Advanced Training in Endourology, Laparoscopy & Robotic Surgery

The Division of Urology offers a fellowship program in Endourology, Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery, which is accredited by the Endourological Society and provides training in all aspects of minimally invasive urology to physicians that have completed a urology residency.

The Director (Dr. James Donovan) and Co-Director (Dr. Krishnanath Gaitonde) ensure that the fellowship meets all the requirements established by the Endourological Society. The fellowship maintains sufficient clinical volume with a variety of endourological experience while also providing a definable research focus with active and productive endourological basic science and bench projects.

The fellow, under the supervision of the Director and Co-Director and other faculty members, will undertake progressively increasing responsibility in performing endourologic operative procedures, managing patients in the pre- and post-operative periods, and teaching medical students and residents. Endourology fellow duties include participation in preparation of didactic teaching conferences and in clinical and basic research projects with the faculty and residents.

Fellows maintain an online surgical log similar to that of residents. An example of index cases and their numbers are:

For more information regarding the Endourology, Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Fellowship at the University of Cincinnati, please contact Ms. Perri Wright via telephone at (513) 558-0983 or via email at perri.wright@uc.edu. Applications can be obtained through the Endourological Society via telephone at (516) 520-1225 or through their website, www.endourology.org.