Residency
Our Urology Residency Program provides well-rounded clinical and basic science research experience with exposure to all aspects of the discipline of urology. Clinically, the urology resident will become proficient in infertility, endourology, laparoscopic urology, neurourology, sexual dysfunction, the evaluation and treatment of incontinence, reconstructive surgery, urologic oncology and pediatric urology. From a research perspective, residents completing this program will be equipped with the knowledge to generate the key questions that affect urologic practice patterns and answer these questions through carefully performed basic science and clinical research.
In general, the program consists of pediatric rotations at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, adult rotations at University Hospital and the Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Medical Center, and basic science research at the University of Michigan.
During the first year of urologic residency (PGY 2), the resident spends time on the adult services at University Hospital and the Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Medical Center. This first full year familiarizes the resident with urologic diagnosis, endoscopy, urodynamic technique and theory, and the management of the urologic oncology patient, and provides the urologic resident with basic operative skills as well as in-depth experience with common and uncommon urologic disease processes.
The third year of urology (PGY 4) is spent in U-M research laboratories performing cutting-edge research in one of several urology research labs or another appropriate U-M research lab. This year of basic science research provides the resident with an opportunity to pose important and clinically-relevant questions, and seek answers to those questions through molecular and animal research under the direct supervision of world-renowned scientists.
The second and fourth years of urology (PGY 3 & 5) provide intensive training in pediatric urology, endourology, female urology, infertility, erectile dysfunction and urologic oncology. The rotation in urologic oncology offers significant exposure to patients with prostate, bladder or renal cancer.
The fifth and final year of urology consists of rotations at University Hospital, the Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Medical Center, Mott Hospital and St. Joseph Memorial Hospital as a chief resident. This experience allows the resident to mature into a knowledgeable, confident and skillful urologic surgeon capable of independent thinking and carrying out the most difficult operations.
