Endourology/Laparoscopy fellowship at Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Department of Urology.

Duration: 2 years. 1 - clinical and 1 lab time
Assignment: Primary base = Tulane University School of Medicine

Fellowship starts August 1st and completes July 31st two-years later.

Annual number of procedures by category are as follows:

Percutaneous procedures	75
Ureteroscopic procedures	126
ESWL procedures	2775
Laparoscopic procedures	165

Lab Facilities: The department houses two full-service laboratories with 2,030 square feet and 230 linear feet of bench space available. Tulane's School of Medicine has a vivarium animal laboratory that the fellow will have complete access to. There will be two scheduled animal lab demonstrations during the one-year tenure of the fellow. The fellow will determine the type of animal procedure/demonstration that the residents and fellow will do that year.

Supervisor: Fellowship Program Director: Benjamin R. Lee, MD, Chief of section of Endourology, Tulane Medical Center. 2 Ph.D.s available - Dr. Suresh C. Sikka and Dr. Abdel Asim-Mageed

Housing: On-campus housing is available adjacent to the hospital, however candidate are free to stay at housing of their choice.

Night Call: The fellow is actually appointed as junior faculty at the level of an "instructor" in the department of urology. This will enable the applicants to develop his/her level of independence. Moreover, the applicant can also see patients individually, though under the supervision of the director. On call is shared with other full-time faculty members.

Previous Graduates: The year 2000 was the inaugural year for our laparoscopy/endourology fellowship.

Details can be found at our website: www.som.tulane.edu/departments/urology/