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Residency Affiliation: |
| The Department of Urology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine offers a six-year program geared toward training urologists in both clinical and academic skills. The first two years are spent in the general surgery program at CASE and have special emphasis on surgical fields and specialties that provide preparatory training for the urology resident. This gives the resident a unique opportunity to engage in hands-on training as he or she rotates through various surgical subspecialties, setting the stage for later training in urology. Each year is unique in its rotations and educational opportunities. |
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Participating Hospitals
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UH Case Medical Center
Residents have the opportunity to rotate through several area
hospitals throughout northeastern Ohio, each providing a unique patient
population and subspecialty with
UH Case Medical Center as the flagship hospital. |
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| UH Case Medical
Center is the primary affiliate of the CASE School of Medicine serving
its community and the nation through patient care, research and teaching.
Together, CASE/UHC, form Ohio's largest biomedical research center. The
more than 500 full-time faculty members of the medical staff represent over 60
specialties. In conjunction with the over 800 physicians comprising the
clinical faculty, this elite group of physicians have dedicated their practices
to providing clinical care and also to conducting innovative research to
gain a better understanding of the disease process. The school's research
program, one of the largest in the nation, uses an inter-disciplinary approach,
to find new therapies for such major illnesses as arthritis, cancer,
cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, neurologic disease and the
problems of the very old, very young and underprivileged in this country and
the developing world. Library facilities are available within the hospital and
the department; more extensive collections are housed within the School of
Medicine and at the Allen Memorial Medical library, a half-block from
University Hospitals. All resident physicians have privileges at these
libraries. |
| Within the UHC complex, urology residents spend most of their time
at the Bolwell Out-Patient Clinic, the Samuel Mather Pavilion, the Alfred and
Norma Lerner Tower and the Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital. The Mather
Pavilion and Lerner Tower, opened in 1995, offers comprehensive medical and
surgical care for adolescent and adult patients. Between them these new
facilities offer 21 state-of-the-art operating rooms, preoperative &
recovery rooms, 70 intensive care beds located in four intensive care units
(medical, surgical, cardiac and neuroscience). Post medical graduate year (PGY):
3-6 |
| University Hospitals has also formed the University Hospitals
Health System, a system of hospital and physician organizations serving
patients at more than 100 locations in 40 Northern Ohio communities. Included
is a network of physicians, outpatient centers and home care; wellness
programs, occupational health, skilled nursing, elder health, rehabilitation
services home care, managed care and insurance. |
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| The 250-bed Rainbow
and Babies Children Hospital is the pediatric hospital of UHC and is
one of the premier children's hospitals in the nation, offering innovative and
cutting edge care to newborns and children through the age of 19. To inaugurate
its second century of service, RBC opened the 200,000 square-foot Leonard and
Joan Horvitz Tower in April 1997. In this state-of-the-art facility, many
inpatient services are available at bedside, creating an atmosphere designed to
encourage parental involvement. In 2000, the Prentiss-OR opened with 9 new
pediatric surgical suites. The state-of-the-art tower also includes a 17-bed
intermediate care unit with an air-filter system that removes impurities and
allows children with compromised immune systems to socialize with others. PGY 3,
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Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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| The
Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) is a major teaching
hospital of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. The medical
center staff is primarily responsible for patient care while the faculty of the
School of Medicine is responsible for medical, graduate and resident education
and training programs. The house-staff training programs are fully integrated
with UH Case Medical Center. A comprehensive library is easily accessible to
residents and students. |
| The Cleveland VAMC operates 463 hospital beds, 185 nursing beds and
137 domiciliary beds. Physical facilities are an inpatient unit in the Wade
Park-University Circle area of Cleveland, an inpatient unit in Brecksville,
outpatient clinics in Canton and Youngstown and two Veterans Outreach centers
in Cleveland. The facility has services for medicine, surgery, psychiatry,
neurology, rehabilitation medicine and spinal cord injury. A two-story addition
to the front of the Wade Park unit was completed in 1989. The addition provides
for the contiguous arrangement of new operating rooms, recovery rooms and
surgical intensive care unit. PGY 3, 4, 6 |
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MetroHealth Medical Center
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| MetroHealth
Medical Center is a nationally recognized multi-specialty medical
center. The 742-bed medical center is a leader in emergency and trauma care,
surgical specialties, family health, internal medicine, cancer care, dentistry,
women's and children's services, mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care
and community health. The urology faculty at MetroHealth and at UHC have a
strong affiliation, demonstrated in the residency rotations,
publications, educational programs and research projects. PGY 3, 4, 6 |
UHHS Richmond Heights Hospital
Founded in 1961, UHHS
Richmond Heights Hospital is a 120 bed, non-profit acute care facility
located in a residential area on Cleveland's east side. UHHS Richmond Heights
Hospital offers a complete scope of health care services. Diverse, challenging
opportunities are available through the graduate medical education programs.
Being part of the University Hospitals Health System (UHHS) tremendous training
opportunities and services are available for medical, surgical and orthopedic
patients, including extensive health education and rehabilitation programs. PGY
5 |
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