Program Director

R. John D'A Honey
University of Toronto
Division of Urology
St. Michael's Hospital
61 Queen St. E., #9103
Toronto, Ontario M5C 2T2
E-mail: HONEYJ@smh.toronto.on.ca
Program Co-Director

Kenneth Pace
University of Toronto
Division of Urology
St. Michael's Hospital
61 Queen St. E., #9103
Toronto, Ontario M5C 2T2
E-mail: kenneth.pace@utoronto.ca
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Recognized by the Endourological Society

Endourology Fellowship, University of Toronto

Description of Training

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 and robotic assisted laparoscopic procedures. These include nephrectomy, donor nephrectomy, nephroureterectomy, adrenalectomy, and robotic assisted radical prostatectomy, partial nephrectomy and pyeloplasty.

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

Duration of Training

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

Annual Clinical Volume(approximate):

Percutaneous procedures
100 - 150
Ureteroscopic procedures
250 - 300
Shock wave lithotripsy
50 (out of 2500 treatments per year)
Laparoscopic procedures
120 - 160
Robotic Assisted Surgery
80-100

Laboratory Facilities and Research Supervision

Clinical databases are available to allow prospective outcome studies on 2,500-2,800 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. Fellows are expected to submit abstracts to annual meetings and prepare manuscripts for publication.

Clinical Responsibilities

The Fellow will participate in a wide range of endourologic, laparoscopic and robotic assisted 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 circumstances.

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
 Dr. Joel Dagnone 2004 jdagnone@thc.on.ca
 Dr. Brian Blew 2005 bblew@ottawahospital.on.ca
 Dr. Luke Fazio 2006 fazioluke@yahoo.ca
 Dr. Alix Perks 2007 alixperks@hotmail.com
 Dr. Trevor Schuler 2008 ts9@ualberta.ca
 Dr. Andrew Ray Present a_andrew_ray@yahoo.ca
 Dr. Joshua Wiesenthal Present joshw@rogers.com



Interested Residents are encouraged to fill in and forward an application to Dr. R. John Honey at the above address.

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