Urologic OncologyUnited States
Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urological Institute
Cleveland, OH
Two-year SUO fellowship: a research year to build independent and team-based investigator skills, then a clinical year in kidney, prostate, bladder and testis cancer surgery using endoscopic, image-guided, laparoscopic, robotic and open approaches.
Length2 years (1 research year, 1 clinical year)
SUO accredited
What stands out
- Option of a Master of Science in Clinical Research at Case Western Reserve University
- Research access to the AIM-HI artificial intelligence lab and the GU Malignancies Research Center labs (Heemers, Chakraborty, Bukavina)
- Single-port robotic prostatectomy, transperineal biopsy and prostate focal therapy including NanoKnife electroporation
- Case mix includes IVC tumor thrombectomy, neobladder, salvage surgery, multivisceral resection and post-chemotherapy RPLND
- Program leads
- Christopher Weight, Rebecca Campbell
- Apply through
- AUA / SUO Match
- Timeline
- Applications close March 10, 2026 (2027-2028 academic year)
- Focus
- Kidney, prostate, bladder and testis cancer surgery by robotic, laparoscopic and open approaches; research year
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Year 1 research, year 2 clinical; in the clinical year fellows act as junior faculty with wide operative autonomy
- Research
- Research year with Lerner Research Institute GU labs, Quantitative Health Sciences and the AIM-HI lab
- Hospitals
- Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute · Lerner Research Institute · Case Western Reserve University (optional MS coursework)
- Faculty
- Nima Almassi, Alp Tuna Beksac, Ryan Berglund, Laura Bukavina, Jihad Kaouk