Residency Program - Academic Overview
About the Program
The urology residency at The Department of Urology is currently a six-year program starting with one year of general surgery internship, four years of clinical urology, and one research year. The clinical years consist of rotations at the main hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, and the following affiliated hospitals: NewYork-Presbyterian/Allen Pavilion, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospitals, and the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian.
The rotation schedule is divided, in general, into four-month blocks. In total, each resident completes 12 months as a chief resident on an adult urology service and four months as a chief resident in pediatric urology.
Matching in the urology program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia includes a surgical internship in the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia. In addition to learning both basic surgical skills and patient care, each intern rotates on the general adult urology service at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia for one or two months, providing exposure to clinical urology. The ERAS application for urology suffices for both urology and surgery.
PGY-1
General Surgery Internship at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
PGY-2 / Uro-1
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia (in 4 month blocks)
St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospitals
Night float
PGY-3 / Uro-2
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Ambulatory urology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Allen Pavilion
Night float
PGY-4
Research
PGY-5 / Uro-3
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital as chief resident
St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospitals
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
PGY-6 / Uro-4
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia as chief resident
NewYork-Presbyterian/Allen Pavilion as chief resident
St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospitals as chief resident
Program Goals
- Graduation of specialized physicians with a comprehensive knowledge of up-to-date adult and pediatric urology.
- Graduation of specialized physicians with excellent practical skills in all aspects of urologic practice including: in-patient and out-patient care; diagnosis; decision making; medical, endoscopic and surgical treatment; prognosis recognition; complication management; medico-economic management.
- Graduation of specialized physicians capable of continuous education and acquisition of future developments in technology and procedures.
- Graduation of specialized physicians capable of pursuing urology board certification.
- Graduation of urologists interested in pursuing academically oriented careers.
- Promotion of basic science and clinical science in urology.
- Involvement of residents in contemporary urologic research.
