Urology

The Department of Urology teaches students throughout the four-year medical school curriculum. The fundamentals of urology as they relate to clinical practice are emphasized and the students are given a coordinated, integrated approach to diagnosing and treating the common urologic disorders.

During the third and fourth years, elective clinical clerkships are offered usually for periods of four weeks each. Clinical instruction during these clerkships is provided by the full-time and clinical faculty with the assistance of the urology residents and fellows. The department has a fully-accredited, postgraduate residency program. The clinical activities encompass all areas of the specialty of urology, including pediatric urology and renal transplantation.

The department has special expertise in managing and treating urinary tract infections, neurogenic bladder dysfunction, benign prostatic hyperplasia (with microwave thermotherapy), congenital abnormalities, genitourinary neoplasms, female urological disorders, male infertility and impotence, and renal calculi.

Apart from its active clinical service, the department has ongoing research (clinical and basic) in the following areas: interstitial cystitis, disorders of the pelvic floor, uro-oncology, and prostate cancer. The department also participates in prostate cancer prevention trials as part of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.