Resident Assignments

A Team: Oncology and Laparoscopy

Faculty: Drs. Dagrosa, Schroeck, Seigne, and Sverrisson

Gain knowledge in pre- and post-operative care and intraoperative technical skills with an emphasis on urologic oncology patients.
Develop a knowledge base for decision making regarding use of endourologic surgical therapies for urologic malignancies.
Learn basic principles of urologic laparoscopic surgery.

Faculty: Drs. Moses, Grant, Gormley, Gross, and Pais

Develop a knowledge base of general urologic diseases, such as nephrolithiasis, BPH, erectile dysfunction, infertility evaluation of hematuria, and urinary tract infection.
Gain outpatient experience with the medical management of common urologic diseases.
Gain surgical skills associated with the treatment of general urologic diseases as described above.
Gain experience in the spectrum of postoperative care and long-term follow-up of patients after common urologic surgical procedures.
Develop a knowledge base for decision-making regarding use of endourologic surgical therapies for stone disease and obstruction.
Learn basic principles of access to the kidney, percutaneous endourologic procedures, and ureteroscopic and cystoscopic endourologic procedures.
Expand knowledge of the preoperative evaluation of female incontinence and neurourology.
Develop surgical skills in the management of female urologic problems and incontinence.
Learn about postoperative management and long-term care of patients with female urologic, incontinence and neurourologic problems.
Develop a knowledge base of the management of patients with neurogenic bladders resulting from spinal cord injury.

Faculty: Drs. Chavez and Morhardt

Expand knowledge base in the medical and surgical evaluation and treatment of pediatric urologic diseases and kidney transplantation
Learn surgical skills associated with pediatric urologic surgeries and donor nephrectomy.

Faculty: Drs. Fabozzi, Kilchevsky, Madden-Fuentes, Mitchell, Santis, Triaca, and Yap

Obtain an understanding of the practice of urology in a private practice setting.
Increase surgical skills in a broad spectrum of urologic diseases.

Faculty: Drs. Moses, Schroeck, and Kerfoot

Gain experience with a more autonomous role in the management of the entire spectrum of urologic patients in the VA setting.
Develop administrative skills in patient care management in a more independent fashion.
Expand surgical experience with a broad spectrum of urologic diseases.