Urologic OncologyCanada
Université Laval (CHU de Québec, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec)
Quebec City, QC
French-language fellowship at L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec: one clinical year in laparoscopic, robotic and open cancer surgery, with an optional one or two further years of clinical or basic research.
Length1, 2 or 3 years depending on research portion
Spots1 fellow per year, plus 1 or 2 research fellows
SalaryQuebec residents paid through RAMQ (if approved); trainees from outside Quebec must bring funding of at least CAD 40,000 per year
What stands out
- Team of 8 specialists in a hospital whose primary mission is oncology
- Each 2-month rotation pairs one laparoscopic/robotic surgeon with one open surgeon
- Multidisciplinary uro-oncology conference every 2 weeks with hemato-oncology and radiotherapy
- Program lead
- Paul Toren
- Apply through
- Direct application
- Timeline
- About 6 months before the start of the academic year
- Focus
- Laparoscopic, robotic and open surgery for kidney, urothelial, bladder, prostate, testis, penile and scrotal cancers; basic or clinical research
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsNo USMLE neededCanadian program (no US visa needed)
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Training
- Structure
- 1 clinical year in 2-month rotations, plus optional 1 to 2 research years
- Research
- Required research or evaluation project with an assigned supervisor; research fellows are fully released from clinical work for clinical or basic research
- Hospital
- L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (CHU de Québec, Université Laval)
- Faculty
- Yves Fradet, Louis Lacombe, Thierry Dujardin, Yves Caumartin, Vincent Fradet, Frédéric Pouliot, Michele Lodde, Rabi Tiguert
Requirements (4)
- Medical degree and urology specialty diploma
- Collège des médecins du Québec permit
- Spoken and written French
- Clinical evaluations, two letters, motivation letter, CV, diplomas