Ohio State University Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Ohio State's Urology Residency is a large, university-based academic program (20 residents, recently expanded to 4 per year) built around high clinical volume across tertiary/quaternary sites including The James Cancer Hospital, OSU Wexner Medical Center, and Nationwide Children's Hospital for pediatric urology, giving trainees exposure to every urologic subspecialty. The curriculum is explicitly mentorship-driven, with longitudinal attending relationships, subspecialty apprenticeship blocks (notably four dedicated oncology apprenticeship rotations in PGY-4/5), and a structural push toward early surgical autonomy. Research is a formal requirement rather than an option: residents complete two dedicated research rotations plus an intern QI month, are supported by a research education specialist, clinical research coordinator, and biostatistician, and are challenged to produce five first-author papers with annual conference presentation, explicitly framed as preparation for competitive fellowship match. In-house fellowships in Endourology and Urologic Oncology, along with the apprenticeship structure, signal a program oriented toward producing subspecialists and academic/fellowship-track urologists rather than generalists.