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  Urology Residency Training Program
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University Medical Center (UMC)
UMC is an independent, non-profit 365-bed UMC is a private, nonprofit hospital located at the Arizona Health Sciences Center, adjacent to The University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Most of the academic faculty members operate at UMC and our busiest outpatient clinic is housed here as well. State-of-the-art laparoscopic and robotic instrumentation is available at UMC.  In conjunction with the Arizona Cancer Center, UMC also provides a location for tertiary, multidisciplinary cancer care and clinical trials.   A free-standing pediatric hospital is under construction and is scheduled for completion in 2010.

Southern Arizona VA Hospital
The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS), based in Tucson, Arizona is a highly affiliated tertiary-care referral system serving veterans in Arizona, surrounding states and Mexico. The SAVAHCS is a 283 bed hospital and is the home of the nationally recognized Geriatrics and Rehabilitation Center, which was designated in 1999, as a VHA national center of excellence for geriatrics evaluation and management. State-of-the-art laparoscopic and robotic instrumentation is available at SAVAHCS.  Urology residents attend to patients in the OR, the wards, and in a very busy outpatient clinic.

University Physician’s Healthcare (UPH) Hospital
UPH hospital is affiliated with the University of Arizona and provides our residents with exposure to primary and tertiary urologic care. State-of-the-art laparoscopic and robotic instrumentation is available at UPH Hospital.   

Tucson Medical Center (TMC)
TMC is a non-profit community hospital licensed for 650 beds approximately 5 miles from the University of Arizona.  Our urology residents rotate with urologists at TMC to enable exposure to primary urologic care in the community setting.  Affiliated faculty include those with fellowship training in minimally-invasive surgery and infertility.  An outpatient clinic staffed by the academic faculty and focusing on urologic oncology has recently opened across the street from TMC.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital (PCH)
Until the University of Arizona’s Diamond Children’s Hospital is completed, our residents rotate through the Phoenix Children’s Hospital under the guidance and tutelage of Pediatric Urology Associates of Phoenix.  This is a large specialty group that provides training for both the University of Arizona and Mayo Scottsdale programs.

 

 

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