Job Information:

The Endourology Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Arizona is a two-year combined Endourology/Stone-Lap Robotic Fellowship. Fellows will work closely with various staff members to gain research and clinical skills in stone disease, BPH, ureteral stricture disease, and urologic malignancy.

Clinical Objectives:

The goal of the Endourology Fellowship is to give the fellows comprehensive training in minimally invasive urologic surgery at a high-volume tertiary care center. Cutting edge treatments include HIFU, HoLEP, ultrasound-guided PCNL, supine PCNL, mini-PCNL, laparoscopic donor nephrectomies, and single port robotics. Fellows will rotate with several surgeons through the Mayo Clinic mentorship model and gain competence in a variety of surgical procedures.  Fellows will also spend time in clinic, becoming proficient in the workup and management of a variety of urologic disorders and will work with Nephrology and Dietary in the Multidisciplinary Stone Clinic. Fellows will act as junior faculty and have direct patient care responsibilities. They will have limited call responsibilities only during the first year of fellowship.

Fellowship Staff:

• Karen Stern MD (Fellowship Director) – ultrasound-guided PCNL, supine-PCNL, mini-PCNL, ureteroscopy, endopyelotomy, Rezum, UroLift
• Mitchell Humphreys MD (Fellowship Director) – HoLEP, HIFU, robotic pyeloplasty, robotic partial nephrectomy, robotic prostatectomy, PCNL, Rezum
• Scott Cheney MD – HoLEP, Rezum, robotic partial nephrectomy, robotic prostatectomy, robotic cystectomy, robotic pyeloplasty, robotic transplant nephrectomy, robotic transplant ureteral reimplant
• Paul Andrews MD – Laparoscopic polycystic kidney native nephrectomy, laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, robotic prostatectomy, cystectomy, robotic partial nephrectomy

Research Objectives:

The fellow is expected to participate in research projects including clinical trials and animal studies. Full research facilities are available, including basic science bench space and a surgical innovation laboratory. There are fully accredited animal facilities as well with access to the latest laparoscopic, robotic, and laser equipment used in the operating room. There are many potential collaborators to work with including investigators from TGEN and Arizona State University. The Endourology staff at Mayo Arizona are involved in several multiinstitutional investigations, which the fellow will participate in. The fellow will have dedicated research time throughout the two-year Fellowship. He/she will gain experience writing IRB protocols, implementing protocols, writing, and submitting manuscripts and other publications. The fellow will be afforded the opportunity to investigate and pursue their own research initiatives and in most cases the Fellowship may be structured to allow the fellow to emphasize their individual interests. The program will provide stipends to allow travel to present at national and international Endourology conferences.

Education Objectives:

Fellows will work closely with the residents and medical students during educational events and serve as a mentor for them. The program will provide stipends to allow travel and participation at the major endourological meetings throughout the year. 

Clinical Volume:

Mayo Clinic has a robust surgical volume with over 300 HoLEPs annually, 500 robotic procedures and over 700 stone procedures each year.  

Candidates:

Applicants must be eligible for an unrestricted medical license in Arizona and must have completed residency/fellowship in the United States or Canada.

 Application process: The fellowship participates in the Endourological Society fellowship match program. Details and application forms are available at: http://www.endourology.org/fellowship/