Residency overview
Our Urologic Surgery Residency is a five-year program. Brooklyn offers a one-of-a-kind atmosphere to live and train, and our program translates this atmosphere into a unique opportunity for resident education. Residents receive exposure to endoscopic, open, laparoscopic, and robotic-assisted approaches to surgical management. We train our residents in the skills to succeed in academic, clinical, and independent settings. Our residents are supported by experienced and dedicated urology PAs at Maimonides Medical Center and Brookdale Hospital Medical Center.
Curriculum overview
Program structure
Each year of the five-year program has a different focus, and training is split across multiple clinical sites:
PGY-1: six months of general surgery, six months of urology at Maimonides
PGY-2: split between Maimonides and Brookdale
PGY-3: split between Maimonides and Brookdale, with one month of urologic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering, protected research days during Brookdale rotations
PGY-4: split between Maimonides and Brookdale, with a one-month block focusing on urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery (URPS) and genitourinary reconstructive surgery (GURS) at Maimonides
PGY-5: chief year at Maimonides
Clinical training sites
Each of our clinical sites offers unique experiences for residents, and together make our training program robust.
Maimonides Medical Center, Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY
- 711-bed tertiary care center
- Level 1 Adult and Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center
- Brooklyn’s only children’s hospital with new dedicated pediatric ED
- Urology faculty perform major robotic and open oncologic surgery, major and minor pediatric cases, high-volume endourology, high-volume general urology, reconstructive urology, and urogynecologic surgery (including robotic, laparoscopic, open, and transvaginal cases)
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY
- 530-bed tertiary care center
- Level 2 Adult Trauma Center
- Urology faculty perform major robotic and open surgery, as well as high-volume endoscopic and pediatric cases
Memorial Sloan Kettering, Upper East Side, New York, NY
- World-renowned comprehensive cancer center
- Leaders in urologic oncology
Education, didactics, and research
Clinical training is complemented by a wide array of educational, didactic, and research opportunities, including the following:
- Grand Rounds
- Multidisciplinary Tumor Board
- Multidisciplinary Subspecialty Conference (stone, andrology, pelvic floor)
- Monthly Multi-Institutional Pediatrics Conference
- Weekly protected education time
- Protected research time during PGY-3
- Robotic simulation (Da Vinci simulator, My Intuitive App, C-SATS)
- SASP Questions Bank (account for each resident, funded by the department)
- Department funding for conference travel
- Additional educational funding ($1,200/year) through CIR
Follow us
You can learn more about our program and residents by following us on social media:
- Instagram: @MaimoUrology and @MaimoUrogyn
- X: @MaimoUrology
