Cedars-Sinai Endourology Institute - Fellowship in Endourology and Laparoscopic Urology

Description of Program

The Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Endourology Institute, Department of Surgery, offers a 2 year fellowship in endourology and laparoscopic urology. The fellowship, recognized by the Endourological Society, is geared towards training future leaders in the field of minimally invasive surgery. The established curriculum combines cutting edge research and hands-on clinical experience that will provide the necessary skills to pursue a successful academic career. The first year of the fellowship will be devoted to both basic-science and clinical research activities of fellow’s choosing. Resources are in place and available to facilitate research projects. At the end of the first year our Fellow will have acquired the skills necessary to function as a Primary Investigator of a major project. The second year of the fellowship will be devoted to acquiring advanced endourologic and laparoscopic surgical skills. The fellow will work closely with both Dr. Gerhard Fuchs and Christopher Ng. The clinical fellowship experience will include a large volume of surgical cases. In addition, the fellows will be involved in organized teaching activities (residents, medical students, private urologists), including bi-weekly grand rounds, teaching conferences and other workshops.

Clinical Volume

Percutaneous procedures	53/year
Ureteroscopic procedures	212/year
ESWL procedures	24/year
Laparoscopic procedures	155/year

Bench space and animal lab facilities
The research year will be facilitated with a fully equipped modern laboratory capable of handling basic science and animal research available for endoscopic, ureteroscopic, percutaneous and laparoscopic surgical training and research. Trained principal investigators, post-doctoral fellows and experienced veterinary staff are available to supervise research projects.

On campus housing
No.

Previous Graduates:

Ivan Colon, MD – Assistant Professor of Urology, SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, New York

J. Paul Yurkanin, MD – Assistant Professor of Urology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona

Howard Beck, MD – Urology Faculty, University of Texas at Lubbock

Abbey Gershbein, MD – private practice Urologist, Los Angeles, California

Tsung-Wen Chong, MD – completing a PhD in Microbiology, Cambridge University, Oxford, England

Kamil Noordin, MD – Associate Professor of Urology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Anup Patel, MD – Urology Faculty (Consultant Urologist), Imperial School of Medicine at St. Mary’s Hospital, London, England

Alexander Gershman, MD – private urologist – Los Angeles, California

Kim Peng, MD - Urology Faculty, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Piero Tognioni, MD – Urology Faculty, University of Genoa, Italy

Arnulf Stenzl, MD – Professor and Chairman, Department of Urology, Tubingen University, Germany

Khairullah Abdullah, MD – Chairman, Department of Urology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Co-Director

Christopher Ng, M.D.

Gerhard J. Fuchs, M.D., FACS. Vice-Chairman
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery
Director, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Endourology Institute
Clinical Professor of Urology, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA