Endourological Society – King Abdulaziz Medical City

King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh is an international award winning comprehensive medical center facility with an outstanding reputation as one of the nation’s largest health care organizations that is committed to clinical excellence and casting the light on patients and families as an outmost target.  It has a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, and clinicians that work to provide all patients with the quality care in an atmosphere of compassion. The hospital includes 2,500 inpatient beds, 100 ICU beds, and 25 operating room suites.

The Division of Urology is a national key discipline in Riyadh with an estimated annual DCOR and main OR volume of 4000 procedures including all varieties of urological endoscopic and laparoscopic/robotic surgeries. In addition, the division of Urology possesses 5 outpatient clinics and cystoscope room and a urodynamic examination suite. The Urology team members have a strong urological talent force as some of them hold prestigious academic positions in different academic groups.

The Endourology and Minimally Invasive Fellowship Programs at King Abdulaziz Medical City offers two distinct fellowship streams. Candidates may apply for one of these two programs.

1) 2 YEAR ENDO/STONE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM which has an emphasis on endourology with wide exposure to stone minimally invasive treatment procedures. The Program Director for this fellowship is Dr. Saeed Bin Hamri and Drs. Yahia Ghazwai, Abdulaziz Alathel, Yasser Noureldin.

For more information regarding the Endo/Stone fellowship, please contact Dr. Hamri at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Description of Program

This is a two-year fellowship program in advanced Endourology and stone disease.

The first year:

During the first six months, the fellow will actively participate in basic science, laboratory and clinical research.  The fellow is asked to identify the research topics of his/her interest in addition to the proposal of research that will be suggested by his/her faculty supervisors.

During the second six months, the fellow will spend one day a week in the OR while the research program will continue during the rest of the week. In the OR the fellow will assist in PCNL, RIRS, TURP, et…...

The second year:

During this year, the fellow will be actively involved in the clinical practice and activity keeping one day per week for research work. The fellow will be able to actively participate to a minimum of 60 PCNL cases, 120 URS and/ or RIRS cases, 60 endoscopic surgical procedures for BPH. All cases will be recorded in logbook of the fellow and revised by the fellowship faculty.

Upon completion of the fellowship program the fellow will be able to meet the requirements for certification by the Endourological society. The fellow is expected to maintain an accurate and comprehensive operative log that will be reviewed with the program directors on routine basis.

2)  2-YEAR COMBINED ENDO/STONE, LAP/ROBOTIC FELLOWSHIP focusing on Endourology and stone disease, and laparoscopic and robotic oncologic and reconstructive procedures. The Program Director for this fellowship is Dr. Ahmed Alaskar and co-program directors are Drs. Naser Albogami and Bader Alsaikhan. For more information regarding the Lap/Robotics fellowship, please contact Dr. Alaskar at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Description of Program

This is a two-year fellowship program involving both research and clinical experience in endourologic and laparoscopic/robotic interventions. Trainees can receive step-by-step training in a systematic and standardized teaching and training approach. Surgery types include laparoscopic or da Vinci robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, radical cystectomy (ileal bladder replacement), and kidney surgery (resection of renal cancer, partial nephrectomy, renal cancer with vena cava tumor thrombectomy, etc..), and robot-assisted laparoscopic urinary tract reconstruction. Furthermore, all endourology procedures are covered in terms of PCNL, RIRS, TURPS, HoLEP, TURBT, etc…..

Research Opportunity

The Division of Urology has a dedicated team for research in all Urologic subspecialties. There will be a strong emphasis on research with opportunities for both clinical and basic science projects. 

Yearly Clinical Volume of Procedures: