Conferences

The Urology conferences are designed to provide the residents with a comprehensive, didactic exposure to all aspects of Urology. The specific conferences are as follows:

RADIOLOGY: Faculty members from the Department of Radiology prepare monthly Pediatric Radiology and Adult Radiology conferences, respectively. These didactic and case-oriented presentations provide the Urology resident with a practical uroradiology experience. The resident learns to critically review GU imaging studies in the adult and pediatric patient.

PATHOLOGY: Drs. Jerry Waisman (Professor of Pathology) and Jonathan Melamed (Associate Professor of Pathology) prepare a monthly GU Pathology conference. All of the GU organ systems are reviewed over a two-year period.

JOURNAL CLUB: All of the residents participate in the monthly Journal Club. The residents learn to critically review the Urology literature.

DIDACTIC LECTURES: The faculty and residents prepare didactic lectures throughout the year on selected topics in Urology.

GRAND ROUNDS: Once a week, residents present interesting cases, and attendees discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic management of the presented cases. This conference is intended to prepare the resident for Part 2 of the Urology Boards. A GU radiologist and pathologist are available to discuss pertinent radiological and pathological findings. Visiting lecturers and professors also make grand rounds presentations during the year.

MORBIDITY & MORTALITY: Residents present current cases from all three hospitals for review and discussion.

UROGYNECOLOGY CONFERENCE: The divisions of female urology and urogynecology have a monthly joint conference with didactic teaching and Journal Club. The division of female urology has their own periodic conferences to discuss interesting and challenging clinical scenarios.

WARD ROUNDS: Tisch residents meet with Dr. Ojas Shah to discuss in-house patient management issues and difficult cases on Monday afternoons.

STATE OF THE ART COURSE: The Department of Urology hosts an annual Adult and Pediatric Urology state-of-the-art course with distinguished visiting professors and lecturers. The course if well attended by local, national, and international urologists.