Two residents per year are appointed for a total of eight residents in the four years of training in the Urology Residency. Residents are appointed during the last year of medical school through the AUA Matching Program. Residents rotate through the Vanderbilt University Hospital, the Nashville VA Hospital, Baptist Hospital, and Children's Hospital. The incorporation of these hospitals for use in our Residency Training Program provides an extensive and varied clinical and operative experience for residents. Annually, the urology service cares for over 2,800 inpatients and performs over 2,500 major operative procedures.
Emphasis is placed on clinical urologic patient management, both surgical and medical.
Areas of particular interest and expertise include oncology, pediatric urology, urodynamics, female urology, reconstruction, infertility, and management of stone disease. The urology service participates in renal transplantation and performs living donor nephrectomies. There is an ongoing program for evaluation and implementation of technologic advances and innovative therapy including lasers, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, laparoscopy, photodynamic therapy, and novel uses of ultrasonography. Vanderbilt Hospital is the Level I Trauma Center for Nashville, providing residents broad exposure to primary and tertiary trauma management. The Department of Urologic Surgery is involved in a variety of clinical and basic research projects.