Program Details

Rochester, NY

Job Address: Attention: Elisa Campolieto University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Urology Box 656 601 Elmwood Avenue Rochester, New York 14642

Contact Name: • Contact Name: Thomas Frye, DO, Fellowship Co-Director: Guan Wu, MD, PhD Program coordinator: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Type/Focus: Laparoscopy & Robotics

Duration: 1 Year

Country: United States

Phone: 585-756-5469

Fax: 585-756-5457

Region: North America

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Laparoscopy & Robotics

Rochester, NY

Job Address: Attention: Elisa Campolieto University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Urology Box 656 601 Elmwood Avenue Rochester, New York 14642

Contact Name: • Contact Name: Thomas Frye, DO Fellowship Co-Director ◦ Fellowship Co-Director: Guan Wu, MD, PHD◦ Program coordinator: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Website:https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/urology/education/fellowship.aspx

Type/Focus: Laparoscopy & Robotics

Duration:1 Year

Country: United States

Phone:585-756-5469

Region: North America

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Job Information:

University of Rochester Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery

Institution

University of Rochester Medical Center

Subspecialty

Endourology

Address

Attention: Elisa Campolieto

Department of Urology

University of Rochester Medical Center

601 Elmwood Avenue

Box 656

Rochester, New York 14642

Salary

Equivalent to University of Rochester Medical Center PGY 7 level. https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/education/graduate-medical-education/benefits-table/stipends

Prerequisites

Completion of an approved ACGME urology residency or foreign urologic training program equivalent.

Valid New York State License

Interested applicants should forward their application (obtained through Endourological Society), CV, and 3 letters of recommendation with the cover letter to the attention of

Thomas Frye, DO

University of Rochester Medical Center

601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 656

Rochester, NY 14642

Phone: 585-756-5469

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Listing of Key Faculty

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  • Thomas Frye, DO, Associate Professor of Urology (Co-Program Director)
  • Guan Wu, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Director of Oncology (Co-Program Director)
  • Jean V. Joseph, M.D, F.A.C.S., M.B.A, Department Chair
  • Thomas Osinski, M.D, Assistant Professor, Director of the S.U.R.G.E Lab, Former Fellow
  • Jathin Bandari, MD, Associate Professor
  • Jonathan Bloom, MD, Associate Professor
  • Phillip Rappold, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
  • William Tabayoyong, MD, Assistant Professor
  • Alexis Steinmetz, MD, Assistant Professor

Facilities

• Main involvement at Strong Memorial Hospital (SMH), an 886-bed academic medical center.
• State-of-the-art operating rooms for advanced robotic procedures.
• Collaboration with two dedicated endourologists at SMH.

Additional Opportunities:

• Opportunities to operate at Highland Hospital (260-bed), less than 2 miles from SMH.
• Fellows at URMC can utilize resources across the entirety of the University of Rochester.
• In addition, there is a very active animal research facility with several full-time veterinarians and technicians, to allow laparoscopic animal surgeries. 

Goals and Objectives

• Training in Robot-assisted procedures and advanced procedures for treatment of malignant and benign urological diseases
• Provide resources and mentorship for research in endourology, including clinical research, simulation, and device testing and validation.

Structure

One-year fellowship with adherence to Endourological Society clinical and research completion requirements.  This includes completing the requisite number of index operations as well as research protocols, presentations and manuscripts.

• 3 days clinical and surgical training
• 2 days academic (research and teaching activities)

Clinical responsibilities

University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) is an academic urology department with a wide catchment area for patient referrals. As such, it attracts a large volume of the most complex patients in the northwest NY region.

The main clinical goal is for the fellow to be intimately involved in the preoperative planning, intraoperative treatment and postoperative care of patients presenting to the robotic and endourology service at URMC. Specifically, this includes performing robotic procedures including; prostatectomy, partial and radical nephrectomy, cystectomy with intracorporeal diversion, pyeloplasty and other reconstructive.

Our program performs over 300 minimally invasive urologic surgeries annually. The fellow will work and learn with many urologists to maximize their exposure to all aspects of minimally invasive urologic surgery. The fellow’s main involvement is in the complex or innovative procedures.

Teaching and Educational service

The fellow will be expected to attend and contribute to monthly departmental education and quality improvement sessions.

