The George Washington University Endourology fellowship provides significant exposure to a wide array of minimally invasive surgical procedures, including advanced laparoscopic techniques (e.g. partial nephrectomy, pyeloplasty), robotic assisted laparoscopy (both prostatectomy and renal procedures), and percutaneous access for malignancy and nephrolithasis. Additionally, the fellow will gain a basic understanding of CT-guided renal ablation (e.g. cryoablation and RFA). Although the program will remain a one year clinical fellowship, forfeiting its formal Endourological Society accreditation in 2008, a heavy exposure to clinical research will be maintained. Several animal and human trials are ongoing, and these projects will remain the fellow's primary responsibility. The fellow is given the academic title of Clinical Instructor and is expected to make significant contributions to publication, presentations at local and national conferences, and clinical instruction of the urology residents and medical students. Call is taken weekly and is shared with the urology faculty (1:8 currently). The fellow typically operates 4-5 days per week, is given his/her own clinic to administer 1/2 day per week, oversees the resident clinic 1/2 day per week, and has protected research time of approximately 1 day per week.
Past Fellow
2011: Joseph Jamal
Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital
2010: Jonathan Rhee
Residency: University of Virginia
2009: Mark Hong
Residency: Harvard, Brigham and Women's Hospital
2008: Doug Sutherland
Current location:
Director of Minimally Invasive Urologic Oncology,
Multicare Urology of Tacoma
Tacoma, Washington
Residency: Georgetown University
2007: Kristopher Wagner
Current Location:
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Director of Robotic Surgery
Scott and White, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Residency: Scott and White, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Contacts
For any questions regarding the residency program or the fellowship program please call (202) 741-3157 or email Jessica Ruiz at jruiz@mfa.gwu.edu