Program Introduction
 Dr. Jerome Richie is the Division Chief of Urology and Program Director. The Harvard Program in Urology, a four-year training program is based at three hospitals in the medical school area: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The Brigham and Women's Hospital, with its well-established reputation as one of the finest teaching hospitals in the world, opened its new 750-bed hospital in the summer of 1980. The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a leading institution in the field of patient care and research. The Children's Hospital has an established urology service and a worldwide reputation for excellence in the treatment of both complex and common pediatric urological problems. All three hospitals have active emergency rooms and constitute a designated trauma center.
The training program accepts three new residents each year and graduates three each year. All urology residents spend one designated preliminary year in the BWH general surgery residency program prior to commencement of their urology training in the PGY-2 year.
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Rotations
Rotations during the clinical years provide exposure to all aspects of general urologic diagnosis and treatment and, further, offer an unusually extensive experience in pediatric urology, endocrine and renovascular surgery, urologic oncology, endourology, ESWL, laparoscopy, impotence, infertility, and reconstructive urology. Expanded pediatric rotations include a four-month period as chief resident on the urology service at Children's Hospital.
In addition, the training program incorporates urology rotations at the West Roxbury Veteran's Administration Medical Center. The West Roxbury V.A. has a full urologic service as well as a very large spinal cord injury center caring for many patients with complex neurologic disorders.
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Conferences
Joint teaching rounds with radiology, nephrology, and pathology supplement basic clinical instruction. Teaching clinical rounds are held at each of the hospitals with key members of faculty. A joint Countway Library rounds is held weekly with the active participation of other teaching programs throughout the New England area. Distinguished national and international lecturers are often invited as guests. Intensive exposure to selected topics of basic science, endocrinology, genetics and medical advances is achieved in weekly teaching seminars, monthly journal clubs and selected grand rounds.
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Research Opportunities
During the second year of the program, an ambulatory rotation is supplemented by the opportunity for scholarly activities and research. Residents are encouraged to plan projects and to arrange collaborations with other disciplines in the Harvard Medical School area. Current projects in the various urology laboratories of the program include research work in tumor immunology, immunobiology of renal cell cancer, mechanisms of BPH, molecular biology and oncogenes, novel combination chemotherapeutic approaches, tumor metatases, and infertility. The laboratory experience affords the resident an opportunity to write scientific papers and to present data at national meetings.
For additional information on BWH research and research funding please visit our Department of Surgery Research website.
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Application Requests
We are currently recruiting for positions to begin at the PGY-1 level in General Surgery for June 2008. Residents will then enter the Urology Residency at the PGY 2 level in July 2009.
Residency positions for the Urology Residency Program are matched via the American Urological Association (AUA) Matching Program. Candidates who match with us via the AUA matching program to also submit an NRMP rank order list through which they will match with our general surgery program for the preliminary year. The one-year designated General Surgery preliminary positions are matched via the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).
We are currently accepting applications through the AAMC ERAS electronic residency application system. Programs participating in ERAS may only accept those application materials sent electronically through ERAS. We will not accept any additional supporting documents by mail. Please contact ERAS at www.aamc.org.
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Requirements and Deadline
In support of your residency application, we require:
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Dean's letter
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Medical school transcript
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Three letters of recommendation from physicians who have worked closely with you during your clinical clerkships or electives, or in your laboratory research.
Our deadline for receipt of your urology residency application and all supporting documents is November 1, 2007.
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Selection of Interview Candidates
Each application is reviewed in its entirety with an eye toward a combination of overall academic excellence, leadership ability, career development potential and personal character.
We interview approximately 35-40 candidates for the urology program each year. Although we receive applications from many well-qualified candidates, it is not possible to interview all who apply. Every effort is made to notify applicants of their interview status in a timely manner, to allow adequate time to make travel arrangements.
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Interview Dates
This year's interview dates for the Harvard Urology Residency Program will be:
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Saturday, December 8, 2007
We do not schedule any individual interviews outside of the scheduled group interview sessions.
Any candidate who is invited to interview must contact the surgery education office to confirm their acceptance of the interview offer. If we do not receive a confirming e-mail or letter from you by the given RSVP date, we will not be able to schedule you for the interview.
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Interview Format
The format for the day of the interview begins early in the morning with a continental breakfast followed by a brief group orientation session with the Chief of Urology and Program Director, Dr. Jerome Richie.
Following the orientation session, each candidate will be interviewed by three physicians in one-on-one meetings. BWH urology residents will be on hand throughout the day to visit informally with the candidates between interviews and to conduct hospital tours.
For purposes of making travel arrangements, applicants may anticipate being finished with all interview and tour activities by 2 p.m. Please see our travel arrangements and hotel accommodations page for more information.
Teaching Affiliates
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