Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Jacksonville Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a highly academic, tertiary-referral Mayo Clinic program built around a distinctive mentor-based, two-month one-on-one apprenticeship model with staff urologists rather than a traditional graded team hierarchy, producing early hands-on autonomy in endoscopic, robotic, and open surgery. The clinical environment is technologically advanced (dual robotic platforms, HoLEP, MRI-ultrasound fusion biopsy, MRI-guided focal HIFU), reflecting a department invested in emerging procedural technology and complex tertiary urologic disease. Graduate outcomes show a majority entering private/group practice with a meaningful minority pursuing fellowship or academic/Mayo staff positions, indicating the program values well-rounded surgical competence and independent judgment over uniform research or academic-track production. Its identity is defined by longitudinal mentorship, surgical volume, and a small, close-knit three-resident-per-year structure rather than a large basic-science research enterprise.