DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY

The Department of Urology offers electives in both adult and pediatric urology. Medical students will become integrated into the clinical environment in ward rounds and teaching conferences, clinics, and surgical procedures. By working closely with the urology residents and faculty, students will learn to develop appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic strategies related to genitourinary disease that will be helpful for their future practice of medicine.

The elective can be tailored by the student to concentrate on urologic trauma, oncology, endourology, sexual dysfunction, female urology and infertility. Students are encouraged to participate in clinical research projects whose completion may lead to publication.

A501 Adult and Pediatric Urology - Montefiore Medical Center /WHAECOM

The elective is available to Einstein students who wish to learn general urology or to be introduced to more specific areas of the surgical specialty. The students will work as supervised sub-interns with individual patient responsibility at either the M.C. or WHAECOM SITE. Each full-time member of the department practices general urology and has a subspecialty and arrangement can be made by the student to spend time with that individual faculty member.

Those faculty are:

Dr. David Honig- endourology, ESWL and minimally invasive surgery, Dr. Norman Kahan - prostatic cancer I125 therapy and female urology, Dr. Gattu lal Karwa - renal transplant, Dr. Arnold Melman - perineal surgery, erectile dysfunction, and reconstructive surgery, Dr. Mark Noss - male infertility, Dr. Reza Ghavamian - urologic oncology, Dr. Pierre Williot - Pediatric Urology.

         Dr. Arnold Melman (920-7608)
         All Modules
         Full Time
         Maximum 3

         First day students report to M.C. Urology Office at the Fifth Floor of the
         Medical Arts Pavilion.

A716 General and Pediatric Urology- Long Island Jewish Medical Center

This elective is flexible to the individual requirements of the student. There are four full-time staff members at LIJ. The Department has an active program in General Adult and Pediatric Urology, which is offered by the full-time and voluntary Attending staff. The Department has several subspecialties. Dr. Gopal H. Badlani is Chief of Neurology and Prosthetics, Dr. Arthur B. Smith has particular interest in Endourology and Reconstructive Urology, Dr. Gary H. Weiss is our Urooncologist and Robert M. Moldwin has interest in Urologic infectious inflammatory diseases and is Head of the Interstitial Cystitis Center. Dr. Ben Lee is Laproscopic and Dr. Richard Schorr is head of Infertility. We have a busy service with Urological Surgery performed everyday, ESWL and clinics. Students are encouraged to see patients with the full-time Attending staff in the offices and the Hospital.

All students will participate in Grand Rounds and Journal Club and will have the opportunity to examine work up and assist in the operative and non-operative care of patients with the full-time and voluntary attending staff.

         Dr. Arthur Smith (718) 470-7221
         All Modules except of 6B
         Full Time
         Maximum 1First day students report to LIJMC Urology Office

A804 Male Infertility/Sexual Dysfunction- Beth Israel Medical Center

Medical students will participate in the evaluation and treatment of men with reproductive and/or sexual dysfunction. In addition to emphasis on history acquisition and physical examination, students will be exposed to semen analysis techniques and sperm function studies. Surgical exposure will include micro-surgical and prosthetic techniques.

         Dr. Harris M. Nagler (212) 420-4280
         Half Modules
         All Modules
         Maximum 1-2 students
         Students are to call prior to the onset of the elective.

A805 General Urology Clinical Clerkship- Beth Israel Medical Center

Students will be exposed to all subspecialties of Urology and will be given the option of:
A one-on-one tutorial with Attending physicians in the office and operating
A "subinternship" on the General Urology floors.
Students are expected to attend teaching conferences, which include Resident X-ray rounds, Journal Club, and Urology Grand Rounds.

         Dr. Harris M. Nagler (212) 420-4280
         Half Modules
         All Modules
         Maximum 1-2 students
         Students are to call prior to onset of elective