University at Buffalo Program

Program Identity & Fit

University at Buffalo's urology residency is a five-year, academically affiliated program built on high-volume clinical exposure across a multi-site consortium (Buffalo General Medical Center, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo VA, Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, and Golisano Children's Hospital), giving residents graded autonomy across general urology, endourology, robotics, reconstruction, oncology, and pediatric urology. Research is structurally embedded rather than optional: every resident leads at least one project (many complete two or three), progresses from secondary to lead author across training years, and is expected to present at AUA, Northeastern Section AUA, and regional meetings, with full institutional funding for travel. The program explicitly frames itself as preparing residents for either academic medicine or private practice, exposing trainees to both faculty-run academic settings and private-practice offices rather than privileging one track. Its identity centers on autonomous surgical competence (with defined procedural minimums including robotic, reconstructive, and oncologic cases) built on a foundation of mentorship-driven, incremental independence.