Endourology Fellowship, University of Toronto

The Endourology & Laparoscopy Fellowship at The University of Toronto is a comprehensive 2-year program that provides clinical and research training in both endourology and minimally-invasive urologic surgery. As well as training in all aspects of contemporary endourology, fellows will be involved with the medical management of stone disease through the Provincial Kidney Stone Prevention Clinic, and will gain experience with advanced laparoscopic procedures, including nephrectomy, donor nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy, nephroureterectomy, adrenalectomy, pyeloplasty, and prostatectomy.

The Fellowship will consist of 2 years, with one year primarily clinically-oriented, and a second year primarily research-oriented.

Fellows are required to have completed a recognized 5 or 6 year Urology Residency with the appropriate certification.

Clinical Volume(approximate):

Percutaneous procedures	100
Ureteroscopic procedures	250
Shock wave lithotripsy	50 (out of 2500 treatments per year)
Laparoscopic procedures	80-100

Clinical databases are available to allow prospective outcome studies on 2,500 shockwave patients per year, as well as all patients treated endourologically. Both basic science bench-space and a fully equipped animal vivarium are available. A Ph.D. is available to supervise specific projects, in areas ranging from biomaterials, infection, and metabolic stone disease. Supervision is also available for those wishing to pursue an M.Sc. in clinical epidemiology, and fellows are expected to participate in ongoing clinical trials, as well as in the development of new trials.

The Fellow will participate in a wide range of endourologic and laparoscopic surgical procedures and round on these patients, with the senior resident, in the post-operative period. He or she will be involved with both the surgical and medical assessment of patients through the clinics at The St. Michael's Hospital Kidney Stone Centre. The Fellow will not be expected to take night or weekend call except for unusual

Previous Graduates of the Fellowship Program

FELLOW	Year completed Program	Email
Dr. Peter Incze	1998
Dr. Michael Weir	1999	Weirmj@hotmail.com
Dr. Kenneth Pace	2000	Kenneth.pace@utoronto.ca
Dr. Kenneth Pace	2001	Kenneth.pace@utoronto.ca
Dr. Solieman Bilgasem	2002
Dr. Peter Cybulski	2003	peterbillie@sympatico.ca