Old Dominion University Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university-affiliated urology residency built around a multi-institutional network spanning a Level I trauma tertiary academic center (Sentara Norfolk General), a freestanding children's hospital, a military tertiary hospital (Naval Medical Center Portsmouth), a safety-net ambulatory clinic serving uninsured patients, and dedicated outpatient urology practices, giving residents exposure across trauma, pediatric, military, underserved, and private-practice-style ambulatory settings within one curriculum. With over half its faculty fellowship-trained and a sustained, prolific resident output at AUA, Kimbrough, SUFU, and WCE meetings across oncology, reconstruction, endourology, and pediatric urology, research is clearly built into training rather than optional. The program has maintained a 100% ABU pass rate for two decades and emphasizes index-procedure competency, global health mission trips, and a track record of resident case reports/manuscripts, suggesting a value on well-rounded clinical competence paired with academic productivity. Its structure -combining safety-net ambulatory care, military medicine exposure, and subspecialty research output- signals a program that wants residents comfortable operating across disparate systems and patient populations rather than a single-site academic silo.