Rutgers Health-New Jersey Medical School Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university-based, safety-net-anchored urology residency built around University Hospital, a Level 1 trauma center in Newark, supplemented by the East Orange VA, Newark Beth Israel, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, and Morristown Medical Center - giving residents a mix of urban underserved, veteran, suburban private-practice, and community-academic environments across a single training arc. The five-year structure (six months general surgery plus four and a half years urology) is subspecialty-rich, with dedicated pediatric urology (no fellow, one-on-one exposure), robotics/MIS at multiple sites, urologic oncology, reconstruction, female pelvic medicine, and transgender surgery, reflecting a broad general-urology output rather than a narrow research-fellowship pipeline. Academic productivity is "strongly encouraged" rather than institutionally central, and the program emphasizes graduated autonomy - residents run services at VA and CBMC with faculty oversight, building toward independent operating as chief. The program values residents who can function across disparate practice cultures (academic safety-net, VA, private/community suburban) and who are comfortable with broad general urologic training rather than a single narrow research or subspecialty track.