with the USZ Laboratory for Urologic Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy
- Psychologist sessions within the hypospadias and bladder exstrophy clinics
- Program lead
- Maya Horst Lüthy
- Apply through
- Direct application
- Focus
- EBPU-accredited FEAPU training centre (since 2011, only one in Switzerland): neuro-urology, spina bifida, fetal surgery, hypospadias, bladder exstrophy
Training
- Research
- Research on bladder function after fetal spina bifida closure, tissue-engineered bladder, unoperated hypospadias, and sex and gender medicine in children
- Hospital
- University Children's Hospital Zurich (Kinderspital Zürich)
- Faculty
- Luca Mazzone, Daniel M. Weber, Alice Hölscher, Antonin Prouza, Janine Bloesch, Uchenna Kennedy, Carolin Meyer zu Spradow Maldonado, Daniel Keese