The Robotic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Urologic Oncology (RSMIUO) Fellowship at the University of Florida (UF) is a comprehensive, yet flexible, multidisciplinary training opportunity that provides fellows the chance to learn from fellowship-trained leaders in both the Endourological Society and Society of Urologic Oncology who have mastery in laparoscopic and robotic surgery as well as focal therapy. In addition, our team has a strong history of excellence with both investigator-initiated, industry-sponsored, and co-operative group clinical trials within the NCI-designated UF Health Cancer Center (UFHCC).
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During the year, trainees will spend time on clinical rotations and will be directly involved in the management of patients with various urologic malignancies and will be exposed to a broad spectrum of minimally invasive surgical procedures including:
Prostate
High volume prostate surgery center with dedicated teaching team (>150 prostatectomy/year)
Robotic prostatectomy with various approaches: anterior, posterior, Retzius-sparing and Hood technique
Robotic salvage prostatectomy experience
da Vinci multiport and SP platform
Fusion and transperineal biopsy experience (opportunity to learn micro-ultrasound)
Mentors: Drs. Benidir, Joseph, Su
Focal Therapy
High intensity frequency ultrasound (HIFU)
Irreversible electroporation (IRE)
Transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA)
Cryoablation
Mentor: Dr. Benidir
Kidney
Robotic and laparoscopic radical nephrectomy, nephroureterectomy, partial nephrectomy, and caval thrombectomy (>300 renal cases/year)
Transperitoneal and retroperitoneal approaches (traditional, SARA)
da Vinci multiport and SP platform
Mentors: Drs. Benidir, Crispen, Joseph, O’Malley, Su
Bladder
Advanced understanding of urothelial carcinoma
Clinical trials: learn the ins and outs of running clinical trials effectively and receive mentorship in designing investigator-initiated trials
Transurethral resection of bladder tumors (Blue light)
Nephron sparing endoscopic approaches (Thulium)
Mentors: Drs. Benidir, Crispen, O’Malley
Testis
Robotic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection
Transperitoneal, da Vinci multiport
Mentor: Dr. Tarik Benidir
Application to the Program
The application window for this program is not currently open. We will update this page when the exact dates from the Endourology Society are made available to us later this year.