The fellow will give a minimum of 2 lectures to the residents or the department at weekly academic study meetings or weekly grand rounds regarding the latest literature relevant to the subspecialty.

Participation in wet lab training sessions for residents will be part of the teaching requirement.

Finally, hands-on teaching of residents and students during operative time is expected.

Simulation Training

Comprehensive Simulation Curriculum:

• Engage in a proficiency-based simulation curriculum.
• Progress through basic skills training to procedural simulation on lifelike endourology models.

Simulation-Based Research:

• Our team at the Surgical Research and Genitourinary Engineering (SURGE) Lab is generating the most high-fidelity models of genitourinary organs in the field. 
• These models have been used extensively in resident training as well surgery rehearsal. 
• The fellow will participate in ongoing and new research projects studying the value and efficiency of these models in training residents critical skills without the high-pressure situation or patient safety concerns of a live surgery.  As the model technology and fidelity improve, so too will the applicability to training and rehearsal concepts.

The fellow will have protected time to pursue clinical and basic science research opportunities. The Department of Urology has facilities and faculty available to facilitate both basic science and clinical research. Completion requirements as set by the Endourological Society will be followed.

Research

• The fellow will have protected time to pursue clinical and basic science research opportunities.
• The Department of Urology has facilities and faculty available to facilitate both basic science and clinical research.

Clinical Research

Cutting-Edge Databases:

• Embark on a journey of innovation in Minimal Invasive Surgery with our evolving end-to-end database and registry software.
• Existing robust clinical databases in kidney cancer, prostate cancer, and patient reported outcomes.
• Seamless integration with EMR and REDCap for comprehensive data management.

Dynamic Research Hub:

• Leverage the UR CTSI as a catalyst for research ideas, offering workshops and mentoring sessions in grant applications and career development.
• Dedicated contacts within UR CTSI for health services research and statistical analysis support.

Prospective Trials and Collaboration:

• Join the department's commitment to high-quality, multi-institutional prospective trials.
• Clinical trial staff support for fellow participation in ongoing studies.

Mentorship and Research Protocols:

• Engage in mentorship with endourology attendings to craft and submit research protocols to the IRB.
• Monthly meetings for ongoing research supervision and collaborative idea development.

MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON

Contact Name: JOSE ANTONIO ZAPATA GONZALEZ

Type/Focus: Combined

Duration: 2 Years

Country: MX

Region: South America

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The 2 year fellowship program aims to provide candidates with a comprehensive experience in robotic and laparoscopic surgery as well as endourological procedures for the management of kidney stone disease and benign prostate enlargement, particularly enucleation techniques with a wide array of energies. During the duration of the program, candidates will gain broad exposure to minimally invasive techniques, ensuring a high-volume learning.

The program is based mainly in two institutions, the UANL university Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González” and the private medicine center “Hospital Angeles Valle Oriente” where the majority of the robotic surgery procedures are performed.

To complement and develop a full understanding of the application of minimally invasive surgery in management of urological diseases, the fellowship adopts a multidisciplinary approach, working side by side with experts from diverse specialties such as radiology, medical oncology, internal medicine and radio-oncology. Additionally because of the nature of procedures that are performed we work in collaboration with other urological subspecialties such as reconstructive urology, pediatrics and andrology.

In the academic and research field, we have weekly academic sessions on hot topics on the field and inter fellow sessions with other national programs of minimally invasive surgery. During the 2 year program we incite and have the opportunity to develop multiple lines of investigation and research, expecting to participate and submit video, oral or poster presentations in national and international scientific meetings. Also, as a requirement for graduation a manuscript is expected to be publicized in a peer reviewed journal. Searching to be part of the development of skills and education process, the fellowship program organize multiple training courses in endourology and robotic surgery for the urological community in which the role of the fellows is to participate in academic sessions, organization of the course, and surgical support for national and international experts.

The goal of the fellowship is to provide the tools to form future leaders in the field through mentorship. This mentorship is enhanced through advanced knowledge, clinical expertise, development of surgical skills and guidance. In addition to the surgical procedures, the candidates have access to bench space, anatomy lab and laparoscopic - robotic simulationwith the support of an expert supervisor. The simulation and practice hours in laparoscopic and robotic surgery are mandatory on weekly basis with an scheduled calendar so every progress of the fellows can be recorded and evaluated.

