University of KansasDepartment of Urology

The University of Kansas Health

System

• 900+ inpatient beds, • 56+ Operating Rooms• 900+ Physicians in the

TUKHS, • 2 Campuses for Main

Health System• 3 Affiliate Hospitals

FACULTY

1 ANDROLOGIST

1 FELLOWSHIP TRAINED MIS/ROBOTIC SURGEON

3 RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEONS

2 FEMALE PELVIC MEDICINE & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEONS

2 FELLOWSHIP TRAINED ENDOUROLOGISTS

2 GENERAL UROLOGISTS

4 PEDIATRIC UROLOGISTS

7 UROLOGIC ONCOLOGISTS

FACULTY AND STAFF

2 Full-time basic science PhD’s

1 PhD Dietician 1 PhD in Health Policy 1 PhD Biostatistician 3 APPs Excellent OR, clinical, and

administrative staff Research support staff 1 full time VA physician Full time APP at the VA

FACULTY LEADERSHIP

Immediate Past President of the AUA President of the South Central Section Executive Secretary of ABU Past President of the American

Geriatric Section of the AUA Past President of the Society for Study

of Male Reproduction 3 Past Presidents of the South Central

Section Secretary of the Society of Urologic

Oncology 8 faculty : AUA Leadership Course

(highest in nation) 2 faculty on the Written Exam

Committee and 3 on Oral Board Exams The list goes on…..

Resident Leadership

Our Residents Serve on AUA committees Serve on hospital committees 4 leadership positions on the

resident council Numerous Awards

Regional Powerhouse

#1 provider of urologic care in KC and Kansas

#1 hospital in the region #1 residency program at KU

and one of the top programs in the nation.

U.S. News and World #23 Overall #15 for Pediatrics

Residency Program

Currently 19 Urology residents 4 residents per year

1 Urologic Oncology (SUO) fellow/year

Residency Program

Top 95th percentile for index cases

Resident salaries are in the 75th percentile

New Urology Floor with offices and call rooms

Dedicated classroom: J Max Holz (halls) for the Gifted

Dedicated Xi Simulator

Resident Didactics

• Dedicated Conferences 2 mornings/week

• Journal Club every other month

• GME conference monthly• Simulation lab• In-Service Review• Board Prep Course

Teaching Sites

• University of Kansas Medical Center• Multidisciplinary referral center

• VA Medical Center• Very busy VA, open experience, autonomy

• Children’s Mercy Hospital• Nationally recognized children’s hospital

• Truman Medical Center• Inner city hospital experience

• Cameron Regional Medical Center• Rural health experience

Rotations

• PGY 1– All residents match at KU– 6 months surgery (TMC, ICU, Gen,

Transplant, etc.)– 6 months urology (3 KU, 2 TMC, 1

CMH)• PGY 2

– 3 months dedicated research – 3 months Cameron Regional – 3 months Children’s Mercy– 3 months KUMC

Rotations

• PGY 3– 3 months VA– 9 months KUMC

• PGY 4– 3 months Truman– 3 months VA– 6 months KUMC

• PGY 5– 3 months Children’s– 3 months VA– 6 months KUMC

Career Paths Private and Community practices

Fellowhips (12 residents / last 10 years)

MSKCC, MDACC, Mayo, Vanderbilt, UCSD, Michigan, Washington, IndianaVirginia Mason, USC, Hopkins, Colorado

Mentoring

All residents are assigned a faculty mentor in their first year

• Research advice• Career advice• Social/personal support

Residents may change mentors based on identification of specialty interest

Urology Research

• Mentorship starting PGY-1• 3 months of protected time PGY-2• Publication Goals• Research and Protocol Meetings• Journal Club• Research staff support• Biostats support

Research Curriculum

• Attend meetings with abstract presentations

• Resident Research Award ($2500)

Perks

Research Opportunities

Benyi Li, MD, PhD •Prostate cancer•R21 funding

Jeffrey Holzbeierlein, MD•Hsp90 inhibition in prostate and bladder cancer

•R01 funding

John Taylor, MD•Mouse models of bladder cancer•Novel drugs•Leo & Anne Albert Institute for Bladder Cancer Care and Research funding

Ben Woolbright, PhD•Bladder Cancer research-molecular targets

Eugene Lee, MD•Glucose metabolism in bladder cancer

•Urology Foundation Research Scholar Award funding

Jill Hamilton-Reeves, PhD•R37 and ACS Grants•Nutrition and GU Cancer

Shellie Ellis, PhD•Decision making in GU Cancers•Foundation Grant

Jeffrey Thompson, PhD•Biostatistics in GU Cancer

Robust Resident Presence

• South Central Section AUA (September 2018)

– Nashville, TN– 30 Abstract

presentations• Resident Abstract

Presentations– SUO– GU ASCO – AUA – ASRM – SUFU – And More

Kansas City

Metro area 2.2 million peopleOne of the most affordable cities in the U.S.http://findingkansascity.com/

WELCOME AND ENJOY!

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