Summer Scholarship

Apply for a Summer Scholarship

The Endourology Society will be accepting applications for it’s 2024 Summer Student Scholarship beginning in October of 2023.

This scholarship is designed to provide medical students with an interest in Urology with a summer research opportunity so they may gain exposure to Urology and Endourology.

The Executive Committee of the Endourology Society will select up to Ten (10) individuals for the 2024 Summer Student Scholarship. All interested students are encouraged to apply.

Complete and submit the Summer Scholarship Application

The application deadline for the 2024 summer program is Monday January 24th, 2024. For more information you may contact:

Michele Paoli
Executive Director
Endourology Society
New York Section, AUA
Tel: 516-520-1224
Fax: 516-520-1225
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Past Scholarship Recipients

The Endourology Society is pleased to announce the following recipients of this year’s 2022 Summer Student Scholarships.

Alec Sun

Cleveland, OH

Program Director:

Drs. Smita De/Steven Campbell

Program:

Cleveland Clinic

Summer Project:

“Investigating Associations Between the Prostate Microbiome and Prostate Size in BPH”
David Gregory Gelikman

Nashville, TN

Program Director:

Dr. Naren Nimmagadda

Program:

Vanderbilt University

Summer Project:

“Factors affecting holmium laser inefficiency: Comparison of laryngeal mask airway and endotracheal tube use during flexible ureteroscopy for renal stones”
Michael Zhu

New York, NY

Program Director:

Dr. Alexander Small

Program:

Montefiore Med Ctr

Summer Project:

“We aim to better understand the most common underlying genetic causes of kidney stone formation using a new kidney disease-focused genetic test, the Natera Renasight panel. Our primary objective is to identify genetic characteristics of high-risk recurrent kidney stone formers.”
Dylan Z. Taylor

Syracuse, NY

Program Director:

Dr. Scott Wiener

Program:

Upstate Medical Univ

Summer Project:

“My role in the project will be to develop a reliable and predictive binomial logistic regression model, based on patient and sonographic factors, able to predict false positive radiologic reports of renal (not ureteral) stones on US.”
Chase Floyd

Nashville, TN

Program Director:

Dr. Nicholas Kavoussi

Program:

Vanderbilt Univ. Med. Ctr

Summer Project:

“Computer vision-mediated assessment of endoscopic surgical skills for kidney stone surgery”
Alan Israel Shain

Boston, MA

Program Director:

Dr. Shaun Wason

Program:

Boston Univ. Med. Ctr

Summer Project:

“Soft Robotic Anti-Retropulsion Device for Ureteroscopy”
Charis Renai Royal

Tucson, AR

Program Director:

David T. Tzou

Program:

Univ. of Arizona

Summer Project:

“Determining Optimal Culture Microbiology Protocols”
Gareth John Davies

United Kingdom

Program Director:

Mr. Gokul Vignesh Kanda Swamy

Program:

Morriston Hospital, Swansea

Summer Project:

“A Single Center Study into Post Robotic Prostatectomy fatigue and the impact on returning to work.”
Hooman Kamran

Iran

Program Director:

Dr. Abdolreza Haghpanah

Program:

Shiraz Univ. of Medical Sciences

Summer Project:

“The Effect of Preoperative Calcitriol on Inflammatory Markers Following Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL): A Randomized Controlled Trial”
Thiago Kenzo Fugita

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Program Director:

Dr. Oscar Fugita

Program:

Hospital Universitario (USP)

Summer Project:

“The aim of this project is to study the effects of long term use of WP on nephrolithiasis risk”

2021 Summer Student Scholarships

Bethany R. Regan

Siracusa, NY - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Scott Vincent Wiener

Program:

Upstate Medical University

Research Project:

“Inter-Modality Prostate Volume Calculations in BPH Surgical Candidates”
Xavier C. Cortez

San Francisco, CA - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Thomas Chi

Program:

University of California, San Francisco

Research Project:

“Validating the kidney injury test (KIT) as a point of care diagnostic for urinary stone disease"
Akhil Peta

Irvine, CA - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Roshan M. Patel

Program:

University of California, Irvine

Research Project:

“Evaluation of Augmented Reality as a Perioperative Aid to Assist with Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy – A Pilot Study”
Micah A. Levy

New York, NY - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Michael Palese

Program:

Mount Sinai

Research Project:

“The Role of Experience: How Surgeon Volume and Fellowship Training Impact Surgical Outcomes of PCNL, ESWL, and URS for Kidney Stone Removal”
Justin James

Lake Success, NY - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Arun Rai

Program:

Arthur Smith Institute for Urology

Research Project:

“Feasibility of Intraoperative Audiovisual Recording for Correlation of Intraoperative Adverse Events to Post-Operative Clinical Outcomes in Urologic Surgery using Root Cause Analysis”
Henry J. Paiste