Training simulation hours: 4-5 hours/weekly by field (laparoscopic or robotic)

We are proud to be part of international observerships programs in agreement with some of the most important medical centers around the world. We encourage every fellow to take one observership rotation every year (1 month per year) in one of these centers according to the field of interest. In the actual time we have rotations in South America (University of Sao Paulo), North America (Jefferson Hospital) and Europe (Instituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena).

The exposure of the fellows to surgical cases includes a wide array of endourological, robotic and laparoscopic procedures for treatment of multiple conditions around urological subspecialties. We present the current number of procedures in the last 2 years, showing the increasing numbers of our program:

PROCEDURES

2024

• Robotic surgery: 61
• Laparoscopic surgery (oncological, reconstructive, benign kidney and prostate): 140
• Enucleation of the prostate: 101
• Endourology (PCNL, ECIRS, Ureteroscopy): 124

2025 (both institutions)

• Endourology (PCNL, ECIRS, Ureteroscopy, endopielolithotomy): 92
• Laparoscopic surgery (oncological, reconstructive, kidney, and benign prostate

enlargement): 115

• Robotic surgery: 72
• Enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP & ThuFLEP): 83

FACULTY:

MD. José Antonio Zapata González

- Program director

MD. Bernardo Rodolfo Rodríguez Delgado

- Assistant Professor

MD. Fred Alain Montelongo Rodríguez

- Assistant Professor

MD. Adrian Gutiérrez González

- Chairman of Urology

Seoul, South Korea

Job Address: 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, Korea

Contact Name: Prof. Sung Yong Cho

Type/Focus: Endourology

Duration: 1 Year

Country: Korea

Phone: +82-22072-1491

Fax: +82-2-742-4665

Region: Asia

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Director of Fellowship:
Prof. Sung Yong Cho (Non-oncology / Endourology / BPH / Robotic Reconstruction)

Affiliated with Residency Program / Medical School:
Seoul National University, College of Medicine

Program Overview
Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) offers a high-volume, technology-rich, one-year clinical fellowship focused on the comprehensive management of urinary stone disease and endourologic pathology. Fellows receive official, hands-on training in retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS), percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), and robotic reconstruction, with additional exposure to HoLEP and BipoLEP for benign prostatic hyperplasia. The program also provides structured experience in image-guided and energy-based technologies, as well as in laparoscopy and robotics relevant to endourology.

Fellows benefit from an advanced endourologic environment featuring state-of-the-art lasers, suction-integrated access systems, and multiple robotic platforms. Academic components include case conferences, journal clubs, and participation in ongoing research projects. The fellowship aims to cultivate both clinical excellence and academic leadership in the field of minimally invasive urology.
The oncology component may be discussed further, with a focus on robot-assisted procedures in selected cases.

Match Participation

• AUA Endourology Match: Not applicable (Non-North American program).

Core Faculty

• Prof. Soo Woong Kim – Urethral stricture, Male infertility, Varicose veins, Voiding dysfunction
• Prof. Seung-June Oh – Male urinary incontinence, Neurogenic bladder, HoLEP surgery
• Prof. Cheol Kwak – Prostate cancer, Urologic cancer
• Prof. Ja Hyeon Ku – Artificial bladder, Ureter and bladder cancer
• Prof. Chang Wook Jeong – Kidney cancer, Adrenal tumor, Prostate cancer
• Prof. Sung Yong Cho – Kidney and ureteral stones, Prostate enucleation, Robotic reconstruction
• Prof. Hyeong Dong Yuk – Prostate and bladder cancer, Renal pelvis/ureter cancer
• Prof. Seung Hwan Jeong – Bladder cancer, Ureteral/renal pelvis tumor, Prostate cancer
• Prof. Jang Hee Han – Prostate cancer, Kidney cancer, Urolithiasis
• Prof. Kwanjin Park – Pediatric urology (Hypospadias and concealed penis, Complex lower urinary tract anomalies)
• Prof. Young Jae Im – Pediatric urology (Duplex system, Cryptorchidism, Urolithiasis, Laparoscopic surgery)

