Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Cedars-Sinai's Urology Residency is a five-year, academically-oriented program at a tertiary/quaternary referral center in Los Angeles, built on a General Surgery intern year followed by four years of urology training with a dedicated six-month research rotation embedded into the curriculum. Training spans the full breadth of urologic subspecialties (reconstructive, female urology/urodynamics, uro-oncology, pediatric urology, endourology, andrology, robotics), supported by high-acuity surgical infrastructure including a dedicated endoscopic center for advanced percutaneous procedures and ESWL, and a very high-volume emergency department feeding case diversity. The program sits within a research-intensive institution with active urology-affiliated investigators (e.g., in prostate cancer, functional urology, surgical robotics/AI), signaling that scholarly output is woven into resident development rather than incidental. It is a small, competitive program (two residents per year) explicitly preparing graduates for careers in either academic or community urology, reflecting an institutional emphasis on well-rounded surgical competence paired with exposure to translational research.