Birmingham, AL - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Dean Assimos

Program:

University of Alabama Birmingham

Research Project:

"The Role of Weight Loss on Endogenous Oxalate Synthesis, Gastrointestinal Oxalate Absorption, and Renal Oxalate Handling"
Bergen Lemack

Gainsville, FL - Accepted

Program Director:

Benjamin Canales

Program:

University of Florida – Department of Urology

Research Project:

"RAISE YOUR GLASS! AMERICAN CHESTNUT LEAVES CAN REDUCE TEA OXALATE CONTENT"
Ailed Flores Delgao

Ciudad de México, MX - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Carlos Enrique Méndez Probst

Program:

The National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán

Research Project:
Athanasios Nikolaos Vagionis

Rio, GC - Accepted

Program Director:

Program:

University Hospital of Rio, Rio, Greece

Research Project:
Vinson Wai Shun Chan

Ma Liu Shui, HK - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Jeremy Yuen-Chun Teoh

Program:

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Research Project:

“Transurethral en bloc resection for bladder cancer – A multicentre collaborative global registry ”

2020 Summer Student Scholarships

Douglas William Schneider

Irvine, CA - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Jaime Landman

Program:

University of California, Irvine

Research Project:

“Evaluation of Intrarenal Gel for Stone Fragment Containment and Extraction during Endoscopic Procedures”
Roxana Ramos Carpinteyro

Cleveland, OH - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Aaron W. Miller

Program:

Cleveland Clinic

Research Project:

“In Vitro Analysis of Urine Isolates to Determine the Stone Promoting/Inhibition Properties”
Avery Rose Wolfe

Dallas, TX - Accepted

Program Director:

Alaina Garbens

Program:

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Research Project:

“Using a Multi-Task Convolutional Neural Network to Predict Surgeon Skill and Patient Outcomes in Robotic Partial Nephrectomy”
Emily Gelber

New York, NY - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Mantu Gupta

Program:

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Research Project:

“Artificial Intelligence, Computer vision algorithm for real time detection of kidney stone composition”
Amanda Elizabeth Kahn

Jacksonville, FL - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. David D. Thiel

Program:

Mayo Clinic Florida

Research Project:

“THE ASSOCIATION OF GLYCOPROTEOMICS AND RADIOMICS WITH RENAL CELL CARCINOMA CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL: AN ADJUNCT EVALUATION FOR SMALL RENAL MASSES”
Alex Reed Sandberg

Philidelphia, PA - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. David Lee

Program:

University of Pennsylvania Presbyterian Medical Center

Research Project:

Project Title TBA - Computer Learning for Pelvic Anatomy
Bertie Zhang

Valhalla, NY - Accepted

Program Director:

Majid Eshghi

Program:

New York Medical College

Research Project:

“The Feasibility of Digital Ureteroscopy in an Office Setting for Followup Surveillance of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma”
Tiange Li

Toronto, OT - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Monica Farcas

Program:

St. Michael’s Hospital

Research Project:

“Advanced Uroflowmetry Device”
Claudia Deyirmendjian

Montreal, QC - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Sero Andonian

Program:

Royal Victoria Hosptial – MUHC Glen Site

Research Project:

“Low-Dose Computerized Tomography (CT) for Patients Presenting with Urolithiais Evaluating Radiation Exposure after Protocol Implementation”
Hyatt Maura O’Callaghan

Bristol, UK - Accepted

Program Director:

Mr. Joe Philip

Program:

Bristol Urological Institute

Research Project:

“Evaluation of an Enhanced Acute Stone Service for Patients with Recent Hospital Admission with Renal Colic”
Edward Christopher Yo

Jakarta, ID - Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Dyandra Parikesit

Program:

Universitas Indonesia Hospital

Research Project:

“Assessing webinar outcomes for health professionals: a perspective from Indonesia during COVID-19 pandemic”

2019 Summer Student Scholarships

Jonathan Koptyev

New Brunswick, NJ – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Ephrem Olweny

Program:

Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Research Project:

“Assessing the Risk of Kidney Stone Formation Induced by Weight-Loss Diets”
Hersh Trivedi

Dallas, TX – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Jeffrey Gahan

Program Site:

University of Texas Southwestern

Research Project:

“The Impact of Pre-Operative Catheter Dependence on Urinary Retention and Other Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Associated with BPH Following Robotic Assisted Prostatectomy”
Kailash Pendem

Gainsville, FL – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Vincent Bird

Program Site:

University of Florida Health Urology

Research Project:

“The Effect of Chronic Kidney Disease on Health-Related Quality of Life in Urolithiasis Patients and Tracking Disease Prevalence”
Logan Grimaud

Irvine, CA – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Ralph Clayman

Program Site:

University of California Irvine Medical Center

Research Project:

“Evaluation of Renal Papillary Regeneration in a Porcine Model”
Tudor Moldovan

Grand Rapids, MI – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Brian Lane

Program Site:

Spectrum Health Medical Group Urology

Research Project:

“Music-Kidney: Quality Improvement in Management of Renal Masses”
Zachary Burns

Birmingham, AL – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Dean Assimos

Program Site:

Univ. of Alabama Birmingham Sch. Of Med.