Miami, FL

Job Address: 2140 WEST 68TH STREET. SUITE 200. MIAMI LAKES FL 33016

Contact Name: FERNANDO J. BIANCO MD, Director

Type/Focus: Robotic Surgery & Minimally Invasive Urologic Oncology

Duration: 1 Year

Country: United States

Phone: (786) 431-2014

Fax: (786) 431-2097

Region: North America

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URN Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery Fellowship focusses on the novel Robotics / Image Fusion Guided Therapies and GU Oncology track adapted to the everchanging healthcare arena. The fellow shall expect career enhancement breakthroughs in their Oncological thinking, Surgical Skills, in-Office Fusion procedures: biopsies and treatment plus Clinical research. On top of our extensive surgical volume, the fellow will gather expertise on IRB, Investigator research initiatives and design, participation in randomized clinical trials for Bladder, Prostate and Renal Cancers.  Interested candidates will gain exposure and gain knowledge on:

1. Robotic Procedures – 1 year (over 250 robotic cases/year) on all 3 active platforms (XDV5, SP, Xi) characterized as: Robotic Prostatectomies (40%) – Simples or Radical; Robotic Renal Procedures (40% ) – Radical, Partial, Cryoablative, Stone and Reconstructive; with the remainder Robotic procedures (20%) consisting of Robotic Pelvic Reconstructive and Bladder (Partial and Radical Cystectomies)
2. In office MRI/US Fusion procedures on over 900 Transperineal Fusion Biopsies/ Yr and over 400 Transperineal fusion procedures for cancer using Cryoablation, laser and IRE as energy forms
3. International Exposure: Our fellows will have the opportunity for a two-week rotation at our partnership with the Lyx Institute in Madrid, where they gather further experience on Laser enucleation procedures, HIFU and Robotics as well.
4. Personal Growth and Medical Economics: Our exclusive partnership with the Tony Robbins Institute will empower our fellows on personal growth where they can focus and unleash their potential as they embark on a successful and prosperous career avoiding burnout.
5. Compensation: Over 95 percentile of current Endourological Society and SUO fellowship programs

In addition, the fellow will serve as junior attending on our affiliated hospitals and will be active on invasive urologic surgical procedures: such as percutaneous renal surgery, and ample endourological cases on his/her operating room days.

The applicant will/must have completed an ACGME approved residency in urology and be eligible to sit for part I of the American Board of Urology qualifying examination. Urologists who have passed part I of the American Board of Urology Qualifying Examination and are licensed to practice medicine in the United States are also eligible for consideration in the program. International graduates from non-ACGME Urology programs, must have completed the program or be in active practice may apply if they have ECFMG certification and passed USMLE Step, have appropriate VISA status and gain approval from the FL Board of Medicine.

1. SCOPE OF TRAINING Specialized training in Urologic Oncology, Robotics, minimally invasive urologic, and image/guided fusion surgery , the fellow will cover these and most aspects of endourologic surgery at: Mercy Hospital where we have over 8 robots and Jackson Health System, and Coral Gables Hospitals. Most guided therapy for prostate and some renal procedures will be primarily office-based, as will be Bladder Procedures using new novel intravesical installation of novel devices. MRI reading and planning will be supervised by the Fellowship director and expert Radiologists. The subspecialty training in Robotics urologic surgery will provide sufficient experience for the trainee to acquire advanced skills in each of these areas. By the end of the clinical training our expectation is that the fellow will be able to conduct most prostate and renal cases with surgical time under 75 minutes. The fellow will staff deemed appropriate by the program director as a junior attending for URN/NOVA Southeastern University Clinically Affiliated Urology Specialist Group (USG). The fellow may develop a focus in a particular area of minimally invasive/endourological surgery during their year.
2. EDUCATION & RESEARCH PROGRAM The clinical status of a fellow is that of a junior attending member of USG. The fellow will have graded surgical responsibility and will be responsible progressively for more and more of the operative care of patients. The fellow will also be responsible for the preparation of tumor board conferences and participate in clinical research. It’s expected that the fellow will submit and present clinical research at The World Congress of Endourology and Technology and the AUA national meeting as well. There are multiple opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration Radiation Oncology, Pathology, Radiology and Medical Oncology.

Yearly Clinical Volume – Potential Exposure