Kidney Cancer Urology, like many fields of medicine, has become subspecialized into specific areas.
Urologists gain expertise in subspecialties in many ways.
They devote a major portion of their practice and their research to a particular subspecialty area and often receive additional training in that area. Surgery for a complex kidney problem is best performed by a urologic subspecialist. Many of these operations also require the surgeon to have expertise in repairing the veins and arteries of the kidney. This requires special training and experience in renal vascular surgery. Knowing whether the surgeon you are choosing has this type of expertise is important.