Each week, multidisciplinary conferences integrate evidence-based management and patient cases contributed by our providers. These conferences focus on urolithiasis, infertility, urologic oncology, and prostate oncology. Residents present cases with faculty guidance.

Lectures are led by subspecialty trained faculty in oncology, infertility and sexual dysfunction, stone disease, neuro-urology, pediatric urology, minimally invasive surgery, and female pelvic medicine and reconstruction. Residents also utilize surgical simulation to further enhance skills in robotic, laparoscopic, and endoscopic surgical techniques. A laparoscopic surgery simulation lab is available at Maimonides, and residents rotating at Brookdale have access to the DaVinci simulator. Based on their selected areas of clinical and research interest, residents are encouraged to attend regional and national teaching conferences.

The 1st year of training is devoted to a variety of general surgical rotations, including colorectal, vascular, trauma, thoracic, and urologic surgery, and surgical critical care.

Junior residents take care of patients in the inpatient, ambulatory, and emergency settings under the supervision of attending urologists. Residents study clinical responsibilities and operative protocols.

Year  2  focuses on urologic research at CSHL. Residents create and lead in translational clinical investigations under the guidance of research faculty.

Senior and chief residents lead the urology service, participate in intensive surgical experience, and perform administrative duties. They coordinate educational conferences and patient care conference protocols, schedule resident call coverage, and guide the training of junior residents and students under the supervision of urology attending staff and alongside program and institutional leadership.

All residents participate in research as a continuous part of their training.  1  year is dedicated to translational and clinical research at CSHL under the supervision of Dr. Simon Hall, Donald Zucker Professor of Urology at the Smith Institute at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, and in association with dedicated research staff.

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) offers Maimonides residents the opportunity to investigate risk-adjusted clinical data from institutions across the United States. The Degenshein Medical Library at Maimonides provides access to and management of existing scientific data while dedicated statisticians assist with data analysis of research projects.

Urology residents use these and other resources to collect and identify evidence and discuss findings with the greater research community. Residents lead their projects according to their particular area of interest, under the supervision of our faculty. Our residents present at regional and national meetings and publish in internationally recognized journals.