Research Project:

“The Role of Ascorbic Acid in Endogenous Oxalate Synthesis and Kidney Stone Disease”
Brandon Levin

Ann Arbor, MI – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Khurshid Ghani

Program Site:

University of Michigan

Research Project:

“Laser factors that affect stone fragmentation for dusting technique”
David-Dan Nguyen

Montreal, Quebec, CA – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Naeem Bhojani

Program Site:

Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montreal (CHUM)

Research Project:

“Pilot Study: Use of Oral Urea in Patients at High Risk of Kidney Stone Recurrence”
Wout Devlies

Leuven, Belgium – Accepted

Program Director:

Prof. Steven Joniau

Program Site:

University Hospitals Leuven

Research Project:

“The evaluation of survival in low-intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer after Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy”
Missy Savira

Jakarta, Indonesia – Accepted

Program Director:

Widi Atmoko, M.D.

Program Site:

Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital – Univ. of Indonesia

Research Project:

“Effectiveness and Safety of Spooling Technique to Evacuate Stone Fragment during Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy for Staghorn Renal Calculi: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial”

2018 Summer Student Scholarships

Navraj S. Dhaliwal

Calgary, Alberta Canada – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Kamaljot S. Kaler

Program:

Alberta Children’s Hospital

Research Project:

“Pilot Study Using Magnetic Ureteral Stents in Pediatric Patients to Prevent Second General Anesthetic”
Daniel Haik

Newport Beach, CA – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Ralph Clayman

Program Site:

UC Irvine

Research Project:

“Utilization of EMG in Conjunction with Hand Motion Analysis in Developing an Objective surgical skill evaluation in Resident and Attending Surgeons”
Michael Bennett Tradewell

Minneapolis, MN – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Gerald W. Timm and Dr. Badrinath Konety

Program Site:

Univ of Minnesota Medical School

Research Project:

“Urethral Modeling for Artificial Urinary Sphincter Testing”
Neel S. Raval

St. Louis, MO – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Ramakrishna Venkatesh

Program Site:

Washington Univ. School of Medicine

Research Project:

“A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study of Preoperative Anti-Inflammatory Treatment for Ureteral Stent Symposium – A Pilot Study”
Sarah M. Diamond

Ann Arbor, MI – Accepted

Program Director:

Arvin George, M.D.

Program Site:

University of Michigan

Research Project:

“Evaluate the Diagnostic Accuracy of Multiparametric Prostate MRI and MR/US Fusion-Guided Biopsy to Identify Higher Risk Disease in Patients with Prostate Cancer Eligible for Active Surveillance”
Lamont J. Wilkins

Cleveland Heights, OH – Accepted

Program Director:

Manoj Monga, M.D.

Program Site:

Cleveland Clinic

Research Project:

“Human Studies Evaluating the Introduction of Oxalate-Degrading Microbes vs. Various Probiotic Formulations that Included Obligate and Facultative Oxalate Degraders”
Linda My Huynh

Orange, CA – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Thomas Ahlering

Program Site:

University of California, Irvine

Research Project:

“Efficacy and Feasibility of Robot Assisted Salvage Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection (RS-PLND) or Robot-Assisted Pelvic Mass Resection (RS-PMR) Post-Radical Prostatectomy”
Wout Devlies

Holsbeek, Belgium – Accepted

Program Director:

Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau

Program Site:

KU Leuven

Research Project:

“Long Term Functional Outcomes and Quality of Life in Patients with High Risk Prostate Cancer Versus Low and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer Treated by RARP (Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy)”
Gloria C. Okparanta

Benin, Nigeria – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Ezenwa EV

Program Site:

UBTH Benin Nigeria

Research Project:

“Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy: Comparing Peri-Prostatic Block and Intra-Rectal Xylocaine Gel”

2017 Summer Student Scholarships

Hesswani Charles

Montreal, Quebec, Canada – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Sero Andonian

Program:

Royal Victoria Hospital – McGill University Health Center

Research Project:

“Identifying the Risk Factors for the Development of Nephrolithiasis in End-Stage Renal Disease Dialysis Patients”
Guanqun Li

Syracuse, NY – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Jessica E. Paonessa

Program Site:

SUNY Upstate Medical University

Research Project:

“Effect of Preoperative Local Anesthesia Infiltration of Nephrostomy Tract on Postoperative Pain Control after Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: A Double-blind Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial”
Theodore I. Cisu

Burlington, VT – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Kevan Sternberg

Program Site:

University of Vermont College of Medicine

Research Project:

“Diclofenac as a Potent Post-Operative Analgesic in Patients Undergoing Ureteroscopy: A Retrospective Comparative Study”
Michael Owyong

Miami, FL – Accepted

Program Director:

Dr. Dipen Parekh

Program Site:

University of Miami

Research Project:

“Retrospective Evaluation of Complications, Oncologic Outcomes, and Functional Outcomes after High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Focal Therapy for Localized Cancer”
Wout Devlies

Viaams-Brabant, Belgium – Accepted

Program Director:

Kurt Dilen

Program Site:

Catholic University of Leuven

Research Project:

“Comparing the Validity of TP Biopsies”
Ankit Kayal

Kolkata, India – Accepted

Program Director:

Tapan Kumar Mandal

Program Site:

NRS Medical College

Research Project:

“Double J Stent Modification and Replacement to Avoid Secondary Auxiliary Procedure for it’s Removal”

2016 Summer Student Scholarships

Brandon Garry-Raymond Harvey
Investigators:	Drs. Jeremy Burton and Hassan Razvi
Program Site:	Lawson Health Research Institute
Research Project:	“Identifying the Role of DM Microbiota in Stone Formation and Final Analysis”

Simone Lucia Vernez
Investigator:	Dr. Jaime Landman
Program Site:	University of California, Irvine, Department of Urology
Research Project:	“Precise Characterization and Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction of the Autonomic Nerve Distribution of the Human Ureter”

Laura Elizabeth Watson
Investigator:	Mr. Anup Patel
Program Site:	Royal London Hospital (Whitechapel, London)
Research Project:	“An Independent Retrospective Review of Ureteric Strictures Management with Metallic Stents in a Tertiary Referral Centre”

Ahmed Khaled Sabry
Investigator:	Dr. Mohamed Etafy
Program Site:	AlAzhar School of Medicine (Egypt)
Research Project:	“Simple Technique for Needle Adjustment During Laparoscopic Suturing”

2015 Summer Student Scholarships

Mr. Jaspreet Singh Chhabra
Program Site:	Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital
Mentor:	Ravindra Sabnis
Research Project:	“Creating A High Fidelity Porcine Cadaveric Model For Learning Nephrectomy and Partial Nephrectomy”

Lauren Poniatowski

Program Site: University of Minnesota

Mentor: Robert Sweet

Research Project: “Novel Tissue Analogue Model for Training Percutaneuos Nephrolithotomy”
Nabeel Virani

Program Site: Barts Health NHS TRUS

Research Project: “Endourology Society Summer Scholarship Report”

2014 Summer Student Scholarships

Mr. Jaspreet Singh Chhabra
Program Site:	Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital
Mentor:	Ravindra Sabnis
Research Project:	“Creating A High Fidelity Porcine Cadaveric Model For Learning Nephrectomy and Partial Nephrectomy”

Lauren Poniatowski

Program Site: University of Minnesota

Mentor: Robert Sweet

Research Project: “Novel Tissue Analogue Model for Training Percutaneuos Nephrolithotomy”
Nabeel Virani

Program Site: Barts Health NHS TRUS

Research Project: “Endourology Society Summer Scholarship Report”

2013 Summer Student Scholarships

Michael Glamore

Program Site: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Mentors: Raymond Leveillee, M.D. and Nelson Salas, M.D.

Research Project: Summer Scholarship Experience

Alexandra Mecklenburg
Program Site:	Asklepios Klinik Barmbek
Mentor:	Prof. Andreas Gross
Research Project:	Percutaneous Nephrolitholapaxies – An Innovative System to Fill the Renal Pelvis Retrograd

Taile Jing

Program Site: Shanghai Changhai Hopsital

Mentor: Prof. Yinghao Sun

Research Project: Non-Invasive Removal Device for Ureteral Stents, co-author Yinhao Sun

2012 Summer Student Scholarships

Mr. Michal Ursiny
Program Site:	University of Vermont College of Medicine
Mentor:	Dr. Brian Eisner
Research Project:	Cost-Effectiveness of Anti-Retropulsion Devices for All Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy

Lauren Poniatowski
Program Site:	University of Minnesota
Mentor:	Robert Sweet
Research Project:	“Novel Tissue Analogue Model for Training Percutaneuos Nephrolithotomy”

Nabeel Virani
Program Site:	Barts Health NHS TRUS
Research Project:	“Endourology Society Summer Scholarship Report”

Michael Glamore
Program Site:	University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Mentors:	Raymond Leveillee, M.D. and Nelson Salas, M.D.
Research Project:	Summer Scholarship Experience

Taile Jing
Program Site:	Shanghai Changhai Hopsital
Mentor:	Prof. Yinghao Sun
Research Project:	Non-Invasive Removal Device for Ureteral Stents, co-author Yinhao Sun