Harvard Urologic Surgery Residency Programs at Mass General Brigham
Email: KMBernstein@bwh.harvard.edu
Email: KWilliams40@partners.org
Overview
Mass General Program Overview
The Harvard Urologic Surgery Residency Program at Mass General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital provides exposure to all aspects of adult, pediatric, and investigative urology. The program selects four residents per year through the American Urologic Association residency match. The 5-year program starts with a PGY-1 year that includes 6 months in the Department of Surgery and 6 months in urology.
The Mass General Brigham Department of Urology is dedicated to resident education, mentoring, and training. Residents work in a preceptorship model, rotating on each service for three months with the same attending in both clinic and operating room settings. Training sites include MGH, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and Boston Children’s Hospital.
Brigham & Women's Program Overview
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Requirements
Applications through the AUA residency match.
Curriculum
The 5-year program includes:
- PGY-1: 6 months general surgery + 6 months urology
- PGY-2: 12 months as junior resident on adult service at MGH
- PGY-3–4: Advanced rotations including laparoscopy, robotics, and subspecialty exposure
- PGY-5: Chief resident on uro-oncology service with complex robotic/laparoscopic and open surgery
Conferences include Campbell’s chapter conference, Grand Rounds (journal club, M&M, indications conference, invited speakers), multidisciplinary oncology conference, and robotic/laparoscopic simulation training.
Research Experience
Two well-equipped laboratories support molecular biology, tissue culture, transport studies, histology, laser studies, and renal and gut physiology. Additional research at Boston Children’s Hospital, VA Medical Center, and through partnerships in endocrinology, pediatric surgery, and oncology are available for our trainees.
How to Apply
Applications for residency are through the AUA match. If interested in registering for a Sub-Internship at Brigham and Women's Hospital or at Mass General Hospital, please contact Karen Bernstein (kmbernstein@bwh.harvard.edu, 617-732-8078) or Kim Williams (kwilliams40@partners.org, 617-726-8078) to get direction on how to apply.
Apply via AUA Match
Brigham & Women's Residency Program
MGH program
- 5-year program (PGY-1 through PGY-5)
- 4 residents per year via AUA match
- Preceptorship model
- Training at MGH, Newton-Wellesley, Boston Children’s
BWH Program
- 5-year program (PGY-1 through PGY-5)
- 3 residents per year via AUA match
- Hospital based team rotations with subspecialty focus by PGY year
- Training at BWH, Faulkner Hospital, Boston Children’s, and Boston VA medical center
- Knowledge of basic and clinical genitourinary sciences
- Prevention and treatment of GU disease
- Skills in diagnosis, medical/surgical management, and reconstruction
- Ability to develop new knowledge and innovations
- Two well-equipped laboratories
- Molecular biology, tissue culture, histology
- Laser studies and renal physiology
- Robotic and laparoscopic simulation training
Program Contacts
MGH: Kim Williams: kwilliams40@partners.org, 617-726-8078
BWH: Karen Bernstein: KMBernstein@bwh.harvard.edu, 617-732-